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Inmarsat confirms type approval of Skyware Technologies Global Xpress terminals

June 3rd, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

2 June 2015 – Inmarsat is pleased to announce that after extensive testing on Inmarsat-5 F1, the Skyware Technologies SKY 98 GX, SKY 180 GX, and ATOM 65 GX with Assisted Pointing terminals have received full type approval for use over the Inm...

Fixed VSAT operators can now take advantage of Inmarsat’s wholesale service, powered by Gilat Satellite Networks and Global Xpress

June 2nd, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

2 June 2015 – Inmarsat and Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd today announced that, in selected regions, fixed VSAT operators can now access a new wholesale, fully-managed, high-speed satellite broadband service, delivered over Inmarsat’s Global Xp...

New Director for RAL Space

June 1st, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

1 June 2015 – Dr Christopher Mutlow today takes up the reins as Director of RAL Space at STFC’s Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. Dr Mutlow brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the role, having previously been Head of Earth Observatio...

SSTL opens new Spacecraft Operations Centre

May 28th, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

28 May 2015 – SSTL yesterday welcomed Michael Boyd, Managing Director of Investment at UKTI, and Peter Martin, Deputy Leader of Surrey County Council, to the company’s Guildford Headquarters, with the visit coinciding with completion of SSTL’...

Airbus Defence and Space delivers Sentinel-1B radar for Europe’s Copernicus Radar Satellite Mission

May 28th, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

28 May 2015 – The Airbus Defence and Space built C-band radar instrument for the Copernicus Sentinel-1B satellite is now on its way to “meet” its spacecraft at Thales Alenia Space (TAS), Italy, the prime contractor for this program.

Airbus Defence and Space: 65th successful launch in a row of Ariane 5

May 27th, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

27 May 2015 – Ariane 5 has been successfully launched from Kourou, French Guiana, for the 65th time in a row, once again confirming the reliability of the European launcher.

Airbus Defence and Space to launch DIRECTV 15, its 100th geostationary telecommunications satellite

May 21st, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

21 May 2015 – The launch of DIRECTV 15, the United States’ most powerful television broadcasting satellite, is scheduled for 27 May from Kourou on board an Ariane 5 launcher.

ESA and Airbus Defence and Space sign contract for new Copernicus Earth observation mission

May 11th, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

11 May 2015 – At the 36th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment in Berlin, the European Space Agency and Airbus Defence and Space signed the development and production contract for the Jason-CS/Sentinel-6A satellite.

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