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Tallysman antenna selected by Facebook Open Cellular Platform

September 5, 2017 - By

Facebook has selected Tallysman’s TW2643POC GPS/Iridium antenna for the Facebook Open Cellular Platform. Facebook’s Open Cellular group is developing a cost-effective, software-defined, wireless-access platform to improve connectivity in remote areas of the world, the company said. The TW2643POC employs Tallysman’s Accutenna technology in a magnet mount, passive right-hand circularly polarized antenna for the reception of all of the GNSS constellations... read more

Last Galileo satellite leaves ESA Test Centre

September 5, 2017 - By

News from the European Space Agency The last of 22 Galileo satellites has departed the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Test Centre in the Netherlands. This concludes the single longest and largest scale test campaign in the establishment’s history, ESA said. Cocooned in a protective container for its journey — equipped with air conditioning, temperature control and shock absorbers — the... read more

DigitalGlobe releases satellite imagery of Houston

September 5, 2017 - By

DigitalGlobe released satellite imagery of Houston after Hurricane Harvey hit. Hurricane Harvey slammed into the Gulf Coast of Texas — just southwest of Houston — on Aug. 25. According to DigitalGlobe, the hurricane packed sustained winds at more than 130 miles per hour and has been identified as the largest single rainmaking event in continental U.S. history. The images show... read more