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Intermap Technologies Partners With Zipline for African Medical Operations
Read more →: Intermap Technologies Partners With Zipline for African Medical OperationsIntermap Technologies revealed a new contract with Zipline to deliver geospatial Elevation-as-a-Service to support their expanding medical operations…
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FCC chief seeks conditional approval for Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband satellite network
Read more →: FCC chief seeks conditional approval for Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband satellite networkAjit Pai, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, speaks at CES 2020 in Las Vegas in January. (GeekWire…
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Thursday Morning Conversation with Tara Bamburg of Southwest Airlines
Read more →: Thursday Morning Conversation with Tara Bamburg of Southwest AirlinesWelcome to another of Via Satellite’s Thursday Morning Conversations. This time we are off to Texas to talk…
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Northrop Grumman readies for debut Minotaur IV launch from MARS
Read more →: Northrop Grumman readies for debut Minotaur IV launch from MARSFor the first time in its 10-year flight history, the Minotaur IV rocket is preparing to make its…
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High-throughput communications satellite launched from China
Read more →: High-throughput communications satellite launched from ChinaA Long March 3B rocket lifts off Thursday from the Xichang space launch facility with the Apstar 6D…
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Long March 3B launches APStar-6D
Read more →: Long March 3B launches APStar-6DChina Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) launched the APStar-6D communications satellite on Thursday using the Long March-3B/G2 –…
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Mars rover mated with Atlas 5 launcher after teams deal with coronavirus cases
Read more →: Mars rover mated with Atlas 5 launcher after teams deal with coronavirus casesThe Atlas 5 rocket’s payload shroud containing the Perseverance rover was raised atop the launch vehicle Tuesday, July…
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Public Dispute Between Comtech, Gilat Puts Acquisition in Serious Trouble
Read more →: Public Dispute Between Comtech, Gilat Puts Acquisition in Serious TroubleComtech Telecommunications Corp.’s acquisition of Gilat Satellite Networks looks to be in trouble as Comtech has filed a…
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HiSky Begins Testing Ku-Band Version of ‘Smartellite’ LEO/GEO Terminal
Read more →: HiSky Begins Testing Ku-Band Version of ‘Smartellite’ LEO/GEO TerminalSatellite-connected Internet of Things (IoT) technology company hiSky has begun early field trials of a new “Smartellite” Ku-band…
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Viasat Eliminates Ka-band Speed Limits for Business Aviation IFC
Read more →: Viasat Eliminates Ka-band Speed Limits for Business Aviation IFCViasat removed internet speed limits delivered to the aircraft across all of its business aviation Ka-band service plans.…
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NASA chief still hopeful to get more money for moon landing effort
Read more →: NASA chief still hopeful to get more money for moon landing effortFile photo of NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls House lawmakers this week proposed to fund NASA’s…
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Envistacom Partners With NovelSat to Deliver a Multi-Access Waveform
Read more →: Envistacom Partners With NovelSat to Deliver a Multi-Access WaveformNovelSat will incorporate its satellite access waveforms into Envistacom’s Transport Virtualization Ecosystem (TVE). Envistacom announced Thursday it will…