U.S. Space System Command + Japan launch first bilateral space effort
Artistic rendition of Japan's Quasi-Zenith Satellite 6 A U.S. space domain awareness payload hosted on Japan's Quasi-Zenith Satellite 6 successfully launched on a Japanese H-3 launch vehicle from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Tanegashima Space ...
Almagest Space successful launch + deployment of their ELEVATION-1 E-Band satellite
Almagest Space Corporation has announced the successful launch and deployment of ELEVATION-1, a demonstration satellite carrying the world’s first E-band communications payload with the foundational technology for Almagest to develop innovative, high performance, bulk data solutions. ELEVATION-1 was launched, with ...
Pixxel has launched Firefly hyperspectral satellite
Pixxel has successfully launched the first three satellites of its Firefly constellation. The satellites were integrated via Exolaunch and launched aboard the Transporter-12 rideshare mission via SpaceX from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Pixxel's smallsats, image courtesy of the company. This ...
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USEI to deploy 1st commercial global Space-to- Ground optical service
U.S. Electrodynamics, Inc. (USEI) recently announced a new global space-to-ground optical communications service called DiamondLink. The company, with teleports on both coasts of the United States and around the world, will deploy Optical Ground Stations (OGS) manufactured by Cailabs at ...
SpaceX’s California launch of Starlink Group 11-10 smallsats now for Monday
SpaceX is targeting Monday, February 10 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Liftoff is targeted for 3:46 p.m. PT. If ...
Urban Sky raises $30 million to unlock routine + easy global access to the stratosphere
Urban Sky, a stratospheric platform company, recently closed a $30 million Series B investment round—this funding will be used to develop and commercialize a connected suite of products that will unlock the full value of the tactical stratosphere for military ...
Summit Ridge Group + TMF Associates release D2D services white paper
Summit Ridge Group, LLC and TMF Associates, Inc. have released their joint white paper, “Spectrum for Emerging Direct-to-Device Satellite Operators.” This detailed analysis examines the technological, regulatory, and economic challenges to finding appropriate spectrum for direct-to-device services. The full 37-page ...
MEASAT partners with SPACESAIL to advance LEO satellite services
MEASAT has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MoU”) with Shanghai Spacesail Technologies Co. Ltd. (“SPACESAIL”), formerly Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology. The MoU exchange ceremony, held recently in Shanghai, saw MEASAT represented by Chief Operating Officer Yau Chyong Lim and SPACESAIL ...
Thales Alenia Space + NIBE sign a satellite supply contract for NIBE’s EO constellation project
Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed a contract with NIBE Space (a subsidiary of NIBE Limited) concerning the supply of a high-resolution optical satellite, marking the first step in NIBE's Earth Observation ...
Forrester’s Digest: Viasat extends Starlux Airlines IFC
Starlux, based in Taipei, Taiwan, has extended its contract with Viasat and launched and enhanced service with Viasat’s high performance in-flight connectivity (IFC) solution, marking an expanded relationship for the airline and Viasat. The phased rollout of Viasat’s high-speed, in-flight ...
NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel releases 2024 Annual Report
The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP), an advisory committee that reports to NASA and Congress, has issued its 2024 annual report that examines the agency’s safety performance, accomplishments and challenges during the past year. The report highlights 2024 activities and ...
OPTIMUS starts the European project for cybersecure comms in free space with the collaboration of Schiebel
OPTIMAS, a European project led by “monodon by Navantia”, has begun with the aim of developing an advanced, free-space, optical communication system for multi-domain defence applications in collaboration with Schiebel. OPTIMAS is an ambitious project that seeks to provide high-speed ...
SpaceX Saturday launch of 21 Starlink Group 12-9 smallsats including 13 Direct to Cell
On Saturday, February 8 at 2:18 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 21 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. All photos ...
