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Boeing [NYSE: BA] is ready to use a new "pulse line" process for assembling satellites in El Segundo, California. The new process is expected to shorten the time required to build a space vehicle. The first satellites to be manufactured on the pulse line will be the Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellites Boeing is building for the U.S. Air Force.
Read MoreActel Corporation has added new ProASIC3 and ProASIC3EL FPGAs (field programmable gate arrays) to its military-qualified product offerings. Verified to operate across the full military temperature range (-55 to 125 degrees Celsius) and ranging in density from 600,000 to 3-million system gates, the new low-power devices are immune to neutron-induced configuration upsets ("firm errors"), saving board space and minimizing complexity in the system, Actel officials say.
Read MoreAndrews Space (Andrews) has been awarded a contract valued at more than $1.5M to develop plug and play spacecraft subsystems and demonstrate integrated spacecraft capability.?
Read MoreSkyTrac is always moving forward (and upward) with new products. SkyTrac's latest is the new portable DSAT-200 which is gaining acceptance with rotary and fixed wing operators to remain in compliance with government Automatic Flight Following (AFF) and/or do not require voice and/or full text capabilities.
Read MoreL-3 Electron Technologies, Inc. (L-3 ETI) has debuted their model 8923H dual-band 300W 30 GHz / 175W 45 GHz Traveling Wave Tube (TWT) amplifier. Designed for military SATCOM uplink applications, the new TWT has a remarkably small footprint and weighs less than four pounds.
Read MoreAl Yah Satellite Communications Company PrJsc (Yahsat), the UAE’s first nationally-owned satellite operator and wholly-owned subsidiary of Mubadala Development Company (Mubadala), received secured commitments for $1.2 billion US to finance the Middle East’s first hybrid satellite communications system.
Read MoreSpacenet Inc. has debuted their new ION™ instant VSAT communications solution. The self-contained and ruggedized field kit enables rapid deployment of complete converged communications via satellite (VSAT) for emergency response teams and remote industrial operations such as oil rigs, mines, or construction sites. ION is available immediately with Spacenet's commercial grade Connexstar™ service, offering a turnkey voice, video, and broadband data solution.
Read MoreInnovative Power Products, Inc. has debuted one of its many, small, broadband Dual Directional Couplers, Model IPP-3013. The 200 watt, Dual Directional Coupler covering 100 to 1000 MHz., is offered in a very small, 1.50 x 2.50-inch footprint, with SMA connectors.
Read MoreDuring the night of June 16th to 17th, 2008, Eutelsat’s W5 satellite at 70.5 degrees E experienced an anomaly which led to the loss of the use of one of the spacecraft’s two solar arrays. Following standard procedures, and after analysis of technical data, the decision was taken to switch-off four of the satellite’s 24 transponders to enable sufficient power to be maintained to operate the 20 remaining transponders in service.
Read MoreSkyWave Mobile Communications has introduced the SureLinx™ 8100c Satellite/GPRS terminal.
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