On August 6, 2019,  AMOS-17 was successfully launched by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida.  The satellite is located at 17 degrees East where it covers the African continent, along with Europe, the Middle East and Asia. It is positioned right over central Africa, to optimize service in the region. 

Scheduled to be operational in November, AMOS-17 is the most advanced high-throughput satellite (HTS) to date, providing satellite communication services to Africa.

Link budgets are living a new era. Not only capacity engineers are capable to make this calculation for the quotes. This way of calculating all the gains and losses between transmitters and receivers in satellite communications have significantly changed.  

I’ve been to many teleports all over the world  and having worked in one for several years, it never ceases to amaze me how teleports which provide essentially similar services can still be unique in their own way. This was the case when I visited the sprawling VIVACOM teleport in Plana, Bulgaria about 30 kilometers south of the capital city of Sofia. This is one of the largest ground station facilities in Eastern Europe with more than 50 antennas ranging in size up to 18.3 meters.

Advantech Wireless Technologies launched a new line of Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPAs) and Block Up Converters (BUCs). The new  SSPAs and Block Up Converters (BUCs) from Advantech Wireless Technologies are available in both Gallium Nitride (GaN) and Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) configurations with power levels from 8 watts to 1000 watts in Ku, X and C-Bands.

The new line of Gallium Nitride (GaN) based SSPAs provides exceptional linearity and operating efficiencies.

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) announced today that during its first quarter of fiscal 2020, its Tempe, Arizona-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., which is part of Comtech’s Commercial Solutions segment, received a US$ 1.6 million order for DMD2050E Satellite Modems<

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) announced today that its Comtech Mission-Critical Technologies group and Comtech Systems, Inc., which are both part of Comtech’s Government Solutions segment, and Comtech EF Data Corp., which is part of Comtech’s Commercial Solutions segment, will be exhibiting October 14th through 16th at the Association of the United States Army (“AUSA”) Annual Meeting & Expo 2019. Comtech will be showcasing its tactical SATCOM technologies, resilient Blue Force Tracking (“BFT”) technologies, hi

SpaceBridge™ (www.SpaceBridge.com), a global market leader and maker of broadband satellite communications systems technology, advanced HTS VSAT platforms, SatCloud™ cloud based managed services platforms, plus SCPC and Broadcast modems,  implemented a largescale “MACRO eNodeB”, city size, 2G and 4G mobile cellular backhaul over satellite, to unserved rural areas with no prior cellular coverage.

Integrasys  has launched Alusat 2.0, the latest version of its automated network maintenance system. The update delivers increased automation, flexibility and scalability.

Hispasat, the Spanish satellite telecommunications operator, together with the Colombian satellite services provider Bansat, is helping to provide the communications for the “Journey to the heart of the Atrato”. This expedition, which is organised by the Colombian government, transports humanitarian material and personnel to towns located on the banks of the third largest river in the country.

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) announced today that during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019, its Santa Clara, California-based subsidiary, Comtech Xicom Technology, Inc., which is part of Comtech's Commercial Solutions segment, received multiple orders valued at more than US$ 3.7 million for solid-state power amplifiers (“SSPAs”) for the commercial in-flight connectivity market.