Plans for the world’s first all-civilian mission to space have been announced from SpaceX’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California— the mission is being targeted for the fourth quarter of this year […]
Archives for February 2021
Major Mods To Space Launch Complex-41 + Facilities Completed By ULA
United Launch Alliance (ULA) has modified Space Launch Complex-41 and the processing facilities in support of Vulcan Centaur’s inaugural launch later this year. The multi-year project to prepare for the […]
Fly Me to the Moon as Airbus Takes Three More ESA Contracts for Service Modules for NASA’s Orion Spacecraft
Airbus and the European Space Agency (ESA) have signed a further contract with Airbus for the construction of three more European Service Modules (ESM) for Orion, the American crewed spacecraft […]
Gilat Awarded A Potential $50+ Million Contract To Supply Wavestream’s Gateway SSPAs For A LEO Constellation
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ, TASE: GILT) has announced that the company’s Wavestream subsidiary received an award estimated at more than $50 million from a leading satellite operator to support […]
Eutelsat Satellite B’band To Zimbabwe
Eutelsat Communications’ (Euronext Paris: ETL), and TelOne (Pvt) Limited, one of Zimbabwe’s leading Internet Service Providers, have signed a master service agreement to bring high quality satellite broadband to Zimbabwe. […]
General Atomics Brings Tiger Innovations Into Their Operation
General Atomics has acquired Tiger Innovations, Inc., a company that develops spacecraft and space related systems in Herndon, Virginia. The Tiger Innovations business will be integrated into the General Atomics […]
Kuwait’s 1st Satellite Successful Testing By Orbital Space Continues
Orbital Space announced that the QMR-KWT satellite is continuing to pass functional testing — these tests verify the satellite’s ability to perform all tasks as expected, including power management, attitude […]
SpaceLink Adds SATCOM Leaders To The Firm’s Executive Team
SpaceLink continues to grow a highly accomplished team to implement its business strategy for a game changing satellite relay service. Following a previous announcement of its top executives, SpaceLink added […]
SATCOM’s Ballooning Competition Continues Aloft…
In 2017, after four years of setbacks and crashes, Alphabet shut its project flying solar-powered fixed-wing drones in the upper atmosphere to beam the internet to those cut-off —(Ed: that […]
Speedcast To Clear Chapter 11 Via Company Reorg With Millions In Centerbridge Equity Investments
Speedcast International Limited (ASX:SDA) (together with its subsidiaries, “Speedcast” or the “Company”) has announced that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas has confirmed Speedcast International Limited […]