Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Blue Canyon Technologies, a provider of smallsats and spacecraft systems components. Closure of the acquisition, expected by […]
Archives for November 2020
A First … France’s Satellite to Observe Electromagnetic Phenomena Above Thunderstorms and Spain’s Scientific and EO Satellites
In the world of satellites, what initially were challenges are steadily being resolved, as this announcement from Arianespace reveals. On November 16, Arianespace will carry out its seventh launch of […]
Spectra Group In AWE… 2020, That Is…
Spectra Group has recently taken part in the UK Army Warfighting Experiment 2020 (AWE20) demonstrating high-capacity over-the-horizon communications systems. The British Army has established AWE20 as a capability spotlight to […]
SSC UK Awarded ESA Contract For Development Of Ground Systems Segments For Smallsats
The UK subsidiary of SSC (Swedish Space Corporation) has been awarded a contract by the European Space Agency ESA to develop a next generation concept for space to ground communications […]
Program Management Office Opened By Thuraya For The Firm’s Thuraya-4 NGS Sat
Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) has established a Program Management Office (PMO) for Thuraya 4-NGS, the company’s new L-band satellite being built by Airbus. Thuraya 4-NGS, announced in August […]
USGIF Scholarship Program Is Announced
The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) has announced the opening of its 2021 Scholarship Program — every year, USGIF awards scholarships of various amounts to exceptional students studying GEOINT, […]
The mosaic-H Heading Receiver Intro’d By Septentrio For GNSS Positioning
Septentrio recently expanded their GNSS module portfolio with their mosaic-H heading receiver. With dual antenna capabilities, this surface mount module delivers reliable heading & pitch or heading and roll information […]
Lacuna Space’s Fourth IoT Smallsat Launched + Comms Established
Lacuna Space has successfully launched and has established communications with their fourth IoT (Internet of Things) gateway in space. The satellite, carrying a new generation of space gateways, was transported […]
Kleos Scouting Mission Smallsats Deployed
Kleos Space S.A. (ASX: KSS, Frankfurt: KS1) has successfully deployed their Scouting Mission satellites (KSM1) via the launch on India Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C49 […]
Peraton Collects JADC2 Contract From USAF
Peraton has been awarded a $950,000,000 ceiling indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract for the maturation, demonstration and proliferation of capability across platforms and domains, leveraging open systems design, modern software and algorithm […]