Integrasys, a leading signal monitoring and interference detection company, has been awarded a 1.5 million euros European Space Agency (ESA) project for Interference Cancellation and Removal Technology. CDTI, the Spanish […]
Archives for December 2020
Satellite Control Authority Of the AEHF-6 Transferred To USSF’s Space Operations Command
The United States Space Force‘s Space and Missile Systems Center’s Production Corps has now successfully transferred Satellite Control Authority of the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Space Vehicle 6 to […]
Another GPS Milestone for USSF’s Space & Missile Systems Center (SMC)
The Space and Missile Systems Center’s Production Corps achieved a major Global Positioning System milestone on November 18 with the approval for Operational Acceptance of GPS Military-Code (M-Code) Early Use […]
Thales Alenia Space to Build The ROSE-L Satellite For The ESA
Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67 %) and Leonardo (33 %), has signed a 482 million euros contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to build the […]
Viasat Integrates Crypto Mod Into Their KOR-24A Small Tactical Terminal
Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) has successfully integrated Link 16 Cryptographic Modernization (Crypto Mod) capability into its KOR-24A Small Tactical Terminal (STT), ahead of the U.S. Government mandate, to help ensure […]
NSR Insight: A Critical Assessment Of HTS Satellite Constellations
Non-GEOs continue to make noise, and for the right reasons. With SpaceX launching hundreds of satellites and revealing more info on their user antennas (with Elon Musk admitting that the […]
State of the Art of Small Spacecraft Technology Report Now Available From NASA
When the first edition of NASA’s Small Spacecraft Technology State-of-the-art report was published in 2013, 247 cubesats and 105 other non-cubesat small spacecraft under 50 kilograms (kg) had been launched, […]
Thin is Good … ThinKom Solutions’ Phased-Array Antennas to GDC Technics for Inmarsat’s GX Aviation Inflight Broadband Services
ThinKom Solutions, Inc.,‘s ThinAir® Ka2517 aero satellite antennas will be supplied to GDC Technics, in support of Inmarsat’s next-generation GX terminal and associated inflight broadband services. ThinKom’s low-profile Ka-band phased-array antenna was selected by […]
Rest In Peace, Dr. Ben Bova
Dr. Ben Bova, a prolific and visionary author of science fiction, President Emeritus and Governor of the National Space Society, passed on November 29 at the age of 88. “We […]
Operational Acceptance Of GPS III SV04 By USSF
Global Positioning System III Space Vehicle (SV) 04 received United States Space Force’s Operational Acceptance approval on December 1, marking yet another significant milestone for the GPS III program, Space […]