Authors of a new book, Space Piracy: Preparing for a Criminal Crisis in Orbit, to be published in January of 2025 by Wiley and written by Marc Feldman and Hugh […]
Archives for October 2024
New initiative to use space-based technology to predict + monitor algal blooms in Northern Ireland
UK Space Agency, in collaboration with NI SPACE and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA), recently launched a £360K Small Business Research Initiative (or SBRI) competition seeking […]
SpaceX’s Happy Friday, with launches of 20 Starlink smallsats including 13 Direct to Cell
On Friday, October 18 at 7:13 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 20 Starlink Group 8-19 satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex […]
Forrester’s Digest: Airbus Defence & Space to lay off 2,500
Airbus Defence & Space is having a tough time. It has, in the past, confirmed that it is facing a challenging business environment, and now says it will “streamline the […]
SpaceX Starlink Group 8-19 smallsats set for Friday launch
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is scheduled to launch a batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation on Friday, October 18 at 4:31 PM PDT from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape […]
EarthDaily Analytics acquires Descartes Labs
EarthDaily Analytics has acquired Descartes Labs and that company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Descartes Labs Government, Inc. — the newly combined company will be led by EDA CEO, Don Osborne. The integration […]
Skyservice™ announces development of Gogo Galileo HDX STC for Gulfstream G280
Skyservice Business Aviation will develop a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) to implement Gogo Galileo HDX on Gulfstream G280 aircraft, ensuring operators have access to the latest high-speed in-flight internet solutions […]
OPTAC-X + Mayo Clinic LTE-global SATCOM telehealth tech enables physician guidance in EMS environments
OPTAC-X has announced the company and Mayo Clinic are the first known collaboration to provide physician guidance to an EMS team using OPTAC-X’s hybrid LTE-global SATCOM telehealth technology to aid […]
Viasat working with European cybersecurity start-up on satellite encryption services
Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) is working with CYSEC under its ELEVATE program to provided reliable, state-of-the-art, cybersecurity tools for SATCOM. CYSEC is a pioneering cybersecurity company based in France and Switzerland […]
Microchip’s RTG4™ FPGAs with lead-free Flip-Chip bumps achieve highest space qualification
Microchip Technology’s (Nasdaq: MCHP) Radiation-Tolerant (RT) RTG4™ Field- Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) with lead-free flip-chip bumps have earned the Qualified Manufacturers List (QML) Class V status. As designated by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), […]