Kleos Space’s 3rd Satellite Cluster Launch Set For December
Kleos Space S.A. (ASX:KSS, Frankfurt:KS1, Kleos or Company) has signed a new contract with rideshare provider Spaceflight Inc. to launch the company's third satellite cluster, (KSF2), in December of 2021 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to further grow the ...
SpaceX Launches Additional Starlinks
On Thursday, March 4, at 3:24 a.m,. EST, SpaceX launched 60 Starlink satellites from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This was the eighth launch of this Falcon 9 booster, which previously supported Iridium-8, Telstar 18 ...
Comtech Telecommunications Completes Acquisition Of UHP Networks
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (“Comtech”) (NASDAQ: CMTL) has closed the acquisition of UHP Networks Inc. (“UHP”). Founded in 2011, UHP is based in Canada and has developed revolutionary technology that is transforming the growing Very Small Aperture Terminal (“VSAT”) market. UHP’s ...
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Major Asian Defence Projects To Be Developed By ND SATCOM
ND SATCOM’s established reputation in the defence industry for high security, reliability and engineering innovation underpinned new deals for the company with a major Asian country. Mission-critical new features and capabilities clinched the deals, in particular the company's True-Mesh ACM, ...
Satellites, Airplanes And Lasers Are Tracking Colorado Avalanches
A 3-D oblique view of terrain near Aspen, CO from April 7, 2019, showing snow depths mapped by the Airborne Snow Observatory. The Maroon Bells are visible at top right, Highland Bowl and Aspen Highlands Ski Area at center-right, and ...
Airbus’ First Syracuse IV Initial Order Worth € 100 Million For French Armed Forces
Airbus has been awarded a 10-year framework agreement that is within the Syracuse IV program. Called Copernic the job is for the construction and upgrading of part of the ground segment for the telecommunications satellites used by the French Armed ...
Brightree Joins Inmarsat’s Fleet Connect Service
Brightree and Inmarsat, providers in global, mobile satellite communications, have signed an agreement for Brightree to join the growing group of certified application providers to offer a dedicated application for Inmarsat’s Fleet Connect service. Fleet Connect is a dedicated bandwidth service ...
Virgin Galactic Adds Two To The Company’s Executive Leadership Positions
Virgin Galactic has named Swami Iyer as the company's President of Aerospace Systems and Stephen Justice as the Vice President of Engineering. As President of Aerospace Systems, Iyer will lead the team of engineers, designers, technicians, and support teams who ...
U.S. DoD Weather Satellite Will Fly With Navigation Receiver From RUAG Space
RUAG Space has been awarded a contract from Ball Aerospace to provide a navigation receiver for Weather System Follow-on — Microwave (WSF-M), a next-generation Department of Defense (DoD) operational environmental satellite system. Ball is the prime contractor for WSF-M, which ...
D-Orbit Commits To Marubeni Partnership For Global Sales Expansion
D-Orbit S.p.A. and Marubeni Corporation have signed a commercial partnership that will enable D-Orbit to expand the firm's sales network worldwide. According to the agreement, Marubeni will promote and sell the entire catalog of D-Orbit’s solutions in Japan and other ...
ORBCOMM Selected By Zachry Construction To Track / Monitor Heavy Equipment Fleet
ORBCOMM Inc. (Nasdaq: ORBC) was recently selected by Zachry Construction Corporation (Zachry), a firm that specializes in turnkey, heavy civil construction and engineering projects, to track and monitor their mixed fleet of heavy equipment. ORBCOMM’s comprehensive solution provides wireless connectivity ...
Gilat’s Wavestream Receives DO-160G Certification For Their IFC Transceiver
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd.'s fully owned subsidiary, Wavestream, has marked a key milestone as successfully tested by Global Eagle Entertainment (Global Eagle), a major In-Flight Connectivity Provider, for its IFC high-power transceiver, the Aerostream 40Ku, which has achieved RTCA (formerly ...
Indonesian Satellite Construction To Start In September Of This Year
PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN) has initiated their Multifunction Satellite (SMF) project called Satellite of Republic of Indonesia (SATRIA). Through its subsidiary, PT Satelit Nusantara Tiga (SNT), and the PSN Consortium consisting of fully local entities, PSN is working together ...
