ST Engineering iDirect and Viasat recently partnered to expand Viasat’s satellite network in Latin America by deploying ST Engineering iDirect’s next-generation hub infrastructure to provide advanced connectivity services for Brazil’s […]
Archives for October 2024
Hydrosat gains million$ contract from the U.S.A.F. to enhance thermal imagery for National Defense
Hydrosat has been selected by the U.S. Air Force for a $1.9 million contract to provide Hydrosat’s thermal satellite data to address the most pressing challenges in the Department of […]
Saab presents new compact sensor for comms surveillance
Saab has presented the Sirius Compact L20C, a new addition to Saab’s Sirius Compact tactical Electronic Warfare (EW) sensor family — this new Communications–Electronic Support Measures (C-ESM) sensor can detect, […]
Rocket Lab adds new mission to 2024 launch manifest + schedules launch in coming days
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has added a last-minute Electron launch to its launch manifest for a commercial mission that is scheduled to launch in just three days’ time. […]
SpaceX plans Thursday launch of Starlink smallsats at the Cape, yet weather looks foreboding
SpacX is scheduled to launch a batch of Starlink smallsats Group 8-19 on Thursday, at 4:53 – 4:55 PM PT, 7:53 – 7:55 PM ET, however the weather at Space […]
SpaceX schedules OneWeb launch on Saturday after numerous delays… fingers crossed again
A batch of 20 microsatellites for the OneWeb satellite constellation, which is intended to provide global internet broadband service for individual consumers, is scheduled to launch on Saturday (local time) […]
BAE Systems teams with Kongsberg for new Integrated Combat Solution, a transformational battlefield tool
BAE Systems has entered into a teaming agreement with Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace to bring Integrated Combat Solution (ICS) to the U.S. defense market. The transformational battlefield situational awareness tool […]
Viasat and BSNL successfully trialed in India for first time Direct-to-Device satellite services
Viasat, a global provider of satellite communications, has successfully demonstrated direct-to-device (D2D) satellite connectivity in India for the first time. Working alongside partner BSNL, India’s telecommunications provider, Viasat engineers successfully […]
ESA orders 6 more radar-based satellites from Thales Alenia Space for IRIDE constellation
Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed a 107 million euros contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) for the supply of 6 […]
Argotec signs contract to deliver 15 more satellites
Argotec has signed a contract for the delivery of 15 additional Earth Observation (EO) smallsats that will comprise the IRIDE constellation — this is a program desired by the Italian […]