Satcoms

Sasken Technologies Ltd., a leading product engineering and digital transformation solutions provider, is participating in the Satellite 2017 to be held from March 6th to 9th, 2017 at the Walter E, Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., USA. At the event, Sasken will showcase a handheld satellite terminal that was …

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Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., a worldwide leader in satellite networking technology, solutions and services, and Hughes Network Systems, LLC, an EchoStar company and the global leader in broadband satellite technology networks and services, announced on March 2, 2017, a new high-performance dual Ka-/Ku-band aero antenna agnostic to the underlying very …

Arabsat, a leading satellite services provider in the Arab world, announced on March 2, 2017, that it has been selected by Globecast, a global media solutions provider, to broadcast TRT World, the international news platform of Turkey, in high definition (HD) over the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region …

In the latest SpaceWatch Middle East interview series, Torsten Kriening speaks to Christophe Bauer, Vice President Business Development of L3 Electron Devices. They discuss the L3 space business and Middle East market, areas for growth, company innovation and the future of the business.  Tell us about L3’s space business. What …

Taqnia Space, a subsidiary of the Saudi Taqnia Holding for technological investment, and Arab Satellite Communications Organization – Arabsat – signed on March 2, 2017, at the headquarters of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), a new satellite manufacturing agreement for …

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., a worldwide leader in satellite networking technology, solutions and services, has announced the commercial availability of an ultra-compact airborne satellite communications (SATCOM) terminal for unmanned aerial systems delivering exceptional throughput for its size. Tactical, long-endurance unmanned aerial systems (UAS) are commonly used to gather and send …

Newtec has unveiled a number of new DVB-S2X wideband products for use in High Throughput Satellite (HTS) and global networks. The wideband DVB-S2X and scalable Newtec Dialog®XIF Hubs provide high throughput, high density and carrier grade solutions, as part of the Newtec Dialog multiservice platform (Release 2.1). Each hub model …

Israel’s Spacecom announced on February 27, 2017, that the AMOS-7 communications satellite is now providing a wide range of television and data communication services from its 4°W ‘hot-spot’ orbital position. Co-located with AMOS-3, AMOS-7 is replacing the AMOS-2 satellite that is reaching the end of life after servicing customers for …

The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, announced that Nayif-1 has transmitted its first message in Arabic from space – a quote by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai: ‘‘The renaissance …