Nepal Telecommunication Authority (NTA) is preparing to launch its own satellite, saving the country billions annually from broadband satellite links for telecommunication, broadcasts and aviation. Nepal had been given the […]
Archives for January 2021
Egypt Schedules Their “Next” Satellite Launch
A series of Egyptian “Next” satellites will be launched starting in December of this year, this according to the executive director of the Egyptian Space Agency, Mohammed El-Qousi, who told […]
Umbra Adds $32 Million in Financing for Only Microsatellite to View in HiRes Through Clouds at Night
Umbra, Inc., an almost five-and-a-half-year-old Santa Barbara-based intelligence and technology company, has raised $32 million in equity financing that was led by the family office venture fund of John Burbank, […]
Axelspace’s Second GRUS Smallsat Group Launch Is Set
Axelspace will be launching four satellites with a launch date set for March 20, 2021, from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The 4 satellites (GRUS-1B, 1C, 1D, 1E) will be part […]
China’s Yaogan 31 Satellite Driven To Orbit
A Long March 4C rocket carrying the second group of China’s Yaogan 31 remote sensing satellites was launched on January 29, 2021,from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China’s […]
Redwire’s Roccor To Develop Deployable Systems For NASA’s Solar Cruiser Mission
Redwire has announced that the firm’s subsidiary — Roccor — has been awarded a subcontract to support NASA’s Solar Cruiser technology demonstration mission funded through NASA’s Science Mission Directorate. Roccor was selected […]
A OneWeb Satellite Is In Danger Of In-Space Collision
A rocket launched by New Zealand-based Rocket Lab last week, for its clients OHB Sweden and Thales Alenia, has posed a direct collision risk to satellites in the OneWeb constellation. […]
Key Topic Tech Forums Launched By Satcoms Innovation Group (SIG)
The Satcoms Innovation Group (SIG) has launched a series of technical forums tackling key topics within the SATCOM industry. Taking place throughout the year, SIG’s technical forums will be a […]
LiveEO Performs Satellite-Based Vegetation Risk Analysis of Entire U.S. Electric Transmission Grid
For the first time in history, vegetation encroachment risk to the entire publicly available U.S. transmission grid has been analyzed from space by the Berlin-based start-up LiveEO. The goal of […]
Swedish Space’s New Asia-Pacific Company, SSC Space Thailand
More is better as Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) announces the formation of SSC Space Thailand, a subsidiary targeted at the Asian-Pacific market. This further expands the company’s presence in the region […]