Products/Services

by Alvaro Sanchez

Madrid, Spain, September 4, 2020--It is a sad fact that although interference mitigation has come a long way over recent years, it remains a thorn in the side of the satellite industry. In the past, it was enough of an achievement to detect the source of interference within hours or days, and even solving it at all was another. In the long run, prevention is a better cure, but when it comes to interference, operators and users can be as diligent as they like, putting measures in place to avoid interference and doing their best to solve it when it occurs. However, not everyone is doing the same. Whether it’s by error, poor knowledge or intentional, interference continues to occur, costing valuable time and resources to resolve. So, what can we do about it? 

September 2, 2020-ST Engineering iDirect today announced that its iDirect iQ Series Satellite Modems have been integrated into mobile and fixed satellite internet solutions provider IP Access International’s FUSION product line, providing seamless, reliable and cost-effective connectivity that meets increasingly complex communications requirements.

Herndon, Va., August 25, 2020–ST Engineering iDirect, a company of ST Engineering North America, today announced that its long-term customer Paratus, a pan-African telecommunications group which provides satellite connectivity across Africa, has deployed its iDirect modems with marine antenna from manufacturer and integrator KNS Inc.,provide reliable,high-speed connectivity to mining ships based in Guinea, West Africa.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, August 18, 2020--Satellite operator Arab Satellite Communications Organization (Arabsat) signed a contract with Airbus Defense and Space to manufacture Badr-8 satellite, which is the first of its 7th generation satellites, expected to be launched at the beginning of 2023. 

Madrid, Spain, August 7, 2020--Integrasys's Beam Budget is ready for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations and Flat Panel Antennas (FPAs). Integrasys created Beam Budget, the unique and only technology solution that enables us to accurately calculate Link Budgets supporting LEO constellation and flat panel antennas.

Baikonour Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, August 3, 2020--On July 31, 2020, two communications satellites, Express-80 and Express-103, ordered by the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC), were launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome. The new satellites were put into the target geo-transfer orbit and later will be placed in the geostationary orbit at 80° and 96.5° E.

Tel Aviv, Israel, August  3, 2020--Spacecom (Tel Aviv Stock Exchange: SCC), operator of the AMOS satellites fleet, and Gilat Telecom,  a connectivity service provider,  today announced that they have partnered to develop a faster, more reliable and more cost-effective satellite service for organisations of all sizes across Africa.

Montreal, Canada, August 3, 2020--The new STAN dual-frequency converters from Advantech Wireless Technologies (AWT) are designed specifically for applications that require two-channel coherent signal processing, such as telemetry, tracking and control (TT&C) and Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Tracking & Navigation. STAN Converters, available in C, X and S-Band variants, are built upon the latest RF conversion technology with an emphasis on spectrum purity.

View Video Tours of Various Satellite Facilities Worldwide including: STN Teleport, Dob, Slovenia. ATEC Phils. Inc., Manila, Philippines; Advantech Wireless, Montreal, Canada; AVCOM of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, USA: SMS-Teleport, Rugby, UK; Work Microwave, Holzkirchen, Germany and Integrasys, Madrid, Spain.

Tempe, Ariz., July 23, 2020--Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) announced today that during its fourth quarter of fiscal 2020, its Tempe, Arizona-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., which is part of Comtech's Commercial Solutions segment, received $1.3 million in orders for advanced satellite modems, WAN optimization and redundancy switches. The equipment will be utilized to support cellular LTE backhaul for a service provider in the Middle East.