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Arianespace has successfully launched its fourth Ariane 5 mission of the year, this time carrying a double payload, the first time Intelsat blasted off two satellites on one rocket. Intelsat 33e is the second in a series of seven planned EpicNG satellites that will deliver high throughput, all digital capabilities.

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A Virginia-based radio frequency and analytics startup wants to go where no commercial business has gone before. HawkEye 360, a subsidiary of Allied Minds, is teaming with Lockheed Martin and Deep Space Industries to launch the small business' detection, mapping and predictive analytic technologies to detect radio frequency from space for global commercial and government use, giving customers a unique intelligence offering that cuts across air, land and sea networks.

Recent disasters such as hurricanes Katrina and Sandy demonstrated the importance of improving the nation’s emergency communications infrastructure at all levels of government. Ensuring consistent, uninterrupted communications during a disaster, and the days immediately following, is essential to an organization’s ability to meet mission-critical response requirements. Unfortunately, communications infrastructures easily fall victim to physical damage, leaving personnel and emergency responders unable to effectively communicate.

Industry said, “Show me the money,” and NATO obliged. Officials shared several key business initiatives to meet future NATO needs during the three-day NITEC 2016 cyber conference, informing industry members about 3 billion euros worth of upcoming business opportunities and contract work.

ViaSat Inc., Carlsbad, California, was awarded a non-competitive, firm-fixed-price contract to provide senior leaders and their support staff with Ku-ban