Artistic rendition of Astrobotic’s lunar lander on the moon. Astrobotic has been selected to develop and lead a new commercial payload service onboard the Dynetics Human Landing System (HLS). Dynetics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Leidos, was recently announced as one of three awardees by NASA to develop a new commercial lunar lander for NASA’s […]
Archives for May 2020
New Solution for Crop Monitoring Debuts
Flevoland, The Netherlands. Modern agriculture requires support from new technologies. In order to meet these needs, CloudFerro has brought the new solution Sen4CAP to the CREODIAS.EU platform. It is dedicated to agricultural monitoring based on satellite images. As part of its development policy, the European Union supports individual market sectors. In the case of agriculture, […]
Septentrio Launches New GNSS/INS Receiver
Septentrio has announced a new GNSS*/INS receiver, AsteRx-i D UAS. This multi-frequency receiver combines reliable centimeter-level positioning with 3D orientation, enabling automated navigation of aerial drones and robots. With a high-performance IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit) from Analog Devices integrated directly into the receiver board, AsteRx-i D UAS is compact and lightweight. Aboard the drone, its […]
This STORM is now MIL-STD-810H Certified…
CopaSat, LLC, has announced that the company’s STORM terminal is now MIL-STD-810H certified while also being qualified on the IntelSatOne Flex network. Developed with CopaSAT’s unconventional warfare customers in mind, the CopaSAT STORM SATCOM terminal was demonstrated to withstand a series of environmental stress tests including shock, vibration, extreme temperature, water infiltration and more. The […]
Astroscale to Advance Standardization of End-of-Life Practices in the Satellite Industry
Astroscale Holdings Inc. (“Astroscale”) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Professor Chris Newman, Professor of Space Law and Policy at Northumbria University, Newcastle, to collaborate on investigating end-of-life standards and practices from various industries, such as oil and nuclear energy. The project will highlight the need for shared knowledge from such decommissioning initiatives which […]
Cytta Corp. Sells Tech to their Primary VAR to Enhance Mission-Critical Comms
Cytta Corp. (OTCPINK: CYCA) has sold their SUPR Stream 2.0 Compression systems pursuant to the firm’s strategic partnership with a worldwide primary Value Added Reseller. This VAR is a leading provider of classified government satellite services and has now successfully marketed the SUPR Stream 2.0 to their classified clients to enhance the capabilities of mission-critical […]
Forrester Reports: Amazon Activity Around OneWeb
Chris Forrester Jeff Bezos’s Amazon is studying UK-headquartered satellite business OneWeb which is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US, as is being reported by journalists Chris Forrester at the Advanced Television infosite. The Sunday Telegraph reported that Bezos, who has his own Project Kuiper mega-constellation of satellites in the planning and development stage, […]
Space ISAC Now Inviting Applications for Membership
On the first day of National Space Month, the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC) announced the opening of general membership applications to join the Space ISAC — potential new members are encouraged to visit s-isac.org/membership to begin the application process. The Space ISAC serves to facilitate collaboration across the global space industry to […]
Inmarsat Commits to Additional NGO and Aid Worker Support During the COVID-19 Invasion
Inmarsat will provide further enhanced support to the vital aid and NGO sector during the Covid-19 pandemic. These new initiatives will enable enhanced offerings across both platforms and come as a direct response to the additional challenges caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, ensuring emergency responders can continue delivering critical aid and relief. Inmarsat’s Broadband Global […]
Maxar to Support Dynetics in the Human Landing System Build for the NASA Artemis Mission
Maxar will support Dynetics in designing and building a lunar human landing system for NASA. Image is courtesy of Dynetics. Maxar Technologies (NYSE:MAXR) (TSX:MAXR) has been selected to support Dynetics, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leidos, in designing and building a Human Landing System for NASA’s Artemis program, which will send the first woman and the […]