Alaska Communications will use
OneWeb’s satellite capacity to provide broadband service in the state, under a distribution agreement announced June 10.
Alaska Communications is a business and residential network provider in the state. Through the agreement, the business plans to sell OneWeb’s Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite service to its customers and use OneWeb’s infrastructure for middle-mile connections. LEO services through Alaska Communications and OneWeb are set to be available for service in the fourth quarter of 2021.
Bill Bishop, president and CEO of Alaska Communications, said the company sees this agreement as a milestone in offering low-latency, high-speed service across Alaska and in rural areas.
Arianespace launched the latest batch of 36 OneWeb satellites on Friday bringing OneWeb’s constellation to 80% to what is needed to provide initial service. A Soyuz rocket, operated by Arianespace and its Starsem affiliate, launched the satellites from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Russian Far East. The launch
Fox21Online
The students designed the rover for this year s U.S. Air Force Research Lab Challenge.
May 10, 2021
DULUTH, Minn.- From the minds of UMD Students comes a robot that can climb walls, carry and drop off items their entry in this year’s Air Force Research Lab Challenge.
The challenge was to design a remote controlled, autonomous robot that could climb walls and deploy sensors or cameras in hostile territory.
UMD’S rover is outfitted with a moveable camera for visibility, and four wheels and two propellers which allow the driver to actually drive it up walls to deliver payloads in places a human can’t reach, or where they could be compromised.
autoevolution 11 May 2021, 7:16 UTC ·
by
The U.S. Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) selected Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) and OneWeb, two important names in the satellite communication and technology world, to demonstrate end-to-end services that can connect the Arctic region to other locations all over the world. 1 photo
Multi-domain operations are becoming more and more important in today’s world, where new types of security threats are constantly evolving. Digitalization and connectivity are essential in modern military operations, but there are still areas where this is a work in progress. Geographically speaking, the Polar region has remained an unconquered fortress when it comes to connectivity.
Operator
Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the EchoStar Corporation Conference Call for the First Quarter 2021 Results. [Operator Instructions]
I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today, Terry Brown. Please go ahead.
Terry Brown
Investor Relations
Thank you, operator, and good morning, everybody, and welcome to our earnings call for the first quarter of 2021. I m joined today by Mike Dugan, our CEO; Dave Rayner, COO and CFO; Pradman Kaul, President of Hughes; Anders Johnson, Chief Strategy Officer and President of EchoStar Satellite Services; and Dean Manson, General Counsel and Secretary. As usual, we invite media to participate in a listen-only mode on the call and ask that you not identify participants or their firms in your report. We also do not allow audio recording, which we ask that you respect. Let me now turn this over to Dean for the safe harbor disclosures.