Recently, LinQuest was awarded a $500 million, 5-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide analysis support to the U.S. Space Force (USSF). This is the first enterprise contract […]
Analysis / Reports
Rocket Factory Initiates A New Financing Round
At the Capital Market Day of space technology group OHB SE (Prime Standard, ISIN DE0005936124), Augsburg-based start-up Rocket Factory announced the company will boost the growth of the microlauncher company […]
Eutelsat May Take Back Some Of Nilesat’s Capacity + A Good Trading Day
Nilesat and Eutelsat effectively share the 7/8 degrees West orbital positions and have a considerable amount of inter-trading over the MENA market. Eutelsat CEO Rodolphe Belmer told analysts on Eutelsat’s […]
Musk Vs. Bezos: The Battle Continues
Article by Chris Forrester, Senior Contributor, Satnews Publishers The planet’s two richest individuals, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, are involved in a bitter slanging match over their satellite broadband mega-constellations. […]
Yahsat’s Board Of Directors Adds Three New Members
Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) has announced the appointment of three new members to the firm’s Board of Directors. Musabbeh Al Kaabi, CEO of the UAE Investments platform at […]
CEO Named By Slingshot Aerospace
Slingshot Aerospace, Inc. has named the company’s co-founder, Melanie Stricklan, as the Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Co-founder and former CEO David Godwin will remain active within the company as […]
Satellite B’Band Capacity To Grow 10x By Year’s-end
A report from investment bank Exane/BNPP stated that today’s various satellite operators are supplying some 2,000 Gb/s of capacity (as of December 31, 2020, and using Northern Sky Research data). […]
Direct From SmallSat Symposium, Dr. Derek M. Tournear, Director, Space Development Agency, Keynote Address
I’m excited to talk about the Space Development Agency and what we have done over the past year and our year term and long term visions. I want to talk […]
Direct From SmallSat Symposium: Florence Tan, NASA’s Chief Technologist Small Spacecraft Coordination Group — A Market Brief, NASA’s Synopsis of SmallSat Science Missions
Florence Tan is the Chief Technologist (Acting), Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Chair, Small Spacecraft Coordination Group at NASA. She presented the following regarding the work of NASA within the smallsat […]
Ball Aerospace Sails into Space With Test “Sailcraft” for NASA’s Solar Propulsion Technology Demonstration
Ball Aerospace has been selected by NASA to provide a solar sail for the Solar Cruiser mission. The spacecraft will deploy an 18,000-square-foot sail — roughly the size of four […]