News Analysis

by Omkar Nikam

Strasbourg, France, July 5, 2021--In the recent years, the Asia-Pacific region has become a bright spot for connectivity solutions. One of the reasons is its huge population, which represents approximately 60% of the humanity (4.6 billion people as of 2020). 

by Lou Zacharilla

New York City, NY, July 2, 2021--If they asked me to write my personal history of the Pandemic the title would be, “You’re On Mute.”
While technology for sure allowed us to continue to do our work online, it is fact, as John Updike wrote, that “for every piece of candy there is a toothache somewhere.”

Abu Dhabi, UAE, June 21, 2021--Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PJSC  today announces its intention to proceed with an initial public offering (IPO) of part of its existing shares and to apply for admission of all of its shares to listing and trading on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (“ADX”). At least 30% of Yahsat’s issued share capital currently held by Mamoura Diversified Global Holding PJSC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mubadala Investment Company PJSC will be included in the Offering to individuals and other investors in the UAE (as part of the UAE retail offering) and to qualified institutional and other investors (as part of the qualified investor offering).

Melvile, NY, June 8, 2021-- Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) today reported its operating results for the third fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2021 and updated its financial targets for fiscal 2021. The company reported consolidated net sales of US$ 139.4 million and Adjusted EBITDA of US$ 17.7 million (or 12.7% of consolidated net sales).

The June 2021 issue of  the Satellite Executive Briefing magazine focusing on New Space Services is now available.  Featuring:

The State of the Art in On-Orbit Services  by Elisabeth Tweedie

Microsatellite and Nanosatellite Markets by Mayank Halmare

Better Satellite World: A Promise Kept

Coming Out of the COVID Tunnel by Robert Bell

It's Singapore Virtually by Martin Jarrold

PLUS Products and Services Spotlight, Mergers and Acquisitions, Executive Moves, Market Briefs, Vital Statistics, Satellite Markets Stock Index and many more. Click here to read or download the file

by Elisabeth Tweedie

Los Angeles, Calif., June 4, 2021--Many years ago, when I was part of a team considering an investment in Teledesic, one of the engineers at Hughes, produced a computer model, of what would happen if one of the satellites ran into a piece of orbital debris.  The assumption was, that this would cause it to break-up, so the satellite behind would inevitably run into the fragments and similarly break-up and so on.  The space equivalent of a freeway pile-up, technically known as the Kessler Effect, after the NASA scientist who first modeled this happening.  
Teledesic, in common with many of the other Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) systems on the drawing board at the time, didn’t get off the ground, and general interest in space debris faded.  

TECHBrief on Mx-DMA MRC Technology for All Applications sponsored by ST Engineering iDirect

A summary of the innovative features and benefits of ST Engineering iDirect's new Mx-DMA Multi-Resolution Coding (MRC) Technology.  Featuring:

No Compromises: Mx-DMA MRC Technology for All Applications  by Elisabeth Tweedie

Interview with Ban Van Poucke, Vice-President-Product Management, ST Engineering iDirect

Case Study: BIRDSAT-Netting the Benefits of Mx-DMA MRC 

To read or download the pdf of full report click here.

Redmond, Wash, May 26, 2021--Kymeta Corporation announced today that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has approved a US$ 30 million investment by Hanwha Systems Co., Ltd. (HSC), a leading global solutions company that provides differentiated smart technologies in defense electronics and information infrastructure, in Kymeta.