Emerging markets are slowing down, however, with fewer new direct-to-home platforms launching in recent years, and some new platforms failing to gain customers. OneWeb Satellites, the Airbus-OneWeb joint venture that builds small satellites, has asked the U.S. government to increase the number of components and materials included in the company’s Foreign Trade Zone. The Commerce Department’s Foreign Trade Zone program allows companies to reduce import taxes and streamlines customs procedures.
OneWeb Satellites has a Foreign Trade Zone for its factory in Merritt Island, Florida, which sources components from the U.S., Europe and elsewhere. Materials and components OneWeb Satellites sources from abroad include xenon propellant, electrical adhesive tape, and multi-layer insulation sheets for thermal protection. Ī cubesat Viasat is building for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory is scheduled to launch in the spring of 2021. The 23-kilogram satellite will use a 12U spacecraft bus from Blue Canyon Technologies and an L-band antenna from Roccor. Viasat is supplying a payload that uses Link-16, an encrypted radio frequency employed by military forces for line-of-sight communications. The Viasat satellite will test Link-16 communications from space.
The satellite has a design life of six months, and will support demonstrations for the Marine Corps and Special Operations Command in addition to the Air Force Research Laboratory.
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