Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) has announced that their Comtech Xicom Technology, Inc. subsidiary has received a follow-on order of $1.6 million for Ka-band Solid-State Power Amplifiers (“SSPAs”) that use […]
Archives for February 2021
Dragonfly and Addvalue Collaborate to Cross Promote EO Imaging and Inter-Sat Data Relay Service
Addvalue Technologies Ltd announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Addvalue Innovation Pte Ltd (“Addvalue”), has entered into a memorandum of understanding (“MOU”) with Dragonfly Aerospace (“Dragonfly”), a leading South African-based space […]
USSF Awards Analytical Space A $26.4M Contract For Deployment Of Space Data Transport Network
Analytical Space, Inc. (ASI) has been awarded a $26.4 million, three-year contract by the Department of the Air Force’s commercial investment arm (AF Ventures), with joint funding from the Space […]
Launch Services Agreement Signed Between Firefly Aerospace + Exolaunch
Firefly Aerospace, Inc. now has a Launch Services Agreement with Exolaunch GmbH to integrate and launch multi-satellite clusters aboard Firefly’s Alpha launch vehicle starting in 2022. Just weeks away from […]
Groundwork For COVID-19 Recovery
The Satellite Ground Segment has been one of the hardest-hit steps in the value chain brought about by the pandemic. With many deployments and new deals halted due to lockdowns, […]
Direct From Smallsat Symposium: Major General Clinton Crosier, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Keynote Presentation
General Crosier was responsible for aerospace and satellite services with the USAF and, during his 33 years of putting satellites into orbit, space planning and budgeting, he was also involved […]
Direct From SmallSat Symposium: SmallSat M&A (Mergers & Acquisitions) 2020: A Year In Review… Trends To Watch Out For In 2021
As Karl Schmidt of KippsDeSanto & Company said, “The Space M&A markets couldn’t be any hotter. We’ll see more buying and more exits in 2021.” There was total agreement by […]
Direct From SmallSat Symposium: The Market For Smallsat IoT
Seems like every time a SmallSat Symposium attendee turns around, identical verbiage is heard from most of the subject-matter experts regarding the smallsat market segments — “Exciting.” The same holds […]
Direct From SmallSat Symposium: Responsive Launch Services Session
The attendance for this session was impressive, proving once again that launch is a top contender as far as interest is concerned for the smallsat market segments. Peter Beck of […]
Direct From SmallSat Symposium: Networked Ground Systems Session
The 2020 Satellite Industry Association state of the satellite industry report estimates that the ground equipment market is approaching the $130 billion mark of the overall $271 billion in global […]