December 2016 Edition - YEAR IN REVIEW — 2016
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Military Satellite News (October & November 2016)Visit www.satnews.com/military for today's military satellite news

November 30, 2016
NASA's RapidScat Is A Sad Sat... Decommissioned After Successful Mission Aboard ISS 
Job well done, and now the lights go out. Another satellite is decommissioned, but this one had a unique vantage point as it was attached to the International Space Station.   Full Story


November 24, 2016
Satcom Global Has A Terrific Aura...And A VSAT Solution As Well
Aura will set new standards for military, maritime, offshore, and enterprise businesses with flexible global communications both at sea and on land.   Full Story


November 21, 2016
US Army WIN-T Testing Involves Intelsat General & RiteNet
The Army conducts a range of testing using the Warfighter Information Network (WIN-T) at these two facilities...   Full Story


November 16, 2016
Amplifier Advancements Addressed By ETL Systems
ETL’s range of RF power amplifiers offer high efficiency, broad frequency coverage and a compact form-factor.   Full Story

Harris Manpack Certified To Bring More To MUOS
Harris has delivered more than 30,000 MUOS-capable AN/PRC-117G tactical radios...   Full Story


November 12, 2016
A Spatial Unfurling For MUOS-5
The MUOS-5's two unfurlable mesh antenna reflectors manufactured by Harris Corporation successfully deployed on October 30th.   Full Story


November 9, 2016
NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance To Receive GovSat SATCOMs Service
The contract is for an end-to-end service and includes the delivery of satellite capacity in commercial Ku-band.   Full Story

Skynet Comms Stanchion For UK's Red Arrows Tour
Airbus Defence and Space owns and operates the hardened Skynet X-band satellite constellation of eight satellites...   Full Story


November 7, 2016
Estonian Defense Evolution Energized By Bittium And TacComms Diversification 
The order contributes to a reform that aims to improve the Estonian Land Forces’ IP data transfer capability and availability.   Full Story

General Hyten, Formerly Of Air Force Space Command, Takes The Reins At STRATCOM
General Hyten was responsible for organizing, equipping, training and maintaining mission-ready space and cyberspace forces and capabilities for North American Aerospace Defense Command, STRATCOM and other combatant commands around the world.   Full Story


November 4, 2016
US Navy and Lockheed Martin Delighted With Successful MUOS 5 Deployment
The satellite will begin on orbit testing before being turned over to the USN for further testing and eventual commissioning into service.    Full Story


November 2, 2016
There's A New Paradigm... He's Hired To Develop International Business In Middle East And Asia
he was CEO at Vislink, and prior to that Managing Director of Advent Communications, heading up Vislink Group’s Asia Pacific Singapore operation.   Full Story


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