Aliena Pte Ltd (Aliena), a Singapore-based space tech company that enables mobility of small satellites through their core-technology – Hall thrusters, has made history by deploying their engines on the smallest satellite in-orbit to host such a propulsion system. The Hall thruster was integrated on a 3U nanosatellite (NuX-1) made and owned by satellite IoT […]
Archives for January 2022
GEOST Appoints A New Member Of The Firm’s Board Of Directors
GEOST LLC. has appointed Ellen Lord to the Company’s Board of Directors. Lord will advise and assist a seasoned management team through an ongoing period of rapid growth. Lord’s experience as a defense industry leader will provide critical insights for GEOST’s research and development (R&D) expansion, as well as extension of production operations. Lord’s addition […]
Semtech + Lacuna Space Join Talents To Increase LoRaWAN™ Coverage + Resilience
Semtech Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTC) has announced a joint initiative with Lacuna Space to further increase coverage and resilience of LoRaWAN® connectivity. In areas of the world without cellular or Wi-Fi signals, satellites fill connectivity gaps – especially in hard-to-reach areas. Since it is affordable and simple to install, LoRaWAN is the unique standard that is […]
Gilat’s Multi-Million Dollar Deal To Improve Satellite Communications in Eurasia for Multiple Applications
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq: GILT, TASE: GILT), announced that one of the largest satellite service providers in Eurasia, has chosen Gilat as the baseband vendor for its satellite network. The companies signed a multi-million-dollar deal that includes the provisioning of Gilat’s SkyEdge II-c platform, which will be used to modernize and expand satellite communications […]
Baby Stars in the Orion Constellation
Scores of baby stars shrouded by dust are revealed in this infrared image of the star-forming region NGC 2174, as seen by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. Some of the clouds in the region resemble the face of a monkey in visible-light images, hence the nebula’s nickname: the “Monkey Head.” However, in infrared images such as […]
Turkey’s Mini Satellite Grizu-263A Set To Launch On January 13
Designed by the Grizu-263 space team of students from the Bülent Ecevit University in the northern province of Zonguldak, Turkey’s first PocketQube satellite project, Grizu-263A, will be launched into space on January 13 with SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket. The mini-satellite, which is 5x5x5 centimeters, will locate on a low Earth orbit of 525 kilometers and operate for four years and […]
The Bivy Stick 2 Way SATCOM Device Now Offers Reduced Pricing
Bivy and ACR Electronics, Inc. have rolled out a new, reduced, pricing structure for their Bivy Stick 2 Way Satellite Communication Device. With a simple design and user interface on the app, Bivy Stick is the lightest and most efficient way to send a message, share a location, get a weather report, or initiate an […]
Euroconsult Publishes The 14th Edition Of Their Earth Observation Satellite Systems Market Report + Analysis
Euroconsult has released their ”Earth Observation Satellite Systems Market” report, providing a sweeping review analysis of the Earth Observation (EO) upstream ecosystem and breaking down government and commercial programs in exhaustive details. With the EO manufacturing market gearing up for another decade of growth to an estimated $76.1 billion in revenue, the latest study reflects […]
Arianespace To Launch ESA’s FLEX & ALTIUS Satellites Via Vega-C Rocket
A contract signed with Arianespace secures the joint launch for two satellites that will further the knowledge of our home planet. Scheduled to lift off on a new class of rocket, ESA’s Vega-C, from Europe’s Spaceport in mid-2025, FLEX will yield new information about the health of the world’s plants and Altius will deliver profiles […]
Intelsat To Acquire Two Software-Defined Satellites From Thales Alenia Space
Intelsat and Thales Alenia Space, Joint Venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), have signed an agreement to build two, software-defined satellites designed to advance Intelsat’s global fabric of software-defined GEO connectivity as part of its 5G software-defined network. The addition of the Thales Alenia Space software-defined satellites represents an essential advancement in Intelsat’s 5G […]