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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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 ...
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. This was ...
Rocket Lab launches next batch of satellites for Kinéis Constellation
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global leader in launch services and space systems, successfully launched, its 59th Electron mission, deploying five satellites to Low Earth Orbit for French Internet-of-Things (IoT) constellation operator Kinéis. The “IOT 4 You and ...
AURA Network Systems awarded FAA contract to enhance UAS integration in National Airspace
AURA Network Systems has been awarded a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) contract to demonstrate and validate technologies in support of the safe integration of Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) into the National Airspace System (NAS). The company ...
CGI awarded ASCEND contract by ESA to support ESA-MAAP platform development
CGI (TSX: GIB.A) (NYSE: GIB) was recently selected to deliver key system engineering and cyber security expertise for the European Space Agency’s ESA-MAAP, a Multi-Mission Algorithm and Analysis Platform, as part of a consortium led by Serco—this initiative will enhance access to ...
Infostellar selected by JAXA for a feasibility study on lunar mission support ground station development
Infostellar Inc. has been selected by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) for a “Feasibility Study on lunar mission support ground station development”—Infostellar has now begun work on the study. The JAXA Space Exploration Center (JSEC) is planning the operation ...
EDA promotes military drone use in shared airspace with German-Dutch flight
A German Heron TP drone flew in military- and civilian-controlled airspace between Germany and the Netherlands recently, marking another step towards remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) being allowed to fly safely alongside commercial airlines and other manned aviation. The round-trip ...
SpaceX’s Starlink Group 12-9 to launch smallsats on Friday
Internet from Space for Humans on Earth. Celebrating people using Starlink in interesting ways — epic and everyday. On Friday, February 7th, Falcon 9 will launch a batch of smallsats for the Starlink mega-constellation into low Earth orbit. SpaceX’s project ...
Finding the best use of AI in EO
By Chris Forrester Moderator: Dr. Paul Struhsaker, CEO, Arrasar Partners tasked his panel at the Smallsat Symposium at Mountain View with some challenging questions over the best use of AI in Earth Observation (EO). Dr. Marco Ruano, Founder/Chairman, Sanzar, based ...
Commoditization: Friend or Foe?
By Chris Forrester Moderator Lori Gordon, Space Enterprise Integration Corp Chief Engineer’s Office, The Aerospace Corp. posed a question to her panel at the Smallsat Symposium in Mountain View, and concerned data and the benefits – and risks of commoditization ...
