Slingshot Aerospace, Inc. has named the company’s co-founder, Melanie Stricklan, as the Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Co-founder and former CEO David Godwin will remain active within the company as […]
Archives for February 2021
Satellite B’Band Capacity To Grow 10x By Year’s-end
A report from investment bank Exane/BNPP stated that today’s various satellite operators are supplying some 2,000 Gb/s of capacity (as of December 31, 2020, and using Northern Sky Research data). […]
Tank Tracking In Australia For McCall’s By ORBCOMM
ORBCOMM Inc. (Nasdaq: ORBC) has been selected by McColl’s Transport (McColl’s), Australia’s independent bulk liquid carrier of milk, food and bulk chemicals, to provide the company’s asset tracking solutions to […]
Direct From SmallSat Symposium, Dr. Derek M. Tournear, Director, Space Development Agency, Keynote Address
I’m excited to talk about the Space Development Agency and what we have done over the past year and our year term and long term visions. I want to talk […]
Direct From SmallSat Symposium: Florence Tan, NASA’s Chief Technologist Small Spacecraft Coordination Group — A Market Brief, NASA’s Synopsis of SmallSat Science Missions
Florence Tan is the Chief Technologist (Acting), Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Chair, Small Spacecraft Coordination Group at NASA. She presented the following regarding the work of NASA within the smallsat […]
Ball Aerospace Sails into Space With Test “Sailcraft” for NASA’s Solar Propulsion Technology Demonstration
Ball Aerospace has been selected by NASA to provide a solar sail for the Solar Cruiser mission. The spacecraft will deploy an 18,000-square-foot sail — roughly the size of four […]
Telemedia Collaborates with ABS for Earth Station and Teleport Services
News out of South Africa reveals that Telemedia, broadcasting and teleport service provider in South Africa, has partnered with ABS, a global satellite operator, to provide teleport services for the […]
Held Shipping Holds Digitalization Improvements with Marlink Group Support
The entire 27-vessel fleet of Held Bereederungs GmbH & Co. KG (Held Shipping) is moving connectivity, bridge system maintenance and managed IT and cyber security services to the Marlink Group. […]
Living Bacteria Will Be Ballooning Its Way To Space
KSF Space Foundation has announced that the Kingdom of Jordan will be the first in the Middle East and North Africa to send living microbiology and bacteria cells to space […]
Direct From SmallSat Symposium, Sir Richard Branson, Founder, Virgin Galactic, + Dan Hart, President + CEO, Virgin Orbit, Keynote Address
Chris Stott, Executive Chairman, Mansat, was the moderator of this extremely interesting interview of Sir Richard Branson, the Founder of Virgin Galactic, and Dan Hart, the President and Chief Executive […]