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Viasat Names Former Verizon Media Exec K. Guru Gowrappan as President
Viasat has named former Verizon Media executive K. Guru Gowrappan as president, to work closely with CEO Mark Dankberg on the company’s global operations and growth strategy. Dankberg said in an April 13 release that his appointment will help the company realize its operational and financial goals enabled with the ViaSat-3 constellation and the pending…
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Live coverage: Ariane 5 rocket launches Europe’s first mission to Jupiter
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the the European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, or JUICE, mission. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”SFN Live”] [tabbyending] Arianespace’s live video webcast will begin approximately one hour before…
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Kepler Communications Raises $92 Million in a Series C Round
Kepler Communications has raised $92 million in its Series C funding round, led by IA Ventures. The Toronto-based company plans to use the funding to launch an optical data relay infrastructure to complement its existing radio frequency network. Kepler plans to launch the optical data relay infrastructure in 2024. Its optical communications infrastructure will use…
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Live coverage: SpaceX launches rideshare mission with 51 small payloads
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California with 51 CubeSats, microsatellites, hosted payloads, and orbital transfer vehicles on the Transporter 7 rideshare mission. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”SpaceX Webcast”] [tabbyending]
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Thales Introduces New Pulse-Tube Cryocooler for Space Applications
Thales, one of the global leaders in designing, operating, and delivering satellite-based systems has partnered with Absolut System to provide a designed-for-manufacturability LPT6510 pulse-tube cooler for the institutional as well as the new-space industry. The LPT6510 design and processes are derived from flight-proven cooler designs, such as the LPTC compressor. The LPT6510 cryocooler is based…
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Swedish Microwave Introduces New C-Band PLL Block Down Converter for the Satellite Market
Swedish Microwave (SMW) one of the leading manufacturers of professional Low Noise Block downconverters (LNB) for the satellite market which is used in VSAT systems, SNGs, Cable-TV headends, Marine VSAT, and Satcom-On-The-Move applications have introduced a new C-Band PLL block down converter. The C-BDC 5.15 S PLL block-down converter is intended for receiving C-Band transmissions…
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Intelsat Orders a Northrop Grumman Mission Extension Pod
Intelsat has ordered a Northrop Grumman Mission Extension Pod (MEP) to service one of its satellites for at least six years beginning in 2026. Intelsat announced the deal on Thursday, but has not identified which of its satellites in Geostationary Orbit (GEO) will get the service. The MEP is a propulsion augmentation device from Northrop…
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Lightning threat delays launch of Europe’s first mission to Jupiter
The Ariane 5 rocket after rollout to its launch pad in Kourou, French Guiana. Credit: ESA/S. Corvaja The liftoff of Europe’s first mission to Jupiter aboard an Ariane 5 rocket was scrubbed Thursday in French Guiana due to a high risk of lightning at the launch site, delaying until Friday the start of the JUICE…
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Sino-French joint statement: both countries satisfied with space cooperation
At the invitation of President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China, French President Emmanuel Macron paid a state visit to China from April 5 to 7, 2023. The two governments signed a joint statement, aiming to open up new prospects for Sino-French cooperation and seek new impetus for the development of Sino-European relations.…
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SES Signs Raft of German Broadcast Deals
SES has signed a slew of new broadcast deals in Germany. The company announced April 13 that it had signed deals worth more than 75 million euros ($82.16 million) in backlog with multiple German private and public broadcasters. The majority of renewals span several years and will enable millions of satellite TV households across Germany…