U.S. Space Force Assigns Security Space Mission Launches to United Launch Alliance
The U.S. Space Force has awarded United Launch Alliance (ULA) a firm, fixed-price, indefinite-delivery contract to launch 60 percent of the missions on the organization's newest launch procurement contract — this contract resulted from a competitive award under the Space ...
UPDATE: SpaceX Starlink + BlackSky Smallsats Launch Is Successful… First Stage Landing Right On Target
The 10th Starlink launch by SpaceX. On Friday, August 7 at 1:12 a.m. EDT, 5:12 UTC, SpaceX launched its tenth Starlink mission, which included 57 Starlink satellites and 2 satellites from BlackSky, a Spaceflight customer. Falcon 9’s first stage previously ...
Satnews Perspectives Video Interview with Curt Blake, CEO, Spaceflight
Curt Blake is the CEO of Spaceflight’s launch services group and previously served as SVP and General Counsel. Curt has led efforts to expand Spaceflight’s global network of launch service providers while building relationships with key commercial-, civilian- and defense-related ...
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New Spectrum Monitoring Solutions From LP Technologies
LP Technologies is celebrating their LPT-ASM and LPT-LSM's 6th anniversary and the firm has also announced the release of LPT-ASM 3.0 and LPT-LSM 3.0. LPT's Development Team reported that, over the last six years, LPT-ASM / LPT-LSM added 200 new ...
ThinKom Secures Defense Innovation Unit Phased Array Antenna Contract
ThinKom’s COTS Ka2517 satellite antenna meets the DIU requirements for low-cost, low-risk, proven technology for use on U.S. Navy ships, such as the USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000).Photo is courtesy of the U.S. Navy. The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has awarded a ...
Integrasys Has Their Beam Budget Tool Ready for LEO + Flat Panel Antennas
The Broadcasting and Telecommunications Industry is witnessing a new era, due to the arrival of LEO, MEO and flat panel antennas. The new goal of the market is to seek solutions to achieve the effective use of spectrum and provide ...
USSF Delivers GPS II (SV) 04 To Launch Site + Completes M-Code Installs For GPS Operational Control System
The U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) successfully delivered the fourth Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, July 14. GPS III Space Vehicle (SV) 04 was safely transported from ...
AMERGINT Technologies and Envistacom’s Next Step to “Cloud-to-Edge”
Envistacom, LLC, announces that they have teamed up with AMERGINT Technologies, Inc. to pair the company’s intellectual property with AMERGINT’s satellite communications solutions. Both companies view their partnership as a significant next step toward the realization of a truly virtualized, ...
Ovzon’s US$3.9 Million Contract for Steerable Beam From Intelsat General Corporation
Ovzon's announcement of a contract that covers three months, from early September to early December 2020, is valued at a total of US$3.9Million, with the U.S. Department of Defense (U.S. DoD), through the U.S. service provider Intelsat General Corporation. IGC ...
Lockheed Martin + USC To Build Smart Smallsats
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is building mission payloads for a Space Engineering Research Center at University of Southern California (USC) Information Sciences Institute smallsat program called La Jument, which enhance Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) space technologies. Photos ...
Envistacom’s Transport Virtualization Initiative Is Joined By AMERGINT Technologies
Envistacom, LLC has announced that AMERGINT Technologies, Inc. has teamed up with Envistacom to pair the company’s intellectual property with AMERGINT’s satellite communications (SATCOM) solutions. The two companies are also leveraging additive capabilities from AMERGINT Technologies related to Transport Virtualization ...
UPDATE: Smallsat Launch Contract Awarded By Swarm to Exolaunch
The SpaceBEE Satellites. Photo is courtesy of Swarm. Exolaunch has signed a launch agreement with Swarm Technologies to launch 24 satellites aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare mission. Under the contract, Exolaunch will provide launch, integration and deployment services to ...
Astronics SATCOM Antenna Tech Successful Test Flight With Collins Aerospace LuxStream + SES
Astronics Corporation has announced a recent successful test flight employing the firm's Ku-band, tail-mounted antenna technology for the Collins Aerospace KuSAT-2000 SATCOM terminal for their LuxStream business jet connectivity solution. The KuSAT-2000 Tail-Mounted Antenna system demonstrated download speeds of up ...
