Spaceflight Inc. is managing the launch of Canon Electronics’ CE-SAT-IB imaging satellite on Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle — the mission will lift off from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 […]
Archives for June 2020
Utilis’ Hydro-Scan™ Provides Satellite-Based Soil Moisture Data to SITE’s Proprietary Platform
Utilis is launching their second satellite-based soil moisture application. Hydro-Scan™ powered by Utilis, provides soil moisture data derived from satellites and visualized in SITE’s proprietary platform. […]
Raytheon Intelligence & Space to Participate in the Development of the Advanced Battle Management System
Raytheon Intelligence and Space, a Raytheon Technologies business (NYSE: RTX), has been awarded a multiple award IDIQ to participate in the U.S. Air Force’s development of the Advanced Battle Management […]
Final Chinese BeiDou Navigation Satellite Launch is Postponed
The Long March-3B carrier rocket on the launch pad that will carry the final Chinese BeiDou Navigation Satellite System to orbit. Photo is courtesy of Xinhua. According to the Chinese […]
The ESAIL Maritime Satellite is Ready for Launch
The ESAIL satellite mounted on Arianespace’s new launch adapter. The ESAIL smallsat for tracking ships worldwide – developed under an ESA Partnership Project – has completed its accommodation on Vega’s […]
Saber Astronautics’ $6 Million Grant to Develop Australia’s Mission Control Centre
A show of confidence to Saber Astronautics was revealed from the Department of Industry, Science, Innovation, and Resources in conjunction with the Australian Space Agency, with a $6 Million grant […]
CarboNIX Stable Separation Systems Deploy Planet SkySats into Orbit on Falcon 9
A newly developed separation system, CarboNIX, successfully deployed three Planet SkySats microsatellites into low Earth orbit on SpaceX’s ninth Starlink mission on June 13, 2020. The launch, at 5:21am from Cape […]
Iridium Partner MetOcean Telematics Contracted by UK Royal Navy for MASS Deployment
Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM) is sharing that partner MetOcean Telematics has been awarded a contract by the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence’s Royal Navy to deploy its Maritime Acoustic […]
Forrester Reports: In-Flight Data Rates of 100 MB/s
Chris Forrester Inmarsat has said its European Aviation Network (EAN) in-flight broadband system, and the tech being used by companies such as British Airways, is now capable of handling video […]
CommStar Space Communications and Thales Alenia Space UK Plan for Commercialization of Space Comms
CommStar Space Communications™ LLC, (“CommStar Space”) will deploy an advanced, proprietary data relay satellite (“CommStar-1”) to be located between the Earth and the Moon by 2023. CommStar Space’s decision to […]