
Space Systems Command contracts Johns Hopkins University APL for nexgen protected strategic SATCOM GRIFFON mission support
Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded a $10 million University-Affiliated Research Center laboratory contract to the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Applied Physics Lab (APL) to ensure software and cyber best practices are adhered to in the newly awarded Evolved Strategic SATCOM (ESS) ground segment, ...

Strategic agreement: Sierra Space Corp., MUFG Bank, Kanematsu + Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance
Sierra Space Corporation, MUFG Bank, Ltd., Kanematsu Corporation, and Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. have concluded a strategic agreement in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, and MUFG Bank, Kanematsu, and TMNF have also made a strategic investment in ...

Space System Command (SSC) opens new TAP Lab for Space Domain Awareness (SDA) innovation
Space Systems Command (SSC), the United States Space Force (USSF) field command, has opened a Tools Applications and Processing (TAP) Lab in Colorado Springs to address critical challenges in Space Domain Swareness (SDA). Designed with an open framework to encourage ...
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Leidos awarded million$$ CJADC2 support contract
Leidos (NYSE:LDOS was recently awarded a new prime contract to provide combined joint all-domain command and control (CJADC2) analysis and support to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Joint Staff (JS) J6 Joint Assessment Division (JAD). The cost-plus-fixed-fee, single-award contract ...

ORBCOMM offers new solar-powered tracking solution for transportation assets
ORBCOMM Inc. recently launched a new solar-powered asset tracking solution that enables fleets of any size to cost-effectively monitor trailers, intermodal containers and other transportation assets and gain operational visibility. ORBCOMM’s new solution, which is part of the company's award-winning ...

AccelerComm, Radisys, RFDSP + TTP partnership to deliver high-performance space-based cell service
AccelerComm, Radisys® Corporation, RFDSP Lower-Phy IP specialists and TTP are jointly formulating a high-performance, Regenerative 5G RAN reference solution and architecture based on 3GPP for deployment on LEO satellites. This partnership combines expertise and IP from these companies, together with ...

Monday SpaceX to launch 21 Starlinks
SpaceX is targeting Monday, September 25 at 1:48 a.m. PT (08:48 UTC) for a Falcon 9 launch of 21 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. If needed, ...

Satellogic + SkyWatch announce a new EO partnership
Satellogic Inc. (NASDAQ: SATL) and SkyWatch are partnering to bring Satellogic’s highest resolution, commercially available EO data to EarthCache customers. Satellogic’s EO data is now available via SkyWatch’s EarthCache platform. EarthCache provides an intuitive interface and robust API that enables ...

Designing the software-defined ground segment of the future
WTA has released their Designing the Software-Defined Ground Segment of the Future report, which is free for WTA Members and available for purchase by others. Long after terrestrial telecom went digital, satellite communications has clung to its analog infrastructure of waveguides, amplifiers, ...

GomSpace receives product order from Unseenlabs
GomSpace recently received on order from Unseenlabs to deliver a first batch of the company's newest SDR (Software Defined Radio) referred to as SDR Mk3— the order value is 4.4 million Swedish kroner (MSEK) and delivery will be in December ...

IoT + NTN mobile technologies are propelling a billion$$$ satellite service market
ABI Research’s recently published white paper explores the ascending satellite Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) market. According to the company, there will be more than 175 million NTN mobile connections worldwide by 2030, according to The Ascending Satellite NTN Market, the latest ...

Saturday’s launch of SpaceX Starlink satellites ties resuse record
On Saturday, September 23 at 11:38 p.m. ET, SpaceX's Falcon 9 launched 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The first stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 ...

MEASAT’s CONNECTme NOW services schools in Malaysia
MEASAT, Malaysia’s rural broadband service provider, is now connecting nearly 600 school sites in remote locations nationwide through the company's CONNECTme NOW high-speed wireless satellite broadband services, in line with its commitment to provide greater access to connectivity for education, ...