SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Vehicle Drives 53 Additional Starlink Satellites To Orbit
On Wednesday, May 18, at 6:59 a.m. ET, SpaceX launched 53 Starlink satellites to compliment their continually growing smallsat constellation from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This was the fifth flight for the Falcon 9 ...
UPDATE #2: Blue Origin Pushing Out The NS-21 Mission Launch
The company is reporting that, during their final vehicle check-outs, Blue Origin observed one of New Shepard’s back-up systems was not meeting their performance expectations. In an abundance of caution, we will be delaying the NS-21 launch originally scheduled for Friday, ...
The Freeform 3D Printing Of Satellite Antennas In Space Is Developed By Mitsubishi Electric
On-orbit manufacturing and deployment of a satellite antenna in space (from left) Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) has developed an on-orbit, additive-manufacturing technology that uses photosensitive resin and solar ultraviolet light for the 3D printing of satellite antennas in the vacuum of outer space. The novel technology makes use of a ...
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Local Governments Keeping The Lights On With Help From Space
Veritas Imagery Services and NOKTOsat are collaborating to provide a new, commercial application of Earth Observation (EO) satellite imagery to local government departments that will allow them to better monitor and manage their street lighting networks as they combat rising ...
SBCs For JPL’s SunRISE Mission Delivered By Voyager Space’s Space Micro
Space Micro Inc., powered by Voyager Space, recently delivered a total of seven (7), flight-level, Single Board Computers (SBCs) to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of Pasadena, California, for the Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment (SunRISE). Slated for a 2024-2025 ...
iDirect To Provide Significant Evolution Platform Upgrade To InterSAT Communications Services
ST Engineering iDirect will provide InterSAT Communication Services FZCO with a significant technology upgrade, enabling them to deliver enhanced services to their customers across the African continent — this upgrade to their existing Evolution® platform will allow InterSAT to leverage ...
ATDI — Transforming Military Comms With 5G
As the uptake of military 5G gathers pace, hopes are high that this technology will bring a new era of possibilities for military applications. While the military notoriously has more spectrum than most, communication channels are becoming increasingly populated. Many ...
Five Year COMSATCOM Contract Awarded To NIC4 By The National Guard Bureau
NIC4 Inc., a division of Network Innovations, Inc., has been awarded a commercial satellite communications (COMSATCOM) CSS Fully Managed Network and Support contract for the National Guard Bureau (NGB). This contract gives the National Guard the ability to provide COMSATCOM ...
Sky UK’s Capacity Renewal And Multi-Year Deal With SES
This renewal secures an additional contract backlog of approximately EUR 84 million, building on the EUR 90 million capacity agreement signed between the two companies in 2021, with contracts extending up to the end of 2028’s satellites continue to deliver ...
Prestwick Spaceport Plans To Encourage Youngsters To Reach For The Stars Via Their ‘New Hope’ Campaign
A new campaign that aims to educate thousands of young people across Ayrshire in Scotland and beyond about careers in the UK’s growing space sector is to be launched by Prestwick Spaceport and affiliated aerospace businesses. Running throughout 2022, ‘A ...
Gilmour Space Completes Full Duration Test Fire Of Their New Phoenix Rocket Engine
Gilmour Space Technologies has unveiled a new 3D printed liquid rocket engine that will power the third stage of the firm's Eris rocket to orbit. Phoenix rocket engine test. The company today shared a video of a successful, 190-second, Mission ...
Telesat Government Solutions To Provide NASA Space-to-Space High Data Rate Connectivity
NASA Communications Services Project partnership will develop and demonstrate next-generation space relay services for NASA near-Earth missions, creating a potential pathway to the future use of the Telesat Lightspeed network Telesat Government Solutions, a U.S.-incorporated, wholly-owned subsidiary of Telesat announced ...
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ThinKom’s Wideband Phased-Array Antenna Selected By Northrop Grumman For Their MQ-4C Triton FTB
ThinKom ThinAir© Ka2517 phased array ThinKom Solutions, Inc. has announced that Northrop Grumman has specified a ThinAir© Ka2517 phased-array satellite antenna to provide beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) connectivity for the company's MQ-4C Triton flying test bed (FTB). Photo of Northrop Grumman's MQ-4C ...
