Satnews Daily
September 27th, 2016

SIA... Satellites And The Senate


The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) is now organizing a Senate Satellite Industry Technology Demonstration and Exhibition with honorary co-hosts Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO) and Senator Mark Warner (D-VA).

The Press and public are invited to join SIA to view the Exhibition in Room SH-902 on the 9th floor of the Hart Senate Office Building on Wednesday, September 28th, at 11:00 a.m. ET to 3:00 p.m. ET.


The Hart Senate Office Building in Washington DC.

SIA Member Companies sponsors and participants include Boeing, DigitalGlobe, EchoStar Corporation and Hughes, Inmarsat, Inc., Iridium Communications Inc., Ligado Networks, Planet, Northrop Grumman Corporation, O3b Limited, SES Americom Inc., SSL, and ViaSat, Inc.

Tom Stroup, the President of SIA, said “Whether delivering ubiquitous communications, broadband services, imaging and remote sensing data, television entertainment, navigation signals or life-saving first responder data links, the satellite industry provides critical services wherever or whenever they are needed. This event showcases our members’ leading edge space-based solutions to regulators and policy makers and underscores the value of the satellite industry to U.S Government, Enterprise and Consumer customers and US society. We would like to thank our honorary co-hosts for the opportunity to demonstrate just how truly vital the industry is in providing global ubiquitous high technology solutions that can only be delivered by satellite."

The satellite industry has been an important partner helping Congress set policy impacting the way we use technology to communicate and share information,” said Senator Warner, a former technology executive. “I thank them for their effort to showcase, right at our doorstep, some of the latest and most exciting satellite technology. I look forward to seeing how these innovations will provide the infrastructure we need to help shape the future of areas such as telecommunications, broadband, national security, entertainment, medicine, and countless others.

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