Mobile towers improve rural Australian phone reception
22 March, 2017The federal government is providing 765 mobile towers to improve mobile phone coverage for rural and remote Australia.
nbn network switch necessary as ISS shuts down
27 February, 2017The Interim Satellite Service (ISS) will be shutting down on 28 February, meaning that homes and businesses on this service need to switch to an alternative nbn network.
Militaries receive improved broadband via Boeing
09 December, 2016Boeing has upgraded the digital payload for its eighth wideband global SATCOM (WGS) satellite, providing almost double the bandwidth for military users.
LSS deploys large antenna
28 November, 2016A test deployment has been undertaken for a 5 m diameter antenna, which is designed for orbital operations.
Volvo Ocean Race teams with Inmarsat
23 November, 2016The Volvo Ocean Race's official global satellite communications partner will again be Inmarsat.
CSIRO, NASA partner on space comms
07 November, 2016A new antenna dish, recently completed at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC), will assist NASA and other agencies with future missions into the cosmos.
Photos: Taking down the dishes
17 October, 2016 by Jonathan NallyThis photo spread shows US Air Force personnel removing microwave dishes from a tower at an air base in Qatar.
Using a drone to inspect a dish
28 September, 2016Watch this bird's-eye-view video of the European Space Agency's deep space tracking station at Cebreros, near Madrid, Spain.
Sky Muster II satellite prepares for Ariane 5 launch
06 September, 2016The Sky Muster II broadband satellite has initiated prelaunch preparations that will lead to the spacecraft's orbit on an Arianespace dual-passenger Ariane 5 mission from French Guiana.
Mexico receives Boeing satellite communications network
26 August, 2016Boeing has implemented a satellite communications system in Mexico that opens high-speed data and voice communications to the entire country.
Funding for world’s largest radio telescope
27 June, 2013Australian organisations have won almost $19 million in funding to help design the world’s largest radio telescope.
ASKAP opens
05 October, 2012Minister Chris Evans has ‘set the dishes in motion’ of the ASKAP at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory in WA.
Ubiquiti Rocket Dish RD-5G34 antenna
30 January, 2012The Ubiquiti Rocket Dish RD-5G34 is a carrier-class, dual-polarity 5 GHz directional antenna.
Laird Technologies HDDA5W HD series dish antenna
18 April, 2011 byLaird Technologies has introduced its enhanced HDDA5W HD series dish antenna.
The SKA project moves forward
24 March, 2010 byThe launch of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research is a boost to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project.
