iDirect Government (iDirectGov), for the third consecutive year, has been named the Washington Business Journal‘s (WBJ) Best Places to Work for the large company category. The WBJ acknowledges the top 100 Greater Washington, D.C. companies for their workplace excellence based on survey responses from their respective employees. iDirectGov employees are all U.S. citizens, with a […]
Archives for May 2021
Arianespace’s ST32 Flight To Move More OneWeb Satellites To Orbit
The next Arianespace mission is planned from Vostochny Cosmodrome with Soyuz on May 27 to deliver 36 satellites into orbit. By operating this seventh flight on behalf of OneWeb, Arianespace will bring the total fleet to 218 satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). Flight ST32, the fourth commercial mission performed by Arianespace and their Starsem […]
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Mission To Be Launched By SpaceX
Firefly Aerospace Inc. has awarded a contract to SpaceX to launch their Blue Ghost lunar lander in 2023. Blue Ghost will be carrying 10 payloads for NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) task order 19D mission, in addition to separately contracted commercial payloads. Firefly was awarded the CLPS 19D task order by NASA in February […]
Synthetaic Awarded AFWERX Contract To Leverage Synthetic Data + AI-Powered Object Detection
Synthetaic has won a contract with AFWERX, a program of the USAF that is focused on expanding technology, talent, and transition partnerships for rapid and affordable commercial and military capability. Synthetaic’s Rapid Automatic Image Categorization technology (RAIC) will enable rapid object labeling, AI modeling and Earth Observation (EO) object detection by analyzing large, multidimensional imagery […]
MoU Signed Between AIAA + Space ISAC For Collaboration On Space Cybersecurity Concerns
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Space ISAC) have entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOU) enabling the two organizations to collaborate on aerospace and space cybersecurity endeavors. AIAA and Space ISAC will cooperate to build the knowledge foundations of space cybersecurity. The Space ISAC […]
Telesat + TIM Complete Their On-Orbit Testing Of 4G Over Satellite
Telesat and TIM Brasil have completed their on-orbit testing across several applications with Telesat’s Phase 1 LEO satellite. This first-of-its-kind LEO backhaul testing in Brazil was conducted with TIM Brasil’s Innovation Department staff at their state-of-the-art teleport in Rio de Janeiro, leveraging an 85 cm Intellian parabolic antenna to uplink and downlink to the LEO […]
Applied Satellite Technology Is First Iridium® GMDSS Service Provider For Liberian Flagged Vessels
Iridium Communications Inc. and their partner Applied Satellite Technology (AST), a provider of maritime satellite communications solutions, has become the first authorized Iridium Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) service provider for Liberian flagged vessels. The Liberian Flag recently approved Iridium GMDSS to be used in all of Sea Area A4 for Liberian vessels, ensuring safety […]
WORK Microwave Gleans Major Contract With APAC DTH + Satellite Distribution Operator
WORK Microwave has announced that a leading APAC broadcast satellite owner and operator has deployed a comprehensive digital SATCOM offering from WORK Microwave that is comprised of approximately 200 DVB-S2X modulators and redundancy switch units. The operator is using WORK Microwave’s AT-61 satellite modulators and RSCC-T 1:1 redundancy switches to distribute satellite TV services with […]
Series A Growth Investments Received By Horizon Technologies
Horizon Technologies has received a significant growth investment in a multi-million-pound Series A round of financing. This Series A investment will aggressively advance Horizon Technologies’ space-based Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) Amber™ data service. Maven Capital Partners led the latest investment round with participation from Virgin Money. New funding will accelerate the company’s launch of further […]
Small Rocket Launch Site Given The O.K. By Australia’s Queensland Government
Locals and tourists in the Whitsunday region of Australia could soon be watching rockets launching into space, with the Queensland government announcing their support for the local space launch industry. In a statement, Deputy Premier and Minister for State Development, Steven Miles, said, “Growing our space industry in Queensland will add billions to the economy […]