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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The Orbiter: Reinventing the Industry
SSPI has released a new issue of The Orbiter: Reinventing the Industry! This business was once one for patient capital seeking a good long-term return. Patience no longer seems to be much of a virtue. Never before in the history of business in space has so much money been gambled on so many sectors and business models at one time. According to the latest numbers I have seen, the sector has attracted $17.8 billion in new venture investment since 2000 – not including government and export credit financing – and more than $7 billion in 2017-18 alone. For those of us who are not investors seeking return or entrepreneurs seeking investment, what does it mean? The disruptions are already becoming sharp: from the decline of satellite-based pay TV subscriptions in major markets to price erosion for satellite capacity and the blooming fields of data extracted from earth observation. Established companies in fleet operations, satellite services and technology are evolving fast, because what was in investors’ minds a few years ago is remaking their world. The reinvention of the industry is taking place too fast. It is also taking place too slowly. New business models still have to prove their resilience. Established companies have to prove their ability to adapt. In that situation, patience is still a virtue. In this issue: The SSPI Hall of Fame Class of 2019 The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Invent It Making Leaders Interview: Steve Collar, President & CEO, SES Interview with Jason Rainbow, Group Editor-in-Chief, Finance Information Group Plus more! Read the issue now:
