Industry Innovator Awards
2012 Awards
INNOVATION IN KA-BAND SERVICES
KA-SAT and ViaSat-1
SSPI honors two for-profit companies and strategic partners for the development and launch of transformative high-throughput satellites that seek to provide broadband Internet access to homes and small offices at rates and speeds comparable to terrestrial alternatives. More...
INNOVATION IN THE MITIGATION OF GALAXY-15
Intelsat and SES
SSPI honors a satellite operator that forged an unprecedented collaboration with another leading operator to prevent a perfect storm of radio frequency interference over the US domestic arc. More...
INNOVATION IN INDUSTRY COLLABORATION ON THE SAFE USE OF SPACE
Space Data Association
SSPI honors an association formed by satellite operators to make operations in space safer for themselves and more reliable for their customers. More...
INNOVATION IN IDENTIFYING THE SOURCE OF INTERFERENCE
Comtech EF Data
SSPI honors Comtech EF Data for developing, on its own initiative and at its own expense, a critical component of a long-term solution to the problem of satellite radio frequency interference (RFI). More...
2010 Awards
SERVICE DEVELOPMENT & APPLICATIONS
The US Broadcast Networks
In the for-profit sector, SSPI honors the four US terrestrial broadcast networks – ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX – for successful completion of a nationwide conversion from analog to digital over-the-air broadcasting. More...
Télécom sans Frontiéres
In the non-profit sector, SSPI honors Télécom sans Frontiéres, or Telecommunications Without Borders, a relief organization in southern France founded by Monique Lanne-Petit and Jean-Francois Cazenave. More...
SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT & APPLICATIONS
Inmarsat 4 Spacecraft
In the for-profit sector, SSPI honors Inmarsat as the creative innovator and EADS Astrium as systems engineer and project manager for the complex, multi-year effort to develop and launch the Inmarsat-4 system of spacecraft. More...
Satellite Users Interference Reduction Group and WBU-ISOG
In the non-profit sector, SSPI honors the Satellite Users Interference Reduction Group (SUIRG) and the World Broadcasting Union – International Satellite Operations Group (WBU-ISOG) for leadership over many years in the effort to reduce the impact of satellite radio frequency interference (RFI). More...
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT & APPLICATIONS
Cisco Systems Internet Router in Space
In the for-profit sector, SSPI honors Cisco Systems for developing and placing into operation a hosted satellite payload offering the ability to route IP traffic on the satellite, which eliminates the need to send the data to and from an extra ground station to implement the circuit-switched function. More...
NASA Innovations in Space Communications and Robotic Operations Related to the Deep Space Network, Mars Exploration and the Hubble Space Telescope
In the non-profit sector, SSPI honors the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for innovations in deep space communications and robotics in support of Mars exploration programs and the reconditioned Hubble Space Telescope. More...
Articles
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Better Satellite World Podcast - NASA Space Apps Challenge
Each year, the NASA incubator innovation program, the Space Apps Challenge, brings together coders, scientists, designers, storytellers, makers, builders, technologists, and everyone enthusiastic about curiosity for 48 hours where they address challenges we face on Earth and in space. This year, the event is taking place October 19-21, and there are going to be over 200 different locations around the world hosting local events tied to the challenge, making it the biggest one yet. Not only that, but you can participate virtually from anywhere if you can’t find an event near you. You can learn more about the challenge and find a location near you at SpaceAppsChallenge.org Today, though, we’re going to be focusing on one of these local events to give you an idea of what you can expect if you attend one of these hackathons – that’s because this interview was recorded by SSPI Communications Manager Matthew Owen in Orlando, Florida, at the University of Central Florida. He spoke with Anita Kirkovska and Marina Trajkovska, two of the local organizers, about what’s to come later this month with the Orlando Space Apps Challenge. Anita (left) is a veteran Space Apps organizer for 5 years in Europe and now in the USA. She is a space and data enthusiast, growth hacker and a Fulbright scholar and a graduate student at UCF. Marina (right) is a techie working with global digital companies, the QA for their products, She is involved in many community programs and is hyped about anything and everything related to tech.
