“Due to the pandemic and recent natural disasters, the people of Puerto Rico understand the value of being connected…” Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), an innovator in satellite technologies and […]
Archives for April 2021
Intelsat’s Subsidiaries + Sister Companies At The Root Of Bankruptcy Court Headaches
Intelsat has dozens of inter-related subsidiary and sister companies. These associated business are creating significant headaches for its bankruptcy court, Intelsat’s many debtors and arch-rival SES. SES, and some bond […]
Russia Exiting ISS + Will Build Their Own Space Station
The news agency Sputnik is reporting that Russia will exit the International Space Station (ISS) initiative in 2025 and will inform its international partners about that decision, this according to […]
Northrop Grumman’s MEV-2 Successfully Docks With IS-10-02 Satellite For On-Orbit Servicing
On April 12, Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) and the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, SpaceLogistics LLC, successfully completed the docking of the Mission Extension Vehicle-2 (MEV-2) to the Intelsat 10-02 (IS-10-02) […]
NSR’s Global Space Economy Report Now Available
The NSR Global Space Economy (NGSE) report is the industry benchmark for evaluating trends and opportunities in the satellite and space markets. NSR’s GSE report establishes the key growth drivers […]
Intelsat Getting Tough + Musk’s Millions
The avalanche of legal filings and motions in the increasingly bitter dispute between SES and Intelsat over the division of C-band ‘incentives’ from the FCC is simply immense. April 14th […]
DARPA Awards General Atomics Contract to Design Nuclear Thermal Propulsions Systems
To date, the SNAP-10A reactor has been the only U.S. nuclear power reactor launched into space, for which General Atomics was directly involved in nuclear fuel testing and characterization… General […]
Thales Alenia Space’s New Key Contract To Develop Galileo’s Second Generation
Thales Alenia Space, has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA), on behalf of the European Commission in the Horizon 2020 Satellite Navigation Program (HSNAV), to develop the Advanced […]
KVH’s AgilePlans® Is Faster, More Expansive and Flexible For Smaller Commercial Vessels
KVH announces a solution, AgilePlans® Regional, is designed for fishing vessels, workboats, and smaller commercial vessels now features data speeds as fast as 6 Mbps down/2 Mbps up and worldwide coverage […]
Pioneering Earth Imaging Mission Involves Planet + New Carbon Mapper Organization + NASA JPL + California + More…
Carbon Mapper, a new nonprofit organization, and its partners – the State of California, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA JPL), Planet, the University of Arizona, Arizona State University (ASU), High […]