Kleos Space S.A. has confirmed that the firm’s team of mission engineers have completed the final preparation of the Kleos’ four Scouting Mission satellites prior to launch on board a […]
Archives for October 2020
Roccor Acquired By Redwire
Redwire has acquired Roccor, a disruptive military and commercial hardware supplier in the rapidly growing smallsat market and a manufacturer of deployable booms, structures, antennas, thermal products, and solar arrays […]
UPDATED: NXTCOMM Leases Capacity on EUTELSAT E117WA For ESA Tests
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 […]
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 […]