UK Gov Will Fund the Design + Build Of Kernow Sat 1 That Will Launch From Cornwall
Kernow Sat 1 aims to bring the value of space close to home by engaging audiences across Cornwall — from academia to local businesses to charities and school children. Cornwall’s intention is that this G7 legacy project become a historic ...
MILSATCOM Equipment For Military Use To Be Supplied By Gilat Satellite Networks
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq: GILT, TASE: GILT) has been awarded a contract to supply satellite communication equipment for military usage — the company was selected as the sole provider to address advanced present and future defense connectivity requirements. Today’s ...
FY22 Budget Gives Air + Space Forces The Strength To Meet Threats, Roth, Brown, Raymond Tell U.S. Senate
Acting Air Force Secretary John Roth, joined by the Air and Space Forces’ highest-ranking officers, told a Senate subcommittee on June 8 the department’s budget proposal recognizes challenges posed by China and Russia while also laying the groundwork for the ...
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Northrop Grumman’s New Era of Exploration: How It Is Powering NASA’s Artemis Missions
Completed twin Artemis I solid rocket boosters stand tall in Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building. Credit: NASA “These are the most powerful human-rated rocket motors ever produced for flight. The objectives of this program exceed that of the shuttle ...
Aviation History: Boeing MQ-25 T1 UAV Refuels A USN F/A-18 Super Hornet In Flight
For the first time in history, the U.S. Navy and Boeing [NYSE: BA] have demonstrated air-to-air refueling using an unmanned aircraft – the Boeing-owned MQ-25™ T1 test asset – to refuel another aircraft. During a test flight June 4, MQ-25 ...
The Integrasys Beam Budget Tool Now Offers A Satellite Footprint Database As An Add-On
The Integrasys developed Link Budget Tool. Integrasys has released a new service offered for Beam Budget users that provides a new remote database that gathers all of the satellite footprints — this add-on Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is now available for all ...
UPDATE: SI Imaging Services Expands Optical + SAR Data Markets With UP42
SI Imaging Services (SIIS) and UP42 have signed an agreement to make imagery from the KOMPSAT satellites available on the UP42 marketplace and developer platform. Artistic rendition of the KOMPSAT-3 satellite. The deal includes high-resolution optical imagery from KOMPSAT-3 and ...
VeriDaaS Initiates California Statewide LiDAR Collection Project
Utility substation in Santa Clara, California. VeriDaaS today announced that it has completed test flights necessary to begin its statewide California mapping project by acquiring high-density LiDAR elevation data on multiple areas of interest (AOIs). This data will be used ...
A Golden Contract For Speedcast
Speedcast has received a contract from JSC Chukotka Mining and Geological Company, a Kinross subsidiary, to expand the company’s very small aperture terminal (VSAT) network supporting the development of the Udinsk Gold open-pit mine to two new license areas in ...
GMV Operations Center Offers Supplies For New Gen of Yahsat Satellites
GMV signed a new contract with the UAE-based Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) to supply the control center and flight dynamics system for the operator’s sixth satellite — Thuraya 4NGS, a next generation L-band system slated for operations in ...
Lockheed Martin To Take Care Of The USSF’s SBIRS Ground Control Systems
Lockheed Martin has received a five-year, $1 billion contract that calls for their services to support the ground control systems of the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) satellite constellation. Under the terms of the contract, Lockheed will operate and maintain ...
OQ Technology 5G Over Satellite Contract Rec’d From ESA + OQ Awards LEO Satellite Control Center Contract To Leaf Space
OQ TECHNOLOGY has won their fourth contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the first contract under the ESA's ARTES Advanced Studies program — the contract was settled to OQ TECHNOLOGY after a pan European tendering process that started ...
The SES Versus Intelsat Trial Has An October Deadline
June 4th saw a joint agreement from lawyers to Intelsat’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy court saying that they have provisionally set the date for the two-week trial between SES and Intelsat to start “no later than October 30th.” Judge Keith Phillips ...
