Thales Alenia Space has been chosen by TeamIndus to provide the Integrated S Band Transponder on board its Lunar Landing Spacecraft system to transmit video and images from the Rover. Thales Alenia Space is the world leader in space communications systems, with customers including space agencies and satellite manufacturers from around …
Read More »SES Launches Rapid Response Vehicle for Defence, Security, and Humanitarian Missions
SES has announced its new government product Rapid Response Vehicle (RRV), a SATCOM-enabled platform capable of providing high-speed connectivity and global communications services tailored to a broad range of commercial, civil, humanitarian, and defence missions around the world. The Rapid Response Vehicle is the world’s first mobile platform to offer …
Read More »Qatar Airways Activates Real-Time Global Flight Tracking Solution From Inmarsat
Leading international airline Qatar Airways has activated an advanced new space-based system, supplied by Inmarsat, to track all of its flights across the world. Inmarsat worked exclusively with Qatar Airways to develop this cutting-edge solution, which covers its current route network of over 150 destinations worldwide, in addition to any …
Read More »Iran Announces Launch of Nahid-2 Communications Satellite for 2018
The Iran Space Agency’s Aerospace Research Institute (ARI) has announced that it plans to launch its Nahid-2 communications satellite sometime in 2018. According to Hassan Hadadpour, the head of the ARI, Nahid-2 will be the first Iranian satellite to feature a propulsion system powered by lithium-ion batteries, and is therefore …
Read More »A Deadly Twist in Iran’s ‘Soft War’? Iranian satellite TV mogul murdered in Istanbul
A prominent Iranian satellite television network owner living in exile was gunned down along with his Kuwaiti business partner on an Istanbul street on the evening of April 29, 2017. Saeed Karimian, a 45-year old Iranian-British citizen living in Istanbul, and his as yet unnamed Kuwaiti business associate, were driving …
Read More »Israel’s Spacecom Hangs Tough, Signals End of Xinwei Attempted Buyout
Israeli satellite communications company Spacecom has formally backed away from buyout talks with China’s Beijing Xinwei Technology Group, according to Space News. “At the moment there are no talks with Xinwei,” said Spacecom’s Senior Vice-President for Sales and Marketing, Jacob Keret, to Space News. Spacecom and Beijing Xinwei Technology Group …
Read More »Liberated Districts of Mosul Reconnecting to Satellite Television
The ongoing battle against the cruel occupation of Daesh in the ancient city of Mosul in Iraq is a necessary yet tragically costly one for its weary and beleagured residents. One small piece of good news, however, amidst the tough fighting between liberating forces and Daesh, is the return of normal …
Read More »Arabsat To Sponsor the 18th Arab Radio and Television Festival in Tunisia
The Arab Satellite Communications Organization – Arabsat – will sponsor and participate in the 18th edition of Arab Festival for Radio and Television, organised by the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU), from May 25-28, 2017, in Yasmine Hammamet, Tunisia, and will be attended by several media figures and broadcasters from …
Read More »Liquid Telecom and Intelsat Team to Expand High Performance Broadband Services in Africa
Pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom and Intelsat S.A., operator of the world’s first Globalized Network and leader in integrated satellite communications, have announced a new agreement that will introduce high performance Intelsat EpicNG satellite services into the Liquid Telecom network. As part of the new, multi-year agreement, Liquid Telecom has …
Read More »UAE’s Masdar Institute to Host the Yahsat Space Laboratory
The Yahsat Space Laboratory, which aims to develop and advance technologies within the space sector and to make continuing strides toward the UAE’s advanced space ambitions, was launched by officials from the Masdar Institute, Al Yahsat Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat), and Orbital ATK on April 17, 2017, at the Masdar …
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