Satellites currently use radio waves to exchange data. Now the data rate has been increased a hundredfold by using lasers instead of radio signals. Two test satellites each carried a diode laser pump module developed with the help of Fraunhofer researchers.
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Enhancing interoperability during European civil protection operations is the objective of an ESA project named Decision. In the context of this project, field trials were held in Chartres, France, focusing on satellite solutions to improve cooperation between civil protection agencies in crisis theatres - whether they occur in Europe or outside.
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Researchers have used a new technique to save $60 million for broadcasters by extending the service life of two communications satellites.
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Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced today that its Tempe, Arizona-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., was awarded a $1.2 million order for satellite communications equipment. A government customer will utilize the equipment to support a major, multi-year program.
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ViaSat Corp., a provider of satellite communications terminals, is thinking about moving up the food chain. The Carlsbad, Calif., company is asking the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to license a Ka-band broadband satellite as one way of addressing what ViaSat Chief Executive Mark Dankberg said is an ongoing shortage of Ka-band capacity in orbit.
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Researchers from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), in Laurel, Md., in conjunction with scientists from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the U.S. Air Force Academy, have developed a tiny analyzer to study depletions of plasma (known as plasma bubbles) in the ionosphere, a phenomenon that can disrupt satellite communications.
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IBM Turns On Southside Electric Cooperative to Software Recycling; Coop Delivers $1.2 Million Capital Credits Refund to Member-Owners
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Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. today announced that Telekom Serbia, the incumbent telecom carrier in Serbia, will deploy Gilat's SkyEdge broadband satellite hub and several hundred VSATs to serve its residential and corporate customers.
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ViaSat Inc. has received a $4.6 million order from the Defense Communication and Army Transmission Systems (PM DCATS) for MD-1366 Enhanced Bandwidth Efficient Modems (EBEM).
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Andrew Corporation and GigaSat Limited have expanded their recently signed agreement to include five Asian nations in which Andrew will be the exclusive OEM provider of GigaSat's flyaway antenna family.
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