Satellite News

The Satellite Users Interference Reduction Group (SUIRG) has released the formal findings of a field test on the compatibility of Fixed Satellite Services (FSS) and WiMAX services sharing the C-band spectrum. The test conclusively demonstrated that WiMax communications pose a significant interference threat to satellite signals transmitted in the C-band frequency, the non-profit group said.

COM DEV International Ltd. said it has successfully completed the airborne validation trials of its advanced Automatic Identification System (AIS) receiver solution.

China will launch its first next-generation polar orbiting weather satellite in May, Xinhua news agency reported.

NASA’s Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, has arrived at the Astrotech payload processing facility near the Kennedy Space Center to begin final preparations for launch.