Rocket Lab ready on Saturday for ‘Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes’ launch for unnamed customer
Rocket Lab is set to launch this Saturday, October 19th, at 3:30 AM PDT from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand. This launch is the fastest turn around in two months time for a launch between an unnamed ...
ESA orders 6 more radar-based satellites from Thales Alenia Space for IRIDE constellation
IRIDE image ©Thales Alenia Space. Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed a 107 million euros contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) for the supply of 6 additional radar-based satellites dedicated to ...
Argotec signs contract to deliver 15 more satellites
Present at the signing were Argotec CEO and founder David Avino, European Space Agency Earth Observation Programs Director Simonetta Cheli, and Italian Space Agency President Teodoro Valente. Argotec has signed a contract for the delivery of 15 additional Earth Observation (EO) smallsats ...
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Forrester’s Digest: Airbus Defence & Space to lay off 2,500
Airbus Defence & Space is having a tough time. It has, in the past, confirmed that it is facing a challenging business environment, and now says it will “streamline the organization to enhance the Division’s future competitiveness”. The direct consequence ...
SpaceX Starlink Group 8-19 smallsats set for Friday launch
STARLINK FOR BUSINESSES AND POWER USERSReliable high-speed internet designed to keep businesses connected SpaceX's Falcon 9 is scheduled to launch a batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation on Friday, October 18 at 4:31 PM PDT from Space Launch Complex ...
EarthDaily Analytics acquires Descartes Labs
EarthDaily Analytics has acquired Descartes Labs and that company's wholly-owned subsidiary, Descartes Labs Government, Inc. — the newly combined company will be led by EDA CEO, Don Osborne. The integration of Descartes Labs’ established insurance, energy, mining, and U.S. defense ...
Skyservice™ announces development of Gogo Galileo HDX STC for Gulfstream G280
Skyservice Business Aviation will develop a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) to implement Gogo Galileo HDX on Gulfstream G280 aircraft, ensuring operators have access to the latest high-speed in-flight internet solutions and positioning the Company as a leader in advancing connectivity ...
OPTAC-X + Mayo Clinic LTE-global SATCOM telehealth tech enables physician guidance in EMS environments
OPTAC-X has announced the company and Mayo Clinic are the first known collaboration to provide physician guidance to an EMS team using OPTAC-X’s hybrid LTE-global SATCOM telehealth technology to aid in a patient’s successful cardiac arrest resuscitation outside the ambulance ...
Viasat working with European cybersecurity start-up on satellite encryption services
Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) is working with CYSEC under its ELEVATE program to provided reliable, state-of-the-art, cybersecurity tools for SATCOM. CYSEC is a pioneering cybersecurity company based in France and Switzerland and specializes in securing the space internet. Recognizing ever-evolving cyber ...
Microchip’s RTG4™ FPGAs with lead-free Flip-Chip bumps achieve highest space qualification
Microchip Technology’s (Nasdaq: MCHP) Radiation-Tolerant (RT) RTG4™ Field- Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) with lead-free flip-chip bumps have earned the Qualified Manufacturers List (QML) Class V status. As designated by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), QML Class V is the highest level of qualification for space components ...
Viasat selects ST Engineering iDirect’s next-generation ground technology
ST Engineering iDirect and Viasat recently partnered to expand Viasat’s satellite network in Latin America by deploying ST Engineering iDirect’s next-generation hub infrastructure to provide advanced connectivity services for Brazil’s energy industry. ST Engineering iDirect will supply its next-generation DCR/DBR ...
Hydrosat gains million$ contract from the U.S.A.F. to enhance thermal imagery for National Defense
Artistic rendition of a Hydrosat VanZyl satellite on-orbit, courtesy of the company. Hydrosat has been selected by the U.S. Air Force for a $1.9 million contract to provide Hydrosat’s thermal satellite data to address the most pressing challenges in the ...
Saab presents new compact sensor for comms surveillance
Saab has presented the Sirius Compact L20C, a new addition to Saab’s Sirius Compact tactical Electronic Warfare (EW) sensor family — this new Communications–Electronic Support Measures (C-ESM) sensor can detect, classify, localize and track communication signals, such as enemy troop ...