SpaceX scrubs Monday’s launch and is now targeting Tuesday, September 9 for a Falcon 9 launch of the Nusantara Lima mission to geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 […]
SpaceX scrubs launch of Indonesia’s Nusantara Lima mission moves to Tuesday however Cape’s weather doesn’t look good again
Es’hailSat, neXat MENA collaboration
A partnership between Qatari satellite company Es’hailSat, the Qatar Satellite Company, and neXat, creators of the first satellite-specific open OSS/BSS platform, seeks to improve the way managed services are accessed […]
Aechelon + partners Niantic Spatial, ICEYE, BlackSky and Distance debut Project Orbion
Aechelon Technology has announced ‘Project Orbion,’ together with its partners — a groundbreaking, new initiative that will integrate best-of-class technology solutions to create a live Digital Twin of the Earth. […]
Forrester’s Digest: EchoStar sells spectrum to SpaceX; quits LEO plan
It seems that Charlie Ergen and EchoStar have decided to trim — if not exit — the satellite direct-to-consumer market. It is selling its AWS-4 and H-Block licenses (c. 50MHz […]
ST Engineering iDirect achieves 1st 5G NTN PoC milestone
ST Engineering iDirect has achieved interoperability between the company’s ground system and the 5G Core through its Interworking Gateway Function. This demonstrated a non-3GPP satellite network connecting seamlessly with the […]
QinetiQ + Xona increase resilience of GPS using new satellites
QinetiQ and Xona Space Systems have demonstrated how GPS navigation can be bolstered by using LEO satellites during the first UK tests of Xona’s new satellite navigation system, Pulsar. This […]
General Atomics + Kepler Communications demo air-to-space optical comms capability
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) and Kepler Communications US, Inc. have successfully demo’d bi-directional, air-to-space, optical communications between the GA-EMS Optical Communication Terminal (OCT) mounted on an aircraft and a […]
China’s CERES-1 rocket launches new satellites
At 7:39 p.m., Beijing time, the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China China was the location of a CERES-1 carrier rocket liftoff on September 5th. Aboard the rocket were […]
SpaceX to launch top secret Space Development Agency’s first Tranche 1 mission on Wednesday from California
SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, September 10 at 7:12 a.m. PT for a Falcon 9 launch of the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) first Tranche 1 mission to low-Earth orbit from Space […]
SpaceX’s Saturday smallsat Starlink Mission 17-9 launch from foggy California
On Saturday, September 6 at 11:06 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched 24 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) from Vandenberg Space Force Base in […]