On Friday, March 17th, at 7:38 p.m., ET, a SpaceX Falcon 9 launched the SES-18 and SES-19 satellites to GEO from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space […]
Archives for March 2023
Intellian unveils second family member of WGS terminals
Intellian Technologies Inc., provider of satellite communications solutions, unveils their ARC-M4 Block 1 terminal at Satellite 2023 in Washington, D.C. Providing simultaneous X- and Military Ka-bands plus all commercial Ka, the Block 1 marks the […]
Benchmark Space Systems fires up metal plasma + bi-prop thruster production + realigns executive team
Benchmark Space Systems has signed contracts for nearly two dozen, new, electric metal plasma thrusters (MPTs), with some set to play a key role in upcoming, unnamed, in-space servicing, assembly […]
GomSpace to supply first NanoCom Link X standard products for satellite constellation
GomSpace has signed a contract with a European integrator of smallsats to supply the first NanoCom Link X standard products for a European satellite constellation. The contract value of the […]
UPDATE 3: Rocket Lab’s Electron drives two Capella SAR sats to orbit from MARS launch site
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has successfully launched its 34th Electron rocket and second mission from its launch site on Wallops Island, Virginia, deploying two spacecraft to LEO for […]
GomSpace’s new CEO comes from Zero Error Systems
GomSpace Group AB, provider of nanosatellites, today announces that Carsten Drachmann has been appointed CEO of GomSpace as of March 13, 2023. Carsten Drachmann comes from the position as CEO […]
Lockheed Martin and Innoflight are strategic space avionics suppliers of 42 space vehicles on SDA T1TL program
After teaming with Innoflight on T0TL, Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Terran Orbital (NYSE: LLAP) are teaming again with Innoflight as a strategic avionics supplier for the SDA (Space Development […]
SEMPRE + Vector Launch partner on flexible launch system
SEMPRE has partnered with Vector to provide secure, resilient, mobile, command-and-control (C2) infrastructure for Vector’s rapid launch capability. Vector Launch is a responsive launch vehicle solution provider whose mission is […]
Keysight intros 2 GHz real-time satellite spectrum analysis solution
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) announces a real-time spectrum analysis (RTSA) solution enabling as much as 2 GHz RTSA bandwidth for use with the Keysight N9042B UXA Signal Analyzer — […]
Lockheed Martin launches commercial ground control software for satellite constellations
To assist future developers of commercial satellite constellations plan missions and operate their systems, Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is now offering commercial licenses to the company’s proven Horizon™ Command & […]