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Small Satellites 2020

by gregoryrt — April 27, 2020

SMi Group are proud to announce the Small Satellites Conference taking place in London on the 27th and 28th April 2020.

With nations around the world developing their small satellites capability at pace, governments and trans-national agenc…

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21st Annual Global MilSatCom

by gregoryrt — November 5, 2019

SMi Group are proud to announce the 21st annual Global MilSatCom conference and exhibition will return to London on the 5th, 6th and 7th November alongside a Small Satellites and Disruptive Space Technology focus day on the 4th November.

As…

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Manufacturers say wider range of satellites they build is stressing mission assurance

by Caleb Henry — October 10, 2019

Manufacturers speaking Oct. 10 at the Satellite Innovation conference here said they are trying to evolve their approaches to mission assurance — making sure what they build doesn’t fail in orbit — so that they can respond to a wider swath of customers.

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Argentina, Turkey wade into tough GEO manufacturing market with joint venture

by Caleb Henry — September 23, 2019

Gsatcom Space Technologies, a joint venture of Argentina’s state-run technology company INVAP and Turkey’s partly state-owned Turkish Aerospace Industries, formed last year with the goal of building and selling small GEO satellites at home and abroad. 

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Thales Alenia Space hedges bet on serially built, reprogrammable small GEOs

by Caleb Henry — September 12, 2019

Thales Alenia Space is shedding around 6% of its workforce while rolling out a new line of reprogrammable satellites it says will benefit from an Iridium Next-style production.

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To do business, reprogrammable satellites now the requirement for manufacturers

by Caleb Henry — September 11, 2019

Manufacturers say software-defined satellites that can redesign beams and capacity have shifted from a wish-list feature to a requirement for operators.

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Boeing unveils small GEO product as part of new 702X satellite lineup

by Caleb Henry — September 8, 2019

Boeing has joined the growing list of manufacturers offering smaller satellites for geostationary orbit, saying new digital payload technology can reduce the weight of its typical communications spacecraft by half.

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Thales Group to restructure space business as order gap drives losses

by Caleb Henry — September 4, 2019

The global slowdown in geostationary satellite orders is dragging on longer than it expected, causing Thales Alenia Space revenues to contract. 

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Glass-ceramics company, with eyes on space, raises $12 million

by Caleb Henry — July 16, 2019

“The closure of this round is really allowing us to accelerate the ability to move into higher levels of production for these tip of the spear type of customers, and those are the space-related defense contractors.”

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Military Space USA

by gregoryrt — June 11, 2019

SMi Group, organizers of Global MilSatcom, are proud to present the Military Space USA conference and exhibition; convening in Los Angeles on June 11th and 12th 2019.

Featuring high level briefings from senior leadership across industry, g…

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Made for Space: New Manufacturing Opportunities

by gregoryrt — May 2, 2019

Made for Space is a two-day intensive conference examining the opportunities and challenges for manufacturing within the global space sector. With sessions focusing on key advanced manufacturing technologies, such as: additive manufacturing, surfa…

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Op-ed | We can — and should — democratize the economy of space, from communications to deep space exploration  

by Laura Overly — January 31, 2019

It's time to rethink manufacturability and seriously consider “pop-up” manufacturing, an on-site manufacturing center brought to customer hubs.

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