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SpaceX Requests FCC to Authorize Starlink Satellite Operation in Lower Orbit
SpaceX is seeking authorization from the Federal Communications Commission to operate around 4.4K Starlink satellites at 335.5 to 354.2 miles above Earth, SpaceNews reported Tuesday.
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Inmarsat Provides Comms Support for Far South Expedition
Inmarsat Government has delivered mobile communications services to help an expedition team study the South Orkney Islands near the Antarctic Peninsula.
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L3Harris Builds Counter Communications System Block 10.2 for Space Force
L3Harris Technologies has developed an updated version of the Counter Communications System designed to help the U.S. Space Force jam adversaries’ satellite communications, C4ISRNET reported Wednesday. CCS Block 10.2 is a transportable electronic warfare platform that reached initial operating capability in March.
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Hughes’ Rick Lober Talks Potential Ways to Improve Interoperability in DoD Satcom Systems
Rick Lober, vice president and general manager of Hughes Network Systems’ defense and intelligence systems segment, has said that software-defined radios can help address the Department of Defense’s interoperability issues, Avionics International reported Friday.
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Peraton’s Dean Bellamy: Congress Should Address Space Traffic Management
Dean Bellamy, senior director of space strategies and development at Peraton, told Politico in an interview published Friday he believes Congress needs to initiate action to better manage space traffic as more companies launch satellites into orbit.
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ULA’s Atlas V Rocket Launches Lockheed-Built AEHF-6 Military Satellite to Orbit; John Raymond, Tory Bruno Quoted
United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V vehicle has sent the sixth Lockheed Martin-built Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite to orbit as part of the U.S. Space Force’s efforts to support military communications around the world.Â
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Hughes’ Rick Lober: DoD Needs Enterprise Satcom Network Mgmt System to Optimize Bandwidth
Rick Lober, vice president of Hughes Network Systems’ defense and intelligence systems division, has said that the Department of Defense should start deploying a unified network system for satellite communications, Breaking Defense reported Monday.
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ULA to Launch AEHF-6 Comms Satellite with Atlas V 551 Rocket
United Launch Alliance is set to lift off a Lockheed Martin-built military communications satellite aboard an Atlas V 551 rocket at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Thursday, Satnews reported Monday.
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Lockheed Seeks to Demystify Satellite Constellation Planning Process With New App
Lockheed Martin demonstrated at the Satellite 2020 conference a beta version of an application designed to help government agencies, academic institutions and space industry investors better understand the elements related to constellations of communications satellites, SpaceNews reported Wednesday.