NXT Communications Corporation (NXTCOMM) is making plans with Eutelsat Communications to enable the Over-The-Air Testing of NXTCOMM’s proprietary flat-panel terminals that will offer high-speed connectivity to aviation, military and other […]
Archives for October 2020
Second Emirati Satellite Project Initiated
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has announced a new satellite project called the MBZ-SAT, which […]
D-Orbit’s ION Satellite Carrier Successfully Completes Smallsat Deployments
D-Orbit has successfully completed the deployment phase of the ORIGIN mission, the first for the ION Satellite Carrier. ION, D-Orbit’s satellite platform, successfully released 12 SuperDove satellites for Earth-imaging company […]
Gilat’s Wavestream Receives Multi$$$ DoD BUC Order
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ, TASE: GILT) has announced that the firm’s subsidiary, Wavestream, has received multi-million-dollar orders from the US Department of Defense (DoD) — Wavestream’s high-power, 50W, Ka-band, […]
Rocket Lab Boosts Planet + Canon Smallsats To Orbit Via Electron Launch Vehicle
Rocket Lab has successfully launched their 15th Electron mission and deployed Earth-imaging satellites for Planet and Spaceflight Inc. customer Canon Electronics — this mission was Rocket Lab’s fifth for this […]
The First Ethereum Network-Blockchain Satellite From Villanova University Set For Orbit
Villanova University College of Engineering is collaborating with Teachers in Space, Inc., a non-profit organization that developed the “Serenity” educational cubesat satellite, to launch the first, private, blockchain satellite to […]
CGI Obtains ESA Contract To Develop A UK GNSS Spectrum Monitoring Service
CGI (NYSE: GIB) (TSX: GIB.A) has been awarded a contract by The European Space Agency (ESA) to develop a GNSS Event Notification Service (GENS) that is capable of monitoring the […]
Starlink Pricing Strategy Announced
Elon Musk’s Starlink service will cost US rural subscribers $99 (84 euros) a month — the beta-test users will also have to pay $499 for the phased-array ground terminal, a […]
ST Engineering iDirect Achieves A “World’s First” MF-TDMA Demo Via Telesat’s LEO Satellite
ST Engineering iDirect has successfully completed their first Over-the-Air (OTA) testing of iDirect’s Multi-Frequency Time Division Multiple Access (MF-TDMA) return link on the Telesat Phase-1 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite. […]
New NorthStar Satellite To Combat The Threat Of Space Collisions
NorthStar Earth & Space (NorthStar) has contracted Thales Alenia Space (TAS) to build the first three satellites of its debut “Skylark” constellation for Space Situational Awareness (SSA) services, with LeoStella […]