Microsoft is working with SpaceX, SES, KSAT, Viasat, Kratos, AMERGINT, Kubos and US Electrodynamics to provide satellite-powered internet connectivity on Azure. The company is moving into the final frontier with […]
Archives for October 2020
Satnews Perspectives Video Interview with Phil Carrai, President of Kratos’ Space, Training and Cyber Division
Phil Carrai is the President of Kratos’ Space, Training and Cyber Division, which includes land and space-based communications products and infrastructure, cybersecurity products and services as well as training and simulation […]
NASA’s Statement Regarding OSIRIS-REx’s Successful Encounter with an Asteroid
The following is an account from NASA regarding their OSIRIS-REx’s encounter with an asteroid. NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft unfurled its robotic arm Tuesday, […]
Euroconsult + TerraMetric Team-Up For EO Research Report
For their latest research titled, “EO4AG – Earth Observation for Agriculture,” Euroconsult has teamed up with TerraMetric, a US-based, global business development firm focused on geospatial and new space markets, […]
OSIRIS-REx’s Touch and Go … After Successfully Taking Samples of Asteroid
“Our nation has explored the solar system and landed on multiple bodies, but this is the first time we have attempted to collect a sample of an asteroid.” Lockheed Martin […]
Momentus + Kepler Sign Launch Service Agreement
Momentus Inc. (“Momentus” or the “Company”) and Kepler Communications Inc. (“Kepler”) have signed a launch service agreement to deploy two additional satellites for Kepler’s GEN1 constellation in 2021. Momentus’ rideshare […]
mu Space Aiming To Fundraise To More Than $100M Valuation
mu Space and Advanced Technology, Satellite and Space Technologies venture — led by an aerospace engineer James Yenbamroong (Founder and CEO of the company) — are in talks to raise […]
Kratos Debuts OpenSpace™ Platform To Support Software-Defined Ground Systems
Kratos Defense (Nasdaq: KTOS) has released OpenSpace™, a software platform and family of virtual products that enable satellite operators, Ground-as-a-Service (GSaaS) providers and others in the space services supply chain […]
SSPI Names New Board Of Directors Member
Space & Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) has announced that James Trevelyan, Speedcast’s SVP of Enterprise and Emerging Markets, United Kingdom, has been appointed to serve on the association’s Board of […]
Astrobotic Opens New HQ For Spacecraft Development + Assembly
Astrobotic officially opened its new headquarters in Pittsburgh in a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday. The 47,000 square foot complex is the largest private facility in the world dedicated to lunar […]