Rocket Lab has launched their first in-house designed and built operational satellite, cementing the company’s evolution from a launch provider to an end-to-end space solutions company that offers turnkey satellites and spacecraft components, launch, and on-orbit operations. The satellite, named ‘First Light,’ is the first spacecraft from Rocket Lab’s family of configurable Photon satellites to […]
SpaceX’s Successful Launch, Again
A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida the Kennedy Space Center at 8:46 a.m. Thursday, September 3, deploying a set of approximately 60 Starlink broadband satellites 15 minutes later. Earlier this week SpaceX confirmed that employees have been testing Starlink’s latency and download speeds, key measures for […]
Kratos Debuts Their New Wideband Software Receiver — OpenSpace™
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS) has launched their OpenSpace™ Wideband Software Receiver supporting the high data rates, scalability and interoperability needs of today’s Earth Observation (EO) and Remote Sensing missions. As more and more data is being beamed from satellites, the infrastructure on the ground must become highly flexible and more cost-effective […]
Northrop Grumman’s Static Fire Tests NASA’s Space Launch System Booster for Artemis Missions
NASA and Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) have successfully conducted a full-scale static fire test of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket motor, known as Flight Support Booster (FSB-1), in Promontory. “NASA’s Artemis missions, powered by Northrop Grumman boosters, will push the boundaries of what is possible for human exploration in space,” said Charlie Precourt, […]
Capacity Contract @ Eutelsat’s HOTBIRD Position Renewed By Sky Italia
Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) and Sky Italia have reached a strategic agreement for the renewal of Sky’s capacity contract at Eutelsat’s HOTBIRD position. The agreement represents the latest step in the long-standing partnership between Sky, the pre-eminent anchor customer on HOTBIRD, and Eutelsat which has supported since 2003 the development of Sky, the market […]
AT&T Seeking Buyers For DirecTV… The FCC’s Response To the C-Band Objectors…
AT&T has hired investment bank Goldman Sachs to advise it on a sale of its DTH pay-TV operation DirecTV. AT&T purchased DirecTV back in 2015 and – including the operator’s borrowings – paid some $67 billion overall ($49 billion, plus debts). However, the AT&T purchase happened with the rise of rival content bouquets from the […]
Azercosmos + Globecast Boost Their Partnership For African Coverage
Azercosmos has signed an extended partnership agreement with Globecast to increase capacity and coverage across Africa. As a result of this expanded relationship with Azercosmos, Globecast is able to supply the firm’s customers across the continent with increased C-band capacity on the Azerspace-1 satellite. Globecast’s platforms and their customers can now easily receive signals from […]
Astroscale Names A New UK Operations Director
Astroscale Ltd. (“Astroscale UK”), the UK subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings Inc. (“Astroscale”), has appointed Sharon Parker-Lines as the firm’s UK Operations Director, effective September 1, 2020. Sharon joins Astroscale with more than 20 years of experience in operations, specializing in human resources, finance, production, commercial, and strategic planning. Most recently, Sharon was Centre Director for […]
ST Engineering iDirect’s iQ Series SatModem Blended Into IP Access Int’l’s New FUSION Offering
ST Engineering iDirect, a company of ST Engineering North America, has announced that the company’s iDirect iQ Series Satellite Modems have been integrated into mobile and fixed satellite internet solutions provider IP Access International’s FUSION product line to meet increasingly complex communications requirements. As demand for always-on connectivity from commercial, government and emergency services organizations […]
Speedcast Contracted To Extend Comms For Rural Colombia
Speedcast International Limited (ASX:SDA) has been awarded a project to provide high-speed internet to 250 sites across rural Colombia — this government initiative will provide Colombians from Guajira to Amazonas with near-instant internet access, even in regions where fiber, cable and LTE services are unavailable. The 18-month project was inaugurated on August 22 by Colombia’s […]