
Space & Missile Systems Center To Be Re-Designated As The USAF’s New Space Systems Command
The U.S. Space Force has released the organizational structure for the military arm's new Space Systems Command — the Command is set to officially stand up in the summer of 2021, once all required conditions are met to re-designate the ...

ILS + Express Celebrate 25th Anniversary Of The 1st Combined Russian, US + European Launch
Twenty-five years ago, on April 9, 1996, a combined Russian, American and European team made space history with the first launch of a Western satellite onboard a Russian rocket. The Proton launch vehicle carried the ASTRA 1F satellite for SES ...

China Launches “Experimental” Satellite
Launch photo is courtesy of Photo by Zheng Taotao/Xinhua. China successfully launched an experiment satellite into planned orbit from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province on Friday, April 9,2021. Aerial photo of the Taiyuan Satellite Launch ...
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Exolaunch Unveils Their Reliant Exo Space Tug Program
Exolaunch is discussing their new line of orbital transfer vehicles (OTVs) that will launch satellites to custom orbits in an environmentally responsible way which, according the firm, are the first of their kind in the OTV industry. The company’s space ...

US Air Force AI Optimization Contract Goes To SGS
SparkCognition Government Systems (SGS) has been contracted to use artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance mission readiness and decision optimization for the US Air Force. Under the contract, SGS will use AI technologies to study the application of machine learning (ML) ...

TexSpace Resource Hub Launches, Partners Include Astronaut Jack “2 Fish” Fischer
The innovation hub provides central connections and resources across civil, commercial, and military space industry. There's a new organization in Huston that matches resources in civil, commercial, and military efforts in the space industry. Astronaut Jack “2Fish” Fischer, in partnership ...

Bridging The Digital Divide With IEC Telecom
The advance of digitization is now bringing benefits to businesses in hard-to-reach locations, transforming the way they operate and making life easier for customers in remote areas inadequately served by terrestrial networks. As it unveils its connectivity solution, Voyager Edge, ...

Auburn University Researcher Demonstrates NASA Satellite’s Ability To Observe Forest Health
The image on the left illustrates an area analyzed by ICESat-2 and overlaid with imagery from the National Agriculture Imagery Program. On the right is an image generated from ICESat-2 combined with other data, showing aboveground biomass density for the ...
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Aussie’s Spiral Blue Computers Partner With Polish SatRevolution STORK Satellites
Australian startup, Spiral Blue, has announced today it will partner with Polish satellite manufacturer SatRevolution to host Spiral Blue’s Space Edge Zero (SEZ) computers onboard 2 satellites, STORK-4 and STORK-5. SEZ hardware has arrived in Poland and is currently undergoing ...

ViaLite Broadcasts About Its Multi Functional Blue OEM 1U Chassis
Blue OEM IU Chassis ViaLite Communications has a new blue addition ... its a Blue OEM 1U chassis to its RF over fiber product range. The chassis has the capacity to hold up to eight ViaLite Blue OEM modules and ...

Aerospace UK Ltd’s £500K Contract With UK Ministry Of Defence Space Directorate
A contract has been signed between the following company and government entity... The Aerospace Corporation (Aerospace) announced today that its wholly owned U.K. subsidiary, The Aerospace Corporation UK Ltd (Aerospace UK), has secured a one-year contract for £500,000 to advise ...

Intellian’s v45C Antenna Now Qualifies For Operation On Intelsat’s FlexMaritime Network
Intellian's newly-launched v45C antenna has been qualified for operation on the Intelsat FlexMaritime network, by combining Intellian’s compact, high-performance antenna with Intelsat’s cutting-edge FlexMaritime High Throughput Satellite (HTS) service, this approval will deliver global connectivity to customers in the smallest ...

SES Chooses Telestream SDI/IP Waveform Monitor & QC For New Remotely Operated Playout Center
Telestream makes it easier to check quality and assist diagnostics in SES' state-of-the-art remotely operated playout center. SES, a global content connectivity solutions provider, has selected Telestream to provide system timing, waveform monitor and quality control (QC) technology to a ...