ST Engineering to support UAE’s space ambitions with SAR satellite
ST Engineering has been selected by FADA, the space-focused entity under EDGE Group, to deliver a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite as part of the UAE National SAR Constellation Program, Sirb. This project is aimed at enhancing the UAE’s Earth ...
Rocket Lab launches BlackSky Gen-3 beating the annual launch record with 2 launches in 2 days from 2 hemispheres
Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) a global provider in launch services and space systems, today completed its second launch in two days from its launch sites in two hemispheres, setting a new annual launch record for the Company: 18 Electron ...
Isar Aerospace signs launch agreement with SEOPS for dedicated mission
Isar Aerospace has signed a launch service agreement with SEOPS for a dedicated mission scheduled in 2028. Isar Aerospace’s launch vehicle ‘Spectrum’ will deploy multiple payloads into LEO from its dedicated launch complex at Andøya Space in Norway. This launch ...
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AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 6 to take flight in December
AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS), is building the only space-based cellular broadband network designed for both commercial and government applications that is accessible directly by standard smartphones. The BlueBird 6, a U.S. licensed satellite, is scheduled to launch on December ...
Satnews Publishers Wishes Everyone a Happy Thanksgiving
The team at Satnews Publishers wishes everyonecelebrating Thanksgiving an enjoyable holiday with whoever — and whatever — joins you at your table. The Satnews offices will be closed Thursday, November 27through Friday, November 28 for Thanksgiving returning on Monday, December ...
Viasat completes network control station installations for Spanish MoD
Viasat has worked with the Spanish Ministry of Defence (MoD) to install two redundant Network Control Stations (NCSs) to support two satellites, SpainSat NG I and SpainSat NG II.—one ground station controls the UHF Time Domain Multiple Access (TDMA) networks, ...
Kratos has opened a 60,000 sq ft Jerusalem facility for the firm’s Microwave Electronics division
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: KTOS) recently relocated their Jerusalem branch of the firm's Microwave Electronics Division to a new, purpose-built facility within the Gav Yam Group high-tech complex, adjacent to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Kratos Microwave Electronics Jerusalem The new facility encompasses approximately ...
Dawn Aerospace + Cosmoserve Space sign strategic MoU to advance in-space refueling
Dawn Aerospace and Cosmoserve Space have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to partner on enabling sustainable and scalable in-space servicing through refueling and debris removal technologies. The strategic MoU expresses both parties’ intent to explore future collaboration on integrating ...
MBDA signs first SKY WARDEN export contract
MBDA has signed its first export contract with a Middle Eastern nation for its SKY WARDEN counter-UAV (C-UAS) system. SKY WARDEN is a modular, multi-layered defense solution designed to counter micro to tactical drones at ranges up to eight kilometers ...
Starlab, developer of commercial space stations, secures strategic investment
Janus Henderson Group (NYSE: JHG; “Janus Henderson”) and Voyager Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: VOYG) are reporting that the former will make a strategic investment in Starlab Space, which develops next generation commercial space stations. Founded in 2021 and headquartered in Houston, ...
Falcon 9 launches Starlink smallsat Group 6-79 early Saturday from the Cape
Another Falcon 9 mission lifted off on Saturday, November 22, at 2:53 AM EST (07:53 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The Starlink Group 6-79 mission launched 29 smallsats into the ...
Starlink’s early Sunday smallsat Group 11-30 launch from California
It was dark for this midnight launch of SpaceX's Falcon 9 to launch 28 Starlink smallsats on Sunday, November 23 at 12:48 a.m. PT, Falcon 9. The smallsats were launched to low-Earth orbit to join the evergrowing Starlink constellation from ...
Eutelsat and du’s contract renewal provides broadcasting services across Middle East and North Africa
Photo: Eutelsat/Adrien Daste It's always a good sign when companies renew contracts or partnerships. And so it is with Eutelsat and du renewed their long-standing partnership to deliver broadcasting services across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). du, a ...
