Antenna at the COMSAT Connecticut Teleport will enhance C- and Ku-band U.S. connectivity solutions on ABS-3A. Photo is courtesy of COMSAT. COMSAT Inc. has ratified an agreement with ABS to […]
Archives for April 2020
Arianespace Set to Resume Launch Operations at Guiana Space Center
Following the measures presented by the French government on April 28 as part of the gradual resumption of activity planned from May 11, and the announcement of a restart […]
Equatorial Space’s Reveals ‘Dorado’ Sounding Rocket Launch Services
Equatorial Space, of Singapore, has plans to launch a rocket, the Dorado, named after the swordfish constellation, before the end of this year with all considerations for COVID-19 […]
Amateur Radio Sleuth Rediscovers a Cold War-Era ‘Zombie Satellite’
The satellite, launched in 1967, has been orbiting the Earth for decades with no one listening. An amateur radio hobbyist has zeroed in on the signal of a U.S. […]
Rocket Lab Rolls Out Electron Rocket for First Launch from Wallops
Rocket Lab has rolled an Electron launch vehicle out to the Launch Complex 2 pad at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Wallops, Virginia for the first time. The milestone is […]
L3Harris Technologies’ $95 Million Order for U.S. Army’s HMS Manpack
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) has received a third low-rate initial production (LRIP) order valued at $95 million by the U.S. Army under the HMS (Handheld, Manpack and Small Form-Fit) IDIQ contract […]
Forrester Reports: Interest in OneWeb’s Assets While in Chapter 11 Protection
Journalist Chris Forrester is reporting at the Advanced Television infosite that Elon Musk’s SpaceX, as well as Paris-based Eutelsat, have looked at OneWeb Global’s assets. Chris Forrester OneWeb is in […]
Maxar Secures a $20 Million NGA Contract
Maxar Technologies (NYSE:MAXR) (TSX:MAXR) has signed $20 million in contracts with the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to deliver land cover classification and change detection services through a combination of […]
IEC Telecom’s OneGate Aid Compact Improves Efficiency of COVID-19’s First Responders
IEC Telecom has introduced their latest satellite-based networking management solution, OneGate Aid Compact, to improve the efficiency of first responders in regional communities across the Middle East and […]
The State and Future of GEOINT Report Published by the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF)
The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) has published their annual State and Future of GEOINT Report, a collection of articles intended for use by all GEOINT practitioners. This unclassified […]