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Kymeta and Kepler Communications announced that they have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to integrate Kepler’s Global Data Service into the just-announced Kymeta u8 Terminal and Kymeta Connect offering.

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The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) at Los Angeles Air Force Base has awarded Lockheed Martin a US$240 million contract to develop a prototype payload for its new Protected Tactical SATCOM (PTS) system.

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ST Engineering iDirect, a company of ST Engineering North America, introduced its Mx-DMA MRC (multi-resolution coding) technology, which according to the company unites SCPC (single carrier per channel) efficiency and TDMA (time-division multiple access) scalability.

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Telecommunications operator Orange will be the first telco to adopt O3b mPOWER, SES’s next-generation Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellite communications system, to exponentially ramp up its consumer and business services, starting in the Central African Republic.

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For the first time, an ESA deep space antenna has sent commands to two ESA spacecraft, simultaneously, at the Red Planet.

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Azerbaijani satellite operator Azercosmos and Japanese Ground Segment as a Service provider Infostellar have signed an agreement that will enable Infostellar customers access to their satellite constellations from the Azercosmos Ground Station (AGS), located in the Absheron peninsula. AGS is ideally positioned between Europe and Asia.

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