Maxar Technologies and Busek Co. confirmed successful completion of an end-to-end hot fire test campaign validating all major elements of the 6 kW solar electric propulsion (SEP) subsystem being designed […]
Archives for March 2021
OHB Sweden AB Signs Rocket Factory Augsburg AG To A Dedicated Launch Contract
OHB Sweden AB, subsidiary of space and technology group OHB SE, has signed a contract for a dedicated launch with Rocket Factory Augsburg AG (RFA) for an upcoming mission that […]
Comtech EF Data’s New Satellite Modem Highly Suited For Gov + Mil Nets
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) has announced that their subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., has introduced a new product, the CDM-650 Satellite Modem. The CDM-650 leverages the heritage and feature […]
ViaLite Launches 6 GHz Bandwidth Link Which Is IP Rated
The Black OEM from ViaLite is the latest in the Mil-Aero range of stand-alone RF over fiber modules. Operating in frequencies from 10 MHz to 6 GHz, it provides the […]
EU Selects Hiber To Boost Investment Into The ‘New Space’ Sector
Hiber BV, a European satellite and communications start-up, has secured €26 million in EU and private investment to expand the world’s first global IoT (Internet of Things) satellite network. Coen […]
UPDATE: Four Axelspace GRUS Attain Orbit
GRUS-1B, 1C, 1D, 1E are 100 kg smallsats built for optical EO and constitute Axelspace’s “AxelGlobe” platform were successfully launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on March 22, 2021 at 15:07 JST (06:07 UTC). The company is currently conducting commissioning procedures to […]
HawkEye 360’s Cluster 2 Smallsats Achieve Initial Operating Capabilities
HawkEye 360 Inc. has announced that the company’s recently-launched “Cluster 2” satellites have achieved initial operating capability — the trio of satellites, which entered orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 […]
SES’ SATMED’s Second Telemedicine Project Launched With Luxembourg Government Involvement
The Luxembourg Government and SES’s fully-owned affiliate SES Techcom launched the second phase of the SATMED telemedicine project that will run into 2024. Enabled by satellite, SATMED is designed to connect doctors […]
China Drives EO Satellite To Orbit
China has delivered their new EO satellite to orbit following a launch from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 6:45 a.m. on Wednesday (Beijing Time), March 31, […]
McQ’s New, Small, SATCOM Modem Operates On The Iridium Certus® Service
McQ is launching a new global information networking product, McQ CONNECT, that will operate using the Iridium Certus® service. The McQ CONNECT is a small SATCOM modem that can send and receive […]