Two major appointments have been announced by PredaSAR Corporation (“PredaSAR” or “the Company”), which is building and will operate the world’s largest and most advanced commercially operated Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite […]
Archives for April 2020
A New Mission for NanoAvionics Smallsats
A consortium of Norwegian and Dutch research centers have selected satellite integrator NanoAvionics to build two smallsats, ‘Birkeland’ and ‘Huygens.’ Artistic rendition of the Birkeland and Huygens smallsats on-orbit. Image […]
Forrester Reports: Another 60 for SpaceX + Arqiva Group’s New CEO
Chris Forrester SpaceX made a Twitter announcement on April 17 that the company had successfully test-fired the engines on a Falcon 9 rocket in readiness for its next ‘Starlink’ launch […]
Ball Aerospace Initiating the Manufacturing of the USAF SMC’s WSF Satellite Following Successful CDR
Ball Aerospace conducted a critical design review (CDR) of the Weather System Follow-on (WSF) satellite mission, which the company is building for the U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems […]
Aviation Leaders Coming Together for Inmarsat’s and APEX’s FlightPlan Online Event
Inmarsat has joined forces with APEX to connect the global aviation industry during the most challenging time in its history. A unique online broadcast event, to be held on April […]
Psyche: Five Questions with Maxar’s Program Management
By: Maxar Technologies On April 15, 2020, Maxar Technologies completed an important milestone in building Psyche, a spacecraft that will launch in 2022 to explore a metallic asteroid orbiting the […]
L3Harris Technologies Contributes $2 Million and Other Assistance for COVID-19 Relief and Recovery Efforts
Another company is stepping up to assist with providing additional equipment and resources to organizations involved in COVID-19 relief and recovery efforts around the world. William M. Brown, Chairman, […]
Successful On-Orbit Docking of Northrop Grumman’s MEV-1 with Intelsat’s IS-901 Satellite
Intelsat (NYSE: I) has announced that, on February 25, Intelsat 901 returned to service following the successful docking with the first Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV-1) from Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: […]
Smallsat Pilot Project Initiated by NanoAvionics with the Mexican Space Agency
Smallsat manufacturer and mission integrator NanoAvionics, together with the Mexican Space Agency (AEM) and students from the Polytechnic University of Atlacomulco, will develop the first nanosatellite for the State of […]
New WTA Webinar: Finding Growth in Media Serviceds
Since HBO, Turner and PBS put their program distribution on satellite in the 1970s, the media and entertainment business has been a major customer for satellite capacity for both distribution […]