In a recent white paper, Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) acknowledged that government needs to do more to eliminate obstacles that impede agencies from moving forward with innovative commercial satellite communication (COMSATCOM) business arrangements. These obstacles are preventing the more efficient acquisition of the SATCOM bandwidth government customers need, and the need will only escalate […]
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People making decisions about buying satellite communications services for their agency or company recently have been bombarded in ads and articles with conflicting and sometimes confusing information about the new high-throughput spacecraft using both the Ka and Ku spectrum bands. Satellites using both bands will be going into space in the coming years that use
Recently, I spoke about Intelsat Epic satellites, Intelsat’s next-generation of satellite designs, at Newtec’s Government and Defense Seminar held in the Washington, D.C. area. Intelsat Epic incorporates multiple smaller spot-beams with high frequency re-use. This design delivers performance, coverages, and connectivities previously not possible. Performance on an Intelsat Epic satellite is improved not only in
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In areas like Africa and the Caribbean, the combination of poverty and tropical weather create an environment that is ripe for the incubation and spread of communicable diseases.
Real-time satellite communications allows organizations like the Center for Disease Control (CDC) to more effectively manage potential public health issues in these regions of the world.
A core part
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Comparing Ku-band and Ka-band satellite capacity is a high interest topic right now in the satellite industry. In fact, a previous story we wrote on this topic is one of the best read pages on SATCOM Frontier.
A new study just released sheds new light on this important topic. Presented late last month at the International
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As the economics of providing Ka-band satellite communication services drive several new satellite deployments around the world, customers have been asking the question: Ka-band versus Ku-band — which is better? The answer to that question depends on the customer’s needs and the trade-offs that can be accepted.
Let’s start with an example customer who needs a
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