Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat), Asia’s premier satellite solutions provider announced further expansion of its media solution offerings by partnering with HERMES Live to provide broadcast-grade live streaming service […]
Archives for December 2020
Gilat Receives Multi-Million Dollar Contract From Hispasat
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ, TASE: GILT) has announced that Hispasat has awarded Gilat a multi-million dollar order to expand the existing SkyEdge II-c platform that Hispasat operates in Mexico […]
Exolaunch Integrates 30 Smallsats for SpaceX First Dedicated Rideshare Launch
Exolaunch has initiated their launch campaign to integrate 30 smallsats from the U.S. and Europe aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rideshare mission that is planned to launch no earlier than January […]
Viasat Enters Definitive Agreement To Acquire RigNet
Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire RigNet, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNET) in an all-stock transaction that values RigNet at an enterprise value of approximately $222 […]
China’s Long-March 8 Maiden Launch Successfully Completed
China’s new medium-lift carrier rocket Long March-8 made its maiden flight on Tuesday, December 22, 2020, sending five satellites into planned orbit, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA). […]
Space Debris Mitigation Efforts Have ALE Company and Space BD Working Together
Tokyo-based ALE Co., Ltd. (ALE) and Space BD Inc. (Space BD) engaged in a Letter of Intent (LOI) to form a global Sales Agency Agreement for the company’s space debris […]
SpaceX Launches The NROL-108 Mission For The NRO From Kennedy Space Center
On Saturday, December 19, at 9:00 a.m. EST, a SpaceX Falcon 9 launched the National Reconnaissance Office NROL-108 mission from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, completing […]
Lockheed Martin Enters Into A Definitive Agreement To Acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings
Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD) for $56 per share in cash, which is expected to be […]
Rakon Helps Build A Satellite View of Climate Change
Rakon products are on-board the Copernicus satellite Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich (‘Sentinel-6’), which was launched on November 21 and sent back its first measurements of sea level last week. The mission […]
Arianspace’s Successful First Launch from Vostochny Cosmodrome
The following is Arianespace’s announcement… Today’s launch, Flight ST29, was the 53rd Soyuz mission carried out by Arianespace and its Starsem affiliate, marking a milestone as their first from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia. […]