UPDATE: USSF’s Monolith R&D Smallsat Launched Via Rocket Lab’s Electron Rocket
Rocket Lab's ‘It’s a Little Chile Up Here’ mission lifts off from the company's Complex 1. Photo is courtesy of the company. Rocket Lab has successfully launched a research and development satellite to orbit for the United States Space Force ...
Ball Completes The PDR For NOAA’s SWFO-L1 Spacecraft… On To the Critical Design Phase
Artistic rendition of the Space Weather Follow On Satellite. Image is courtesy of Ball Aerospace. Ball Aerospace has successfully completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) spacecraft ...
Satellite Telemedicine Solutions For Monitoring COVID-19 Patients Being Developed By Leaf Space
Leaf Space is progressing with the launch phase of a new, innovative use of telemedicine via satellite for home monitoring of patients with COVID-19 as part of the CARES project led by the company and co-funded by the European Space ...
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Thirty+ Candidates Become Smallsat Engineering Professionals
KSF Space Foundation was initially established to generate cost-efficient satellites and provided access to LEO with no harmful influence on the environment through the firm's flying solutions. Now, however, KSF is playing a crucial role in education, especially aerospace engineering ...
C&K Aerospace Agrees To Acquire E.I.S. Electronics + Will Form C&K Aerospace
C&K, a global provider of switches and high-reliability connectors, has entered into an agreement to acquire E.I.S. Electronics, industry specialists in the design and manufacture of Electrical Wiring Interconnection Systems (EWIS) for avionics, defense and aerospace applications. In conjunction with ...
24/7 Telemedicine Demo Offered By Inmarsat + VIKAND For Mariners
Inmarsat will co-host an event at Crowne Plaza Fort Lauderdale Airport on July 28th and 29th, 2021, with VIKAND, an Inmarsat partner that specializes in the provision of medical services for the maritime sector. The event, of particular interest to ...
UPDATE: The Argentine Constellation SAOCOM, through VENG, Provides Data On Natural Resources To Utilis
Utilis recently initiated their collaboration with VENG, the Argentinian company that brings products and data derived from the Satellites for Observation and Communication (SAOCOM) constellation to customers within the observation and communication markets. Utilis uses technology in space to support ...
Celebrating 5 Years In Brazil, Hughes Expands Digital Services Throughout The Country
Hughes do Brasil, a subsidiary of Hughes Network Systems LCC (HUGHES), is celebrating the five-year anniversary of HughesNet®, the company’s flagship, high-speed satellite Internet service. Reaching more than 5,000 municipalities across Brazil, HughesNet brings broadband access to consumers and small ...
Inmarsat Selects Santander Teleport As A New Satellite Access Station
Inmarsat has selected Santander Teleport to host and maintain a new Satellite Access Station (SAS) for the new Inmarsat-6 satellites, the first of which is scheduled to launch at the end of 2021. Photo of Santander Teleport. The hosting of ...
Terrestrial IoT Comms Successfully Tested Via GEO By Fraunhofer IIS
mioty® communication technology enables the simultaneous transmission of data packets from a large number of sensor nodes over long distances and is particularly energy efficient. Previously, providing the Internet of Things (IoT) in a terrestrial network was limited to a ...
Space Qualified RF Conversion System Development Awarded To Space Micro By USAF
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Space Micro Inc. a contract to develop a space-qualified, highly-capable digital system to convert RF-to-optical and optical-to-RF signals. This advanced technology will allow seamless reception and transmission of radio signals across optical links. The ...
SpaceX Wants FCC OK For Maritime Terminal Test + AsiaSat Renews France 24 Service Agreement
SpaceX has asked the FCC for permission to install two (normally) ground-based Starlink user terminals aboard a maritime vessel. The application says the request is “experimental” and would run September 1st until October 31st. The full request says, “[to] operate ...
ViaLite’s RFoF Links Enables Satcoms In Alaska’s Cold Climate
Isotropic has a site in Alaska ViaLite has taken their services to Alaska. Satellite internet services provider, Isotropic Networks, is investing in high performance ViaLite RF over fiber (RFoF) satcom links for their location in Alaska. The L-Band High Throughput ...
