The BSAT-4b Satellite Dismounts for Arianespace’s Ariane 5 Launch
Payload preparations for Arianespace’s next mission have moved into full swing with arrival of the third satellite to be lofted on a heavy-lift Ariane 5 flight from the Spaceport in French Guiana on July 28. Delivered yesterday by a chartered ...
Perspectives Video Interview with Stephen Jurczyk, Associate Administrator, NASA
Speaking of the DEMO-2 mission to the ISS, I’m very proud of the NASA and Space X team and the courage of Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley. This event was something for the nation and world to rally around during these challenging times.– ...
UPDATE: Maxar Acquires Vricon, Inc.
Maxar intends to issue $150 million in aggregate principal amount of new senior secured notes. Maxar has also agreed to repurchase $150 million in aggregate principal amount of existing notes using the ...
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Resilient Takes on the Challenges and Made Smaller Timing
Septentrio, has a new addition to its GNSS timing portfolio, mosaic-T™ is a high-end GPS/GNSS receiver module built specifically for resilient and precise time and frequency synchronization under challenging conditions. Its multi-frequency multi-constellation GNSS technology, together with AIM+Advanced Interference Mitigation ...
EUMETSAT’s Next Director-General
The Council of Europe’s operational satellite agency for weather and climate, EUMETSAT, has appointed Philip Evans as the organization’s next Director-General for a five-year term, starting on January 1, 2021. Evans will take over the reins of the 30-Member-State organization ...
International Astronautical Federation Names 2020 Award Recipients
The International Astronautical Federation (IAF) is pleased to announce the IAF Distinguished Service Award recipients of 2020. The IAF Distinguished Service Award is intended to reward active volunteers for their distinguished service to the activities of the Federation. Congratulations to: ...
Weather Stream Birthed by Orbital Micro Systems
Orbital Micro Systems (OMS) has announced that the company's Board of Directors has agreed to spin out the firm's Earth Observation (EO) data business. The new corporation, Weather Stream, will be responsible for managing the current data infrastructure, and for ...
Spectra Group Succeeds with Sales Goals and Covid-19 Compliant
Spectra Group (UK) Ltd, has good reason to celebrate, and to look forward to the future after meeting 100 percent of their sales forecast while remaining in complete compliance with all the government guidelines and restrictions pertaining to the Covid-19 ...
Wishing Everyone a Happy July 4th … Independence Day, U.S.A.
Satnews Publishers' offices will be closed on Friday, July 3rd as part of the July 4th holiday, returning on Monday, July 6th. The entire Satnews team wishes everyone who celebrates Independence Day a most enjoyable holiday. Sacrifices have been made ...
C-COM Completes Integration with Comtech EF Data Heights™ Networkinig Platform
iNetVu® FLY-981 (Ku),iNetVu® 7710 Controller &Comtech H-Plus Heights Modem Remote Gateway C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. (TSXV: CMI) completed integration of the Comtech EF Data branded Heights™ Networking Platform with the Company’s iNetVu® antenna controllers. The latest Comtech VSAT networking platform, ...
Australia Funds the First Indigenous Satellite Ground Station
Photo is courtesy of Ekistica Ltd. Indigenous Business Australia (IBA) has provided the funding to construct two, state-of-the-art, commercial satellite ground stations in Alice Springs. The facility is the first development of its kind on Aboriginal owned land and transforms ...
Horizon Technologies’ Additional £100,000 Innovate UK Grant for AMBER™ CubeSat-based Intelligence Data Service
Horizon Technologies has received an additional £100,000 Grant to help fund its AMBER™ CubeSat-based Intelligence Data Service. Horizon Technologies CEO John Beckner stated, “We are thrilled and grateful to receive this additional Innovate UK Grant as it gives us a ...
Airbus to Build Optus Satellite
Artistic rendition of OneSat on-orbit. Image is courtesy of Airbus Defence and Space. Airbus Defence and Space has won a contract for a fully reconfigurable telecommunications satellite from Australia’s second largest telecommunications company and leading satellite operator, Optus. The satellite ...
