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SES and du Successfully Demonstrate First Satellite-enabled 5G Mobile Backhaul Network in Middle East
SES and du from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), a leading telecom operator in the United Arab Emirates, have successfully demonstrated the first satellite-enabled 5G backhaul in the Middle East utilizing SES’s Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellites. The aim of the live demonstration was to demonstrate how SES’s current O3b constellation could extend 5G coverage…
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Q-Tech Announces Strategic Alliance with Axtal to Provide Crystal Oscillators for LEO Satellites
Q-Tech Corporation, a US-based supplier of space-qualified crystal oscillators, has announced a strategic alliance with Axtal, GmbH & Co. KG, a German manufacturer of crystal oscillators, to provide a broad range of crystal oscillators for low-earth orbit satellite clusters. The companies each have developed an extensive selection of products specifically designed to meet the performance…
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Busek Confirms Successful In-Space Debut of BHT-350 Thrusters
Busek successfully commissioned its BHT-350 Hall effect thrusters on satellite operator OneWeb‘s 15th and 16th missions, which utilized separate SpaceX Falcon-9s to deliver 80 spacecraft into low Earth orbit (LEO). This is the first time Busek’s BHT-350 solar electric propulsion systems have flown in space. The Busek-built engines are now propelling the satellites, built by Airbus…
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Seraphim Space Report Shows Investors are Shopping for Seed-Level Startups
Seraphim Space’s latest quarterly Space Index report, released Monday, said that 2022 could be considered the best year for seed stage investments in space startups. Seed financing deals were up around 50 percent in 2022 compared to 2021, which it says indicates strong interest from entrepreneurs and investors in funding new space companies in 2022.…
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Using Hubble, researchers measure the mass of a single white dwarf for the first time
Of the trillions of stars scattered throughout the universe, one of the most common are the white dwarfs, which are the dormant, burned out, and leftover cores of low/medium mass stars. For decades, scientists have only measured the masses of white dwarfs within binary star systems. While these measurements provide insight into the true masses…
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Intelsat Appoints Gaurav Kharod as the Regional Vice President of Asia Pacific
Intelsat has appointed Gaurav Kharod as the new regional vice president for its Asia Pacific (APAC) region. He will take over from Terry Bleakley, who previously led the APAC team. Bleakley will transition on April 1 to a part-time senior advisory role at Intelsat. Kharod comes from Intelsat’s India office, where he served as the…
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SpaceX launches communications satellite for Spain’s Hispasat
Watch a replay of our live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The Falcon 9 rocket launched the Amazonas Nexus geostationary communications satellite for Hispasat. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”Launch Replay”] [tabbyending] SpaceX launched a Falcon 9…
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SpaceX launches Hispasat’s Amazonas Nexus satellite
SpaceX has launched the Amazonas Nexus satellite for Hispasat on a Falcon 9 rocket from SLC-40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Liftoff occurred at 8:32 PM EST on Monday, Feb. 6 (01:32 UTC on Tuesday, Feb. 7) under extremely favorable weather conditions. Amazonas Nexus will provide communications for all of the Americas —…
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Smiths Interconnect Develops High-Density & High-Speed Interconnect Solution for Space Applications
Smiths Interconnect has developed the NXS Series, an advanced ultra-high-density, high-speed interconnect solution that is specifically designed and tested for critical high-speed space applications and satisfies both point-to-point and backplane connector requirements. The satellite market is evolving from RF Analog-based payloads providing low-speed telecommunication signaling, to a new Digital Transparent Processor architecture for high throughput…
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Ovzon Delays Ovzon 3 Launch, Switches from Arianespace to SpaceX
SpaceX will now launch Ovzon’s highly anticipated Ovzon 3 satellite in a launch provider switch. Arianespace had been slated to launch the satellite. Ovzon announced Feb. 3 that manufacturer Maxar Technologies is delayed in finalizing the satellite, which led to the launch provider switch. Due to Maxar’s production delays, Ovzon engaged with Arianespace to find…