Advantech Wireless Technologies Inc. (AWT) has received purchase orders totaling more than C$2 million dollars for the company’s Redundant Satellite Frequency Converters and Redundant Solid-State Power Amplifiers from a major […]
Archives for February 2021
ND SATCOM Debuts Their 4th Gen HPAs In The TWTA Realm
Another dimension of ND SATCOM’s satellite communications is now unveiled: the 4th generation of HPAs in the TWT realm. Engineered and made in Germany, the ITAR-free HPA 4xxx series exemplifies […]
Thales Alenia Space and KT SAT Partner for 5G Satellite Backhauling Demo
Thales Alenia Space and South Korean operator KT SAT, subsidiary of the world’s first 5G commercial service provider Korea Telecom, is to lead a 5G demonstration using the geostationary Koreasat […]
SpaceX Starlinks Head For Orbit Aboard A Successful Falcon 9 Launch
SpaceX has successfuly launched 60 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The Falcon 9 first stage rocket booster supporting this […]
New Director Of GEO Spacecraft Systems @ Astroscale U.S.
Astroscale U.S. Inc., (“Astroscale U.S.”) has appointed Sandor Nemethy as Director, Geostationary Orbit (GEO) Spacecraft Systems. Nemethy joins Astroscale with more than 20 years of experience spanning satellite manufacturing, propulsion engineering, launch operations and program management. Most recently, he was the Vice President of Spacecraft […]
UPDATE 2: SpaceX Starship SN9 Sent Forth… Return Landing Is A RUD
On Tuesday, February 2, Starship serial number 9 (SN9) completed SpaceX’s second high-altitude flight test of a Starship prototype from the SpaceX site in Cameron County, Texas. Similar to the […]
A Pumpkin Will Integrate AASC’s Thruster With No Moving Parts, Gases or Liquids for U.S. Space Force
Last year AASC was selected by ASTRA LLC to deliver a flight-ready version of their Metal Plasma Thruster (MPT) for ASTRA’s upcoming EWS Rapid Revisit Optical Cloud Imager (RROCI) Mission, […]
Omnispace Achieves Goal of $60 Million to Develop 5G Global Network
A new year and new $60 million in equity financing enables Omnispace to advance its development globally of its 5G non-terrestrial network (NTN) and expand its 2 GHz spectrum footprint in […]
Astra + Holicity Merge + Form Publicly-Traded Entity
Astra and Holicity Inc. (NASDAQ: HOL) (“Holicity”) have announced a definitive business combination agreement that will result in Astra becoming a publicly-traded company. This transaction reflects an implied pro forma […]
UPDATE 1: A Swarm Smile + UK Space Policy Maneuvering + Nilesat’s Newbie
In December of 2018, Swarm Technologies was hit with a $900,000 fine by the FCC for an unlawful and unauthorized launch of four tiny, sandwich-sized satellites. Swarm might now be […]