Viasat and Inmarsat can now wrap up their much-awaited merger plan — the final regulatory approval, from the European Commission, was granted on May 25th. The two companies expect their […]
Axient appoints new V.P. of the company’s Launch and Safety Business Unit
Axient has promoted Arnold Nowinski to the position of Vice President of the Launch and Safety Business Unit in the National Security Space Segment at the company. This business unit’s […]
It was a Heavy experience — ViaSat-3 climbs to orbit via SpaceX
The ViaSat-3 Americas mission, SpaceX’s second, Falcon Heavy launch of 2023, was successfully launched to GEO on April 30th from Kennedy Space Center after three, previous launch holds. Also on […]
Astræa launches satellite tasking capabilities with major satellite imagery providers
Astræa has initiated a new ordering service that offers access to advanced satellite imagery sources from providers such as Planet Labs PBC, among others — with the launch of the […]
Forrester’s Digest: Virgin Orbit secures $31.6 million in DiP financing & SpaceX wants more satellites
By Chris Forrester, Advanced Television Virgin Orbit has secured $31.6 million (€29.9m) in ‘Debtor in Possession’ financing from its U.S. bankruptcy court in Delaware. The satellite services company said it […]
SEMPRE + Vector Launch partner on flexible launch system
SEMPRE has partnered with Vector to provide secure, resilient, mobile, command-and-control (C2) infrastructure for Vector’s rapid launch capability. Vector Launch is a responsive launch vehicle solution provider whose mission is […]
MDA contracted to supply multibeam antennas for the ARSAT-SG1 satellite
MDA Ltd. (TSX:MDA) has a new contract award to design, build and supply all of the Ka-band multi-beam antennas for the ARSAT-SG1 satellite. ARSAT is Argentina’s national telecommunications company and […]
Space Development Agency (SDA) issues DRAFT Solicitation for Tranche 2 Transport Layer — Beta
Original Response Date: March 1, 2023 SDA has issued a DRAFT solicitation for the first of several types of Tranche 2 Transport Layer (T2TL) space vehicles—T2TL Beta. This DRAFT solicitation […]
GIT Satellite becomes an Iridium Certus service provider + will now support DoD and U.S. Government (USG) customers
GIT Satellite Communications (GIT) has become an Iridium Certus® service provider and will support U.S. government customers with hardware platforms, airtime and data services. A long-time Iridium® government service provider […]
Aegis Aerospace RACs up their 1st lunar payload delivery
Aegis Aerospace Inc. has delivered their lunar payload — RAC-1 — along with its 15 customer material experiments, to Firefly Aerospace for integration onto the Blue Ghost Mission 1 lunar […]