Thales Alenia Space, a Joint Venture between Thales (67 %) and Leonardo (33 %), has announced that a major milestone for Space INSPIRE (INstant SPace In-orbit REconfiguration) development has been achieved by the accomplishment of the Preliminary Design Review (PDR). Thales Alenia Space is developing this product line with the aim to allow seamless telecommunication […]
Archives for November 2020
GMV Wins Pole Position in Galileo Second Generation Ground Segment
GMV has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) as one of the three main contractors of the new phase of the Galileo Second Generation ground segment (G2G) The technology multinational GMV is playing a key role in the Galileo Second Generation (shortened to G2G) ground segment; Galileo is Europe’s global, civil, satellite-based navigation […]
Momentus + Gilmour Space Sign Launch + Orbital Transport Services Agreement
Momentus Inc. (“Momentus” or the “Company”) and Gilmour Space Technologies have signed a new agreement for launch and orbital transport services. Under the agreement, Momentus will gain access to low inclination and equatorial orbits using Gilmour Space’s Eris launch services. With Momentus’ Vigoride transportation service, Gilmour Space will have the capability to expand the flight […]
Cross-Border Linkage Solution For SES Provided By ViaLite
Radio frequency over fiber optic links are a great solution for moving high frequency analog signals over a long distances; however, solutions need expert planning, design and installation to get the best performance. When SES needed a long distance link from the European Space Agency Redu station in Belgium to the SES site in Luxembourg, […]
Slingshot Aerospace Garners $8 Million In Series A Funding
Slingshot Aerospace, Inc. has raised $8 million in Series A funds for a total raised of $17.1 million to date — the round is led by ATX Venture Partners, and includes additional investments from Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, Techstars Ventures and Okapi Venture Capital. Angel investors that participated in the round include […]
SpaceX Launches Their 16th Starlink Mission
On Tuesday, November 24, at 9:13 p.m. EST, SpaceX launched its 16th Starlink mission from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, pushing 60 smallsats to orbit via the firm’s Falcon 9 launch vehicle. The Falcon 9 first stage rocket booster that supported this mission previously flew on six other missions: […]
RBC Signals Gains Creative Destruction Lab Selection
RBC Signals has been selected by Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) to participate in the non-profit’s program for promising early-stage science and technology companies. Creative Destruction Lab selects companies from around the world, via a stringent vetting process, for participation in its objectives-based program. RBC Signals will complete the program as part of the CDL Space […]
New Directional Coupler Introduced by KRYTAR
KRYTAR, Inc. has announced a new Directional Coupler operating in the frequency range of 0.5 to 8.0 GHz offering Nominal Coupling of 30 dB in a compact package. KRYTAR’s new directional coupler, Model 158030, is uniquely designed for systems applications where external leveling, precise monitoring, signal mixing or swept transmission and reflection measurements are required. The […]
Wavestream Collects Multi$$$ Order From The US Government for Comms Program
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ, TASE: GILT) has announced that its subsidiary, Wavestream, has received a multi-million-dollar order from the United States Government for a military communication program contract. With this award, Wavestream achieves an industry record shipment milestone by surpassing 5,000 units of its high-power, 50W Ka-band military Block Upconverter (BUC) to be delivered […]
SES’ Satellites’ Agility Achieved With ARC and Kythera Space Solutions
The following is from SES’s Blog. For the last year, SES has been talking about improving the satellite user experience and greatly increasing automation — making it more accessible and intuitive to utilize satellite communications. This initiative involves working with Kythera Space Solutions, a provider of dynamic management systems for next generation satellite payloads and […]