Quilty Analytics has issued to subscribers the latest edition of its Satcom Quarterly Briefing that evaluates Telesat’s innovative LEO satellite constellation called Lightspeed. Telesat Lightspeed will combine 298 crosslinked next-gen satellites with an advanced ground infrastructure to create a highly secure, global mesh network that will mainly serve enterprise/ B2B markets, including carriers & MNOs, […]
Archives for May 2021
NanoAvionics Reveals Their Growth + Biz Development Plans
NanoAvionics has laid out its ambitious growth and business development plans for the USA via its existing facility in Columbia, Illinois. The smallsat bus manufacturer and mission integrator will develop the only satellite manufacturing facility in the state to become its main hub in the US. Through this hub, NanoAvionics will further grow the portfolio […]
New IOSC Director General Named
The decision to name Ksenia Drozdova as the Director General was approved at the joint 49th session of the Board and 23rd session of the Operations Committee of the Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications (Intersputnik IOSC), held from April 5 to May 14, 2021, in a remote format. The Ministry expressed confidence that Ksenia […]
OneWeb’s Launch #7 By Arianespace @ Vostochny Postponed For 24 Hours
OneWeb’s seventh launch (ST32) of 36 made-in-Florida satellites from the Vostochny Cosmodrome will have a total duration of three hours and 51 minutes and will include nine separations, each of four satellites. Once all 36 satellites have been contacted and moved into operational orbit, this deployment will bring OneWeb’s on-orbit constellation to 218 satellites, in […]
Mercury Systems Brings Pentek Technologies Into Their Fold
Mercury Systems, Inc., (NASDAQ: MRCY) has acquired Pentek Technologies, LLC, and Pentek Systems, Inc. (collectively, “Pentek”). Based in Upper Saddle River, N.J., Pentek is a leading designer and manufacturer of ruggedized, high-performance, Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) software-defined radio (SDR) and data acquisition boards, recording systems and subsystems for high-end commercial and defense applications. Under the terms of […]
Dawn Aerospace Secures Funding
Dawn Aerospace, a New Zealand/Dutch aerospace company, has announced significant backing from New Zealand’s largest tech investment firm, Movac. Dawn is creating next-generation space transportation technologies. This investment will be used to scale the production of Dawn’s in-space propulsion products and to progress Dawn’s Mk-II, a suborbital plane that uses rocket engines, to a fully-fledged […]
RUAG Space To Dispense 200th OneWeb Satellite To Orbit
On Thursday, May 27, OneWeb will launch an additional 36 broadband internet satellites aboard a Soyuz launch vehicle from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia. As a key supplier to OneWeb Satellites, RUAG Space built the satellite dispenser, which functions as an interface between the Soyuz rocket and satellites. The dispenser will deposit the 36 satellites […]
Gilat’s Extension Of Multi-Million Dollar Project in Latin America Expands Agriculture IoT Network
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq: GILT, TASE: GILT), provider of satellite networking technology, solutions and services, announce the extension of its multi-million dollar IoT project in Latin America. Tier-1 MNO extends coverage of Gilat’s cellular backhaul solution as it expands its Agriculture IoT network. The Agribusiness IoT market addresses a critical need to better provide […]
$30Million Investment To Kymeta From Hanwha Systems Is Approved By CFIUS
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has approved a $30 million investment by Hanwha Systems Co., Ltd. (HSC), a global solutions company that provides differentiated smart technologies in defense electronics and information infrastructure to Kymeta Corporation — the communications company making mobile global. The approval provided by CFIUS clears the way […]
Sixty Starlinks Successful Sendoff
SpaceX was successful with the launch on Wednesday, in which the Falcon 9 launched 60 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Falcon 9’s first stage booster previously supported the Sentinel-6A mission. Following stage separation, SpaceX successfully landed Falcon 9’s first stage on the “Just Read […]