The University of Birmingham’s Department of Metallurgy and Materials played host to our very first SIG Academic Workshop last week and we’re sure it won’t be our last! We brought representatives of academia and business together to have an honest discussion on the...
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Meet the Member Series – Global Invacom
Tell us about your company For over thirty years, Global Invacom has been a leading innovator and supplier of high-performance radio (RF), optical, and antenna products to the satellite ground segment industry. To date, 40million of our satcom antennas and 30million...
Meet the Member Series – Es’hailSat
In this instalment of our Meet the Member Series we hear from Es’hailSat.Tell us about your company Es’hailSat – The Qatar Satellite Company, incorporated in 2010, provides satellite, broadcast, teleport, and managed services. Es’hailSat is a private joint stock...
SIG Academia and Industry Workshop
The shortage of incoming talent into satcom is well known and has been a recurring point of discussion at Satcoms Innovation Group (SIG) workshops in recent years. Of course, this issue isn’t just confined to the satellite industry but rather is a broader issue...
Why the Ground Segment Needs Rethinking
From mega constellations to multi-orbit networks operating across LEO, MEO and HEO, as well as very high-throughput and software-defined satellites with splitable and steerable beams that can be configurable on the fly, the transformation that has already taken place...
Last Mile Geolocation by Drone
The Satcoms Innovation Group (SIG) was recently invited to Denmark to get an exclusive demo of Quadsat’s new geolocation tool, QS RF Locator. The solution works alongside existing geolocation tools to perform last-mile geolocation once an ellipse has been created. The...
Satcom in the Middle East: Our top takes from the SIG & ARABSAT workshop
From the 33rd floor of the Fairmont Hotel, Dubai, we had an incredible view for the Satcom Innovation Group’s Middle East Workshop, held jointly with Arabsat. We knew there was a lot of ground to cover, and the agenda reflected the diverse challenges and opportunities...
Meet the Member Series – Integrasys
For the next instalment of our Meet the Member Series, we are discussing the state of satcom with our Associate Member, Integrasys. Tell us about your company Founded in 1990 by a team of senior engineers from Hewlett Packard, INTEGRASYS has developed over 20 products...
The Long Road to FPA Standardisation
While virtual meetings can be highly productive, when it comes to solving complex challenges, you can’t beat getting all the right people together in the same room. With all the key satellite industry players under one roof, the Satellite Show in Washington D.C. has...
SIG Takes Technical Workshop to Dubai, UAE
The Middle East’s space economy and satellite industry is booming. As the region seeks to establish itself as a key player in the global space industry and diversify its economies which have traditionally been reliant on oil, countries across the region are...