Articles Tagged with ''satellites''

The European Space Agency (ESA) announced that an Ariane 5 rocket has launched four additional Galileo satellites, accelerating deployment of the new satellite navigation system.

Airbus Defence and Space is continuing to future-proof its site at Friedrichshafen, Germany, with the construction of a new Integrated Technology Centre (ITC).

Jackson Labs Technologies Inc., a designer and manufacturer of cutting-edge GNSS, timing and frequency equipment, announced several new products with full support for the new and emerging Galileo Satellite Navigation System, as well as a free software retrofit to existing products adding Galileo functionality.

Airbus Defence and Space, the world’s second largest space company, won its third contract in 18 months for its latest advanced GaN SSPAs, bringing the total ordered to more than 350.

e2v has won a contract with Airbus DS GmbH to design, develop and supply bespoke CMOS image sensors for advanced METimage radiometers for MetOp weather satellites.

Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract worth €450 million with the European Space Agency to build the Sentinel 3C and 3D satellites for the European Copernicus program.

Advantech Wireless, a global leader for High Throughput Satellite (HTS) broadband communications solutions, today announced a new, significant advance in solid state power amplifier (SSPA) technology with the release of its SapphireBlu™ Solid State Power Amplifier/Power Block (SSPA/SSPB), based on second generation gallium nitride (GaN) technology.

Airbus Defence and Space has been awarded the contract by the French defence procurement agency (DGA) for one of two military satellites for the COMSAT NG secure telecommunications programme, with Thales Alenia Space as lead contractor.

An innovative antenna assembly destined to serve Europe’s coming generation of weather satellites has been put to the test within ESA’s cavernous Hertz chamber, which can reproduce the boundless reaches of space. Developed by Thales Alenia Space Italy, the UHF and L-band combination patch-array antenna has been designed to operate aboard Meteosat Third Generation Imaging satellites.

ETL Systems has launched a new range of RF power amplifiers designed for electronic warfare applications such as broadband frequency jamming or EMC testing.