As climate change increases the risk of wildfires across the globe, the spate of fires that hit Canada in May and June suggest that 2023 is on course to be […]
Archives for June 2023
Kuva Space awarded millions of euros with a commercial contract as the sole provider for Copernicus hyperspectral data services
Earth Observation (EO) company Kuva Space has been awarded a five-year commercial contract worth 5 million euros to be the world’s sole provider of hyperspectral data services for the European […]
Kacific restores internet services after undersea cable links in the Solomon Islands were damaged
Kacific Broadband Satellites Group (Kacific) reinforced the firm’s established partnership with Solomon Telekom Company Limited (STCL: Our Telekom) by swiftly restoring connectivity to STCL’s affected customers after damage to the […]
PDR completed by Warpspace of their 1st optical comms satellite
Warpspace has completed the PDR (Preliminary Design Review) of their first satellite — WarpHub Intersat — developed for inter-satellite optical communication services, and have now confirmed that the satellite’s design […]
SatVu’s HOTSAT-1 is successfully launched
HOTSAT-1 (photo above), the first satellite in the planned constellation to be launched by SatVu, launched with SpaceX from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on June 12th and […]
IEC Telecom to debut a maritime LEO-based solution in the Philippines
IEC Telecom will showcase the benefits of LEO connectivity to the Philippine maritime sector when the company takes part in this week’s PhilMarine show. PhilMarine gathers key national stakeholders and […]
Flight 261: Arianespace has a new launch date for the Heinrich-Hertz
The new targeted launch date by Arianespace for Heinrich-Hertz-Satellit and SYRACUSE 4B is July 4th. Following the replacement of the three, pyrotechnical transmission lines identified as doubtful on the Ariane […]
Eutelsat’s adieu to their European retail broadband distribution activities
Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) has reached an agreement to sell the firm’s European broadband retail activities to an experienced private operator. The activities to be disposed of by Eutelsat […]
ThinKom has launched a new, hybrid IFC antenna system
The modular, ThinAir Plus architecture from ThinKom recently brought together two separate antennas into a single installation and one that allows airlines or integrators the full flexibility of satellite constellations […]
SpaceX sends off Indonesia’s PSN SATRIS satellite to provide internet service to the island
On Sunday, June 18 at 6:21 p.m. ET, SpaceX launched the PSN SATRIA mission to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force […]