Ad Astra’s VASIMR Plasma Rocket Champions High Power Endurance Test
Ad Astra Rocket Company’s VASIMR® VX-200SS Plasma Rocket has completed 88 hours of continuous operation at 80 kW at the company’s Texas laboratory near Houston. In doing so, the company has established a new high-power world endurance record in electric ...
New Launch + On-Orbit Services To Issue From D-Orbit Under ESA’s BOOST! Project
The UK branch of D-Orbit has signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) under the Boost! Project with ESA’s Commercial Space Transportation Services and Support Program. The Responsive Microlauncher Service, which provides end-to-end delivery of payloads in orbit, ...
Accion Systems Close Series C Funding To The Tune Of $42 Million
Accion Systems has announced $42 million in Series C funding led by an affiliate of Tracker Capital Management, LLC (“Tracker Capital”) — this investment brings Accion Systems’ valuation to $83.5 million and Tracker Capital has acquired a majority stake in ...
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Smallsat Launch Contract Signed Between Vaya Space + Athens State University
Vaya Space and Athens State University have agreed to launch a smallsat that is now in development and is planned for placement into LEO in 2023. Additionally, they have formed a business-education partnership to promote scientific, technological, and research collaboration; ...
AWS Ground Station Integrated With D-Orbit’s AURORA Mission Control Software
D-Orbit has integrated AWS Ground Station with D-Orbit’s AURORA cloud-based mission control software, using the AWS Ground Station to power AURORA, manage increasingly complex missions for D-Orbit’s ION Satellite Carrier (such as the on-going PULSE mission) as well as strengthen ...
Exodus Orbitals and Modularity Space Partner to Create A “Satellite-as-a-Service” Platform
Currently, the capabilities of the space industry are hidden behind a multitude of barriers: costs, restrictive rules to engage with satellite operators, gatekeeping behaviors of government agencies and individuals in charge. This limits “small league” commercial players from entering the ...
Kymeta’s LEO And GEO SATCOM Interoperability During Military Battle Lab Exercise
Kymeta, announced seamless interoperability between the Kymeta™ u8 terminal, Kepler Communications low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites, and geostationary (GEO) SATCOM terminals at an annual military battle lab exercise focused on the integration of operations, intelligence, and technology. Results exceeded expectations ...
Startup Digantara Raises $2.5 Million In Their Funding Seed Round
Space-tech startup Digantara has raised $2.5 million as part of their seed round of funding from Kalaari Capital — this funding will accelerate Digantara’s product development and enable them to launch their first satellite (technology demonstration mission) to LEO, sooner ...
BILD’ing Capacity Agreement With SES Prime ASTRA @ 19.2° East
WeltN24, a subsidiary of Axel Springer, will be launching a new, free-to-air (FTA), high-definition (HD) channel — BILD – in August via SES’s prime ASTRA neighborhood at 19.2 degrees East in a new, multi-year, capacity agreement. The new agreement will ...
Maritime Situation Awareness System Sets Sail From McQ
Taking advantage of the new Certus machine to machine (M2M) data service Iridium is initiating this year, McQ Inc.’s SonoWatch™ is an autonomous, acoustic lookout system that detects, identifies and determines the navigation meaning of acoustic signals, which provide autonomous ...
Maxar’s Open Data Response To European Flooding
Devastating floods caused by unprecedented rainfall have killed at least 195 people in Germany and Belgium. Tens of thousands of people are unable to return to their homes and many still do not have access to power and drinking water ...
Ground Segment Market Prospects Report Now Available From Euroconsult
The 2021 edition of the report Ground Segment Market Prospects is now available from Euroconsult. The report covers the different application chains in the commercial and government ground segment, including SATCOM and EO applications. Some of the key findings include: ...
Comtech EF Data Obtains Contract For WAN Optimization Equipment From South Asian System Integrator
During Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) fourth quarter of fiscal 2021, the firm's subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., was awarded a multi-million dollar order for WAN optimization equipment from a leading system integrator in South Asia. The equipment will be ...
