EAST‘s state-of-the-art newWAVE satellites will revolutionize the economics of broadband connectivity and make all satellites in-orbit and on-order obsolete… EAST Satellite Holding Pty Ltd (EAST) announces the signing of its first anchor-tenant contract to its first geo-stationary satellite, today. EAST’s commercial breakthrough underpins a satellite that will provide coverage to extensive areas of South Asia. “The deal is for the whole-of-life […]
Archives for May 2021
The Starship 15 Test Flight Is A Major Success For SpaceX, Complete With Auspicious Landing
Human space flight possibilities to planets within our solar system — and beyond — have taken another major step forward, thanks to the dedication and hard work of the SpaceX Starship team, for on Wednesday, May 5, 2021, the SpaceX Starship — serial number 15 (SN15) — successfully completed SpaceX’s fifth high-altitude flight test of […]
AAC Clyde Space’s Computer System Order For Lunar Mission
AAC Clyde Space has been selected by UAE’s Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) to deliver a 0.2 MEUR (approx. 2 MSEK) computer system for the Rashid lunar rover. This is the fourth lunar mission in which AAC Clyde Space will take part. The lunar mission announced by MBRSC in September 2020, will place a […]
Hughes Receives Industry Recognition For Tech + Service Delivery
Hughes Network Systems continues to make strides in the managed network services market, recently receiving back-to-back industry recognitions for their technology leadership and service delivery, particularly for the firm’s managed SD-WAN solution. Hughes is the first managed network services provider to develop and offer an AIOps (Artificial Intelligence for IT operations) self-healing wide area network (WAN) edge capability for the enterprise customer. Recent […]
Firefly Aerospace Now Valued @ $1B+ After Close Of Series A Financing
Firefly Aerospace has successfully completed their Series A financing. The $75 million Series A, which valued the company at greater than $1 billion, was led by DADA Holdings, with participation by Astera Institute, Canon Ball LLC, Reuben Brothers Limited, SMS Capital Investment LLC, Raven One Ventures, The XBTO Ventures and other investors. Interest in the […]
Hughes + OneWeb Receive AFRL Award To Demo Arctic LEO SATCOM TacComms Services
. Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) and OneWeb have been selected by the U.S. Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) to demonstrate managed LEO SATCOM services to connect the Arctic region to sites around the globe. Hughes is to provide systems integration expertise and to demonstrated managed LEO SATCOM services for tactical communications Under the agreement, […]
Blue Origin Initiates Auction For A Seat On The New Shepard’s First Passenger Flight
Place your opening bid. With those words, Blue Origin set off what is likely to be a high-stakes auction for a seat on the first passenger flight of Blue Origin’s New Shepard vehicle. The company, founded in 2000 by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, is auctioning off a ride on the July 20th flight to raise money for Club for […]
Loft Orbital Contracted By AFWERX and USSF / SMC For NextGen Onboard Processor
Loft Orbital has been awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract by AFWERX and sponsored by the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space and Missile Systems Center’s (SMC) Portfolio Architect office. The contract will provide funding to support Loft Orbital’s development of a high-performance, reprogrammable onboard edge computing environment and associated applications. This […]
ORBCOMM Presents Their Newest SATCOM Device For IoT/M2M Applications
ORBCOMM‘s new, state-of-the-art, ST 2100 is a satellite communications device that enables IoT solution providers to deliver ubiquitous and affordable connectivity to customers, along with enhanced reliability, improved asset visibility and access to new markets and geographies — this versatile device features a built-in antenna that enables solution providers to extend their IoT and M2M […]
Lockheed Martin Names New Senior Vice President of Government Affairs
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has named Christian Marrone as the senior vice president of government affairs, succeeding Robert Rangel, who will retire later this year. A proven leader in the public and private sectors, Marrone, a current Lockheed Martin vice president of government affairs, has played an active role in many of the most critical […]