On Friday, April 30, China successfully launched a new, remote sensing satellite, Yaogan-34, into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 3:27 p.m. The Yaogan-34 satellite was carried by a Long March-4C rocket and successfully entered the planned orbit. The optical remote sensing satellite will be used for the survey of […]
Archives for May 2021
Northrop Grumman Receives Contract From Airbus For OneSat Solar Arrays
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has been awarded a contract by Airbus Defence and Space for the design, development and production of 24 ship sets of solar arrays to support the OneSat satellite product line — these solar arrays will power the OneSat communication satellites in GEO. Northrop Grumman Solar Arrays to Power Airbus OneSat […]
Coalition For Deep Space Exploration Names Their New President + CEO
The Coalition for Deep Space Exploration (Coalition) has named Frank Slazer, a space industry executive and space advocate with more than 30 years of experience on space policy, programs, and budgets, as the President and CEO of the Coalition, effective May 17, 2021. The Coalition is a national, non-profit organization of space industry businesses and […]
Satellite-Derived Bathymetry Delivered By TCarta Marine To NOAA
TCarta Marine has supplied the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) with satellite-derived bathymetry (SDB) validated by green laser altimeter data from the NASA ICESat-2 satellite for two U.S. shallow-water coastal areas. TCarta was the subcontractor on the prime contract awarded to Woolpert, an international geospatial firm headquartered in Dayton, Ohio. The NOAA pilot focused […]
CGI To Define PDGS For Airbus’ TRUTHS
CGI (NYSE: GIB) (TSX: GIB.A) has won a subcontract with Airbus to define the Payload Data Ground System (PDGS) for the Traceable Underpinning Terrestrial and Helio-Studies (TRUTHS) satellite. TRUTHS is an important climate mission, led by Airbus in the UK and involving the UK Space Agency (UKSA) and other ESA member states and delivered by […]
A New Study For More Accurate Satellite Navigation To Be Completed By RUAG Space
The European Global Navigation Satellite System Agency GSA has now commissioned RUAG Space to conduct a study to increase the accuracy of real-time satellite navigation. For climate and environmental research, satellites provide extremely important data every day, such as how high sea levels are rising or what effects global warming is having on glacier ice […]
SES’ HD Capacity Agreement On ASTRA 19.2 Degrees Is Extended By SRS And bmt
Bayerische Medien Technik GmbH (bmt) has extended its partnership with SES, provider of content connectivity solutions, in a multi-year agreement to continue using SES’s satellites at its prime TV neighborhood at ASTRA 19.2 degrees East to broadcast Bavarian local TV channels in HD. bmt is a subsidiary of the Bayerische Landeszentrale für neue Medien (BLM), […]
ASAT Testing In Space Fact Sheets Published By Secure World Foundation
The Secure World Foundation has released an updated set of 11 fact sheets that document anti-satellite (ASAT) testing in space and robotic rendezvous and proximity operations (RPOs) conducted for military and intelligence purposes, which together have generated concerns from many countries about the increasingly contested nature of space. The fact sheets are based on research […]
A SatNews Focus: Introducing Ursa Space’s Image Services
As the number of satellites launched into orbit continues to increase, the volume of imagery is growing exponentially, creating a trove of valuable insights waiting to be gleaned from the data. There are many SAR satellite providers responsible for this growth, creating lots of terrific options — how does one select the correct provider? It […]