SpaceX’s Falcon 9 on Monday, March 31 at 9:46 p.m. ET launched Fram2 to a polar orbit from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Mission duration: […]
Archives for March 2025
SES + SpeQtral sign MoU to advance global quantum-secure comms
SES and SpeQtral signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop an interoperable Optical Ground Station (OGS) to establish long-distance satellite-based Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) between Asia and Europe. Under […]
Satellogic EarthView dataset now openly accessible via registry of Open Data on AWS
Satellogic has announced that the Satellogic EarthView dataset is now openly accessible on Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud through the AWS Open Data Sponsorship Program. The Satellogic EarthView dataset includes […]
SpaceX to launch Starlink Group 11-13 smallsats on April Fool’s day from California
SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, April 1 for a Falcon 9 launch of 27 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base […]
SpaceX sends off 28 smallsats of Starlink Group 6-80
Good timing in predicting Florida’s weather as SpaceX’s Falcon 9 successfully sent 28 smallsats of Starlink of Group 6-80 on Monday, March 31 to low-Earth orbit after being scrubbed on […]
Forrester’s Digest: European satellite giants in merger talks
Airbus, Thales Alenia and Leonardo, three giants in terms of satellite manufacture, are in “preliminary talks” to merge their operations—rumors of a potential merger have been reported for some months—the […]
Qorvo launches Ku-band beamformers for high-performance SATCOM terminals
Qorvo® (Nasdaq: QRVO) has unveiled the firm’s newest silicon, Ku-band, SATCOM beamformer, IC family for phased array-based user terminals—these next-generation ICs set a new benchmark for SATCOM user terminals, reducing […]
Global Konet intros their Dualsat ESA antenna APP during the recent DC satellite show
Global Konet revealed groundbreaking technology at Satellite 2025 in DC recently that allows simultaneous service of two satellites through a single ESA antenna, making this firm the first global company […]
HawkEye 360 Joins Space Forces—Space (S4S) Commercial Integration Cell (CIC) to enhance SDA
HawkEye 360 is participating in the U.S. Space Forces – Space (S4S) Commercial Integration Cell (CIC)—this partnership reinforces HawkEye 360’s commitment to supporting the U.S. Space Force’s mission and national security through […]
Airbus to design and build ESA’s ExoMars rover lander platform to be designed + built by Airbus
Airbus has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) and Thales Alenia Space (TAS – a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%)), the ExoMars industrial prime contractor, […]