Sentinel-6 Soars Spacewards Via SpaceX Send-Off
At 18:17 (09:17 US Pacific time) on November 21, 2020, the Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich ocean-monitoring satellite was successfully launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Air Force base in California. The mission will continue the unbroken, ...
UK Government’s Acquisition Of OneWeb Now Completed
The acquisition of global satellite communications company, OneWeb, has been completed as of Friday, November 20, following a successful UK Government bid in July of 2020 in a consortium with international telecoms operator, Bharti Global. This is a significant strategic ...
Rocket Lab’s “Return to Sender” Successfully Launches With 30 Smallsats
Rocket Lab has successfully launched their 16th Electron mission and deployed 30 small satellites to orbit, the largest number of satellites deployed by Electron to date on a single mission. The ‘Return to Sender’ mission also saw Rocket Lab complete a ...
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Eutelsat Kicks Off The Retail Distribution Of konnect Satellite Broadband
Artistic rendition of the EUTELSAT KONNECT satellite. Image is courtesy of Thales. Leveraging the availability of the EUTELSAT KONNECT satellite, Eutelsat Communications’ (Paris:ETL) (Euronext Paris: ETL) new direct arm, konnect, has kick-started the retail distribution of next-generation satellite broadband across ...
UK Space Center of Excellence In Scotland Receives Financial Commitment Of Millions Of Pounds
A commitment to invest over £80 million in a UK Space Centre of Excellence in Ayrshire, Scotland, was made by both the UK and Scottish Governments, in partnership with South Ayrshire Council, as part of the Ayrshire Growth Deal signing ...
U.S. Senate Promotes Private Sector Development to Deliver Broadband Connectivity to the Unconnected
AST & Science LLC (“AST SpaceMobile”) confirmed that the United States Senate Appropriations Committee’s recent support for the FCC to bring next-generation, satellite-based wireless communications to areas lacking mobile connectivity, and to those in need during times of emergency, is ...
AAC Clyde Space Now Engaged In New Constellation Services with ESA + UK Space Agency
AAC Clyde Space has embarked upon a three year project named xSPANCION with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop an innovative, satellite constellation service, including the manufacture of 10 spacecraft. The UK Space Agency, through ESA, will co-fund the ...
Six USAF Locations Are The Candidates Named To Host U.S. Space Command Headquarters
U.S. Space Command Basing Nomination Graphic. (U.S. Air Force Graphic by Rosario "Charo" Gutierrez) The Department of the U.S. Air Force, on behalf of the Office of Secretary of Defense, has selected six candidate locations for the U.S. Space Command ...
Northrop Grumman Celebrating 50 Years of Successful USAF Defense Support Operations
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC), in collaboration with the U.S. Air Force Association’s Schriever Chapter #147, is proud to sponsor the 6th Annual Schriever Space Futures Forum, a live, virtual event that will include a celebration of 50 years of ...
Horizon Technologies’ First AMBER Cubesat Heads To AAC Clyde Space in Scotland
Horizon Technologies has shipped their first AMBER™ cubesat payload to AAC Clyde Space in Glasgow, Scotland — once the first payload arrives in Scotland, it will undergo testing and then be integrated into the AAC Clyde Space bus in preparation ...
ORBCOMM SatIoT Assisting Argentinian Farmers With Agricultural Efficiency
ORBCOMM Inc. (Nasdaq: ORBC) has announced that Ponce, an Argentinian IoT company specializing in agricultural efficiency, is helping farmers throughout Latin America gain substantial cost savings and preserve water through its irrigation solutions that use ORBCOMM’s satellite IoTtechnology. ORBCOMM and ...
SmallSat Symposium 2021 Offers Early Bird Pricing
Created in partnership with more than 100 subject-matter experts, participants in this year’s SmallSat Symposium conference will collaboratively identify the most important market trends and new technologies that are set to alter the smallsat market. Save 20 percent through Early ...
Fixed Satellite Services Market Report Released By Euroconsult
In its annual publication focused on the current and historic performance of Fixed Satellite Services (FSS) companies, Euroconsult reported increased competition and strong impact from COVID-19 in this $10.8 billion market (excluding vertically-integrated operators). Operators are adapting to remain relevant ...
