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Analysis / Reports
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 […]
Direct From SmallSat Symposium, Sir Richard Branson, Founder, Virgin Galactic, + Dan Hart, President + CEO, Virgin Orbit, Keynote Address
Chris Stott, Executive Chairman, Mansat, was the moderator of this extremely interesting interview of Sir Richard Branson, the Founder of Virgin Galactic, and Dan Hart, the President and Chief Executive […]
Groundwork For COVID-19 Recovery
The Satellite Ground Segment has been one of the hardest-hit steps in the value chain brought about by the pandemic. With many deployments and new deals halted due to lockdowns, […]
Direct From Smallsat Symposium: Major General Clinton Crosier, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Keynote Presentation
General Crosier was responsible for aerospace and satellite services with the USAF and, during his 33 years of putting satellites into orbit, space planning and budgeting, he was also involved […]