A L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) infrared instrument will significantly improve the ability to capture high-resolution imagery and other important battlefield information from space – a critical capability for the nation’s future missile defense efforts. L3Harris is providing the instrument as part of a wide-field-of-view satellite that also will help inform future space-based missile defense missions and […]
Sidus Space selects L3Harris for mission critical ops software for the LizzieSat™ constellation
Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIDU), a Space-as-a-Service satellite company that is focused on commercial satellite design, manufacture, launch, and data collection, has selected L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) InControl™ and OnTime™ software for command and control (C&C) and mission planning for the company’s LizzieSat™ (LS) constellation. InControl will provide satellite command and control software for on-orbit, factory test […]
Astrocast acquires Hiber
Astrocast is acquiring Hiber, a Netherlands-based, IoT-as-a-Service provider. Under the agreement, Astrocast agreed to acquire all of Hiber’s shares in exchange for the issuance of new Astrocast shares, representing 16.5% of Astrocast’s share capital, calculated prior to its previously announced public offering on Euronext Growth Paris. Hiber’s shareholders also agreed to invest €10.45 million in […]
ST Engineering iDirect partners with NiAT to deliver critical VSAT connectivity to ACTIVATE Brunei via EVOLUTION
ST Engineering iDirect and Network Integrity Assurance Technologies (NiAT) will answer the heightened demand for satellite-based broadband communication services across Brunei as a result of the global pandemic. Like the rest of the world, Brunei experienced a COVID-driven surge of internet traffic as people were compelled to work-from-home, students relied upon remote learning, and the […]
SpacePath Communications To Unveil Their New 650W Ka-Band Amplifier @ CommunicAsia
SpacePath Communications is exhibiting a new line-up of its popular high power SATCOM amplifiers and sub-systems at CommunicAsia 2022 at booth 5K1-13. SpacePath’s amplifier range now includes a 650W Ka-band amplifier with a unique carbon-cooling structure. The innovative cooling design features comparable thermal performance to copper but is only half the weight, contributing to the […]
Cell Network Connectivity Demo’d Successfully In Kazakhstan By SES + Kcell
Kcell, Kazakhstan’s leading mobile network operator, and SES, a leading, global content connectivity provider via satellite, have successfully demonstrated satellite-enabled cellular networks in remote parts of Kazakhstan. Kcell’s terrestrial network was paired with SES’s O3b satellites operating in MEO to establish and test connectivity for 3G and 4G applications. During the demo, SES’s satellite network […]
Gilmour Space Completes Full Duration Test Fire Of Their New Phoenix Rocket Engine
Gilmour Space Technologies has unveiled a new 3D printed liquid rocket engine that will power the third stage of the firm’s Eris rocket to orbit. The company today shared a video of a successful, 190-second, Mission Duty Cycle (or mission duration) test fire of its new, regeneratively-cooled, liquid rocket engine. (Watch the test fire via […]
The 1st Annual Care In Space Challenge Announced by Starburst Aerospace, Boryung + Axiom Space
Starburst, a global aerospace accelerator and advisory firm, has announced that applications have opened for the first annual CIS (“Care in Space”) Challenge. The global challenge, led by Boryung in collaboration with Axiom Space and Starburst, will identify and provide commercialization support for emerging technologies and solutions that optimize human health for space travel and […]
Maxar’s Satellite Imagery Captures Russian Redeployments + Offensive Movement Into Eastern Ukraine And Supply Depots
Recent Maxar satellite imagery reveals that Russian ground forces continue to redeploy and move into eastern Ukraine, likely in preparation for a renewed offensive and military operations in the Donbas region. A number of military deployments were observed along the 14K-34 highway and the corridor that leads from Soloti and Valuyki in western Russia towards […]
Satellites Around The Moon—Another Step Closer
ESA is going to the Moon – in collaboration with its international partners – and seeks to build a lasting lunar link to enable sustainable space exploration. The agency has now evaluated initial ideas to create a network of lunar telecommunications and navigation satellites. Creating a commercial telecommunications and navigation service for the Moon will […]