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Airbus launches “Enter the SpaceDataHighway” Challenge

January 12th, 2017 Posted in Uncategorised

12 January 2017 – Airbus is calling for ideas for a new challenge which is open to SMEs, start-ups, entrepreneurs and students who would like to embark on this adventure with their business ideas for utilising the "SpaceDataHighway".

Inmarsat and European Space Agency complete first test flights for air traffic modernisation project

December 20th, 2016 Posted in Uncategorised

20 December 2016 – Inmarsat, the world’s leading provider of global mobile satellite communications, has successfully completed the first flight trials for Iris Precursor, a ground-breaking project to enhance and modernise air traffic managem...

Hughes High-Throughput Satellite successfully launched, setting the stage for next generation of satellite internet

December 19th, 2016 Posted in Uncategorised

Built for Hughes by SSL, EchoStar XIX/JUPITER 2 Will Power Next Generation HughesNet® Gen5 Satellite Internet Service 19 December 2016 – Hughes Network Systems is set to usher in the next generation of satellite Internet service with the successf...

Lockheed Martin successfully launches EchoStar XIX satellite to power HughesNet Gen5 High-Speed Internet Service

December 18th, 2016 Posted in Uncategorised

18 December 2016 – Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services has successfully launched the EchoStar XIX communications satellite, placing it in orbit for customer Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), an EchoStar company, and marking the 139...

EchoStar Mobile selects Bentley Walker as first European-wide distributor of new mobile satellite services network

December 14th, 2016 Posted in Uncategorised

14 December 2016 – EchoStar Mobile has selected Bentley Walker as the first European-wide distributor for its new satellite-based network that will provide reliable, IP-based Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) for voice and data.

Air New Zealand signs contract for Inmarsat’s GX Aviation service on long and short-haul aircraft fleets

December 7th, 2016 Posted in Uncategorised

7 December 2016 – Inmarsat today announced that it has signed a contract with Air New Zealand to provide Global Xpress (GX) connectivity across the airline’s long-haul and short-haul fleets.

AERO-SATCOM helps head of state aircraft move to Inmarsat’s aeronautical Global Xpress service

December 6th, 2016 Posted in Uncategorised

6 December 2016 – AERO-SATCOM, the joint venture (JV) between Eclipse and NSSLGlobal, today signed an agreement with Inmarsat’s Global Government business unit which sees the JV appointed as Global Xpress Value Added Reseller for the Governme...

BEIS seeking suppliers to apply Earth Observation expertise to assess UK land use change

December 5th, 2016 Posted in Uncategorised

5 December 2016 – The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has launched a tender process through which it is looking for suppliers to apply Earth Observation to assess UK land use change.

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