On Sunday, September 4 at 10:09 p.m. ET, SpaceX launched 51 Starlink satellites and Spaceflight’s Sherpa-LTC, an orbital transfer vehicle (OTV), to orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at […]
Archives for September 2022
Satnews Publishers wishes everyone an enjoyable Labor Day Holiday
Satnews offices will be closed on Monday, September 5th to observe the Labor Day holiday. As summer comes to a close, we hope you enjoy this day to relax. The […]
UPDATE 4: Another delay for Artemis due to fuel leakage
UPDATE 4 Another delay, September 3, has prevented the Artemis launch. However all was bright as earlier this Saturday morning the NASA launch director called a “go” for propellant loading, […]
OneWeb Technologies appoints a new CEO
OneWeb Technologies Inc. has named Kevin Steen as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Mr. Steen is succeeding former CEO, Bob Roe, who announced his retirement earlier this summer. […]
New CEO named by Firefly Aerospace
Firefly Aerospace has named long-time aerospace and defense executive, Bill Weber, as the company’s CEO, effective immediately. Firefly is a portfolio company of AE Industrial Partners (“AEI”), a U.S.-based private […]
Seven propulsion systems from ThrustMe delivered to Spire Global for their LEMUR satellites
ThrustMe has delivered seven propulsion systems to Spire Global, Inc. for that company’s LEMUR 3U satellites as it continues to build upon its fully deployed constellation of more than 100 […]
Rocket Lab successfully completes the first test fire of a reused Rutherford engine
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has successfully test fired a reused Rutherford first stage engine for the first time – a significant technical achievement in Rocket Lab’s efforts to make the […]
Series A round for OQ Technology produces million€€ in funding
OQ Technology has closed a 13 million euro Series A funding round led by Wa’ed Ventures, the venture capital arm at Aramco (the Saudi oil and gas company), and Phaistos […]
Thales Alenia Space + Eutelsat partner to deliver high-speed b’band across Europe with the EUTELSAT KONNECT VHTS satellite
Thales Alenia Space (Thales 67%, Leonardo 33%) will support the delivery of high-speed broadband across Europe as well as connectivity services by providing the SpaceGate ground connectivity solution to EUTELSAT […]
More polar bandwidth needed for cruiseships growing volume of traffic
Marlink, a network solutions company, has published a report on the current status and future outlook for satellite capacity and connectivity based on vessel activity in the polar regions. The report examines […]