The SpaceFund venture capital firm is spinning off a new aerospace, strategic consulting company to serve growing government, corporate, and investment industry demand for advice and informed diligence. The new firm, SpaceFund Intelligence (SFI), builds on the skills and team already assembled by the rapidly growing SpaceFund venture capital firm, while adding high level players […]
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Hughes + OneWeb Receive AFRL Award To Demo Arctic LEO SATCOM TacComms Services
. Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) and OneWeb have been selected by the U.S. Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) to demonstrate managed LEO SATCOM services to connect the Arctic region to sites around the globe. Hughes is to provide systems integration expertise and to demonstrated managed LEO SATCOM services for tactical communications Under the agreement, […]
Loft Orbital Contracted By AFWERX and USSF / SMC For NextGen Onboard Processor
Loft Orbital has been awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract by AFWERX and sponsored by the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space and Missile Systems Center’s (SMC) Portfolio Architect office. The contract will provide funding to support Loft Orbital’s development of a high-performance, reprogrammable onboard edge computing environment and associated applications. This […]
Payload Monitoring Solution For Eutelsat To Be Delivered By Atos
Atos has been selected by Eutelsat to deliver an innovative satellite payload monitoring solution as part of a five year contract. Atos’ next-generation SkyMon solution will help Eutelsat meet the growing challenges of a new space era which include new satellite communications technologies, the need to integrate 5G and the potential increase of signal interferences […]
CGI To Define PDGS For Airbus’ TRUTHS
CGI (NYSE: GIB) (TSX: GIB.A) has won a subcontract with Airbus to define the Payload Data Ground System (PDGS) for the Traceable Underpinning Terrestrial and Helio-Studies (TRUTHS) satellite. TRUTHS is an important climate mission, led by Airbus in the UK and involving the UK Space Agency (UKSA) and other ESA member states and delivered by […]
Gilat Enters The Operational Phase Of Their Peruvian Telecom Project
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ, TASE: GILT) has reached a critical milestone in Peru with approval to enter the operational phase of the telecom project the company was awarded in 2015 for an aggregate value of $108 million. This phase enables the start of delivery of broadband internet services to over a million and a […]
OneWeb To Open Service Demonstration Center Managed By Satellite Applications Catapult In The UK
OneWeb is opening a state-of-the-art Service Demonstration experience at the new Innovation Center at Westcott Venture Park, which is run and managed by the Satellite Applications Catapult and was funded by Buckinghamshire LEP through the Local Growth Fund. Situated in Buckinghamshire, UK, OneWeb’s unique facility will welcome customers from May 1st to demonstrate the performance […]
York Space Systems Engaged In Larger Smallsat Bus Production
York Space Systems is now producing a larger satellite platform with double the payload volume of the company’s current spacecraft bus in response to market demand. The new LX-CLASS is designed to have a total mass of more than 350 kilograms, up from 180 kilograms for its flight-proven S-CLASS satellite platform. The LX-CLASS will reuse […]
SATCOM GLOBAL Adds EUTELSAT 174A Beams To Their Aura VSAT Network
Satcom Global has enhanced their Ku-band Aura VSAT network by adding the Eutelsat 174A (E174A) North Pacific and South Pacific satellite beams. The new coverage will strengthen and extend the Aura network across the North Pacific and Oceania regions, supporting the high-quality connectivity demands of a diverse range of maritime sectors including shipping, commercial fishing, […]
Kratos 1st Company To Exhibit The Optimization Of Wideband SATCOM Using Enterprise Management and Control
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS) has been the first company to successfully exhibit an integrated SATCOM capability that provides real-time Situational Awareness (SA) to an operationally secure environment. The demonstration included roaming among different networks to optimize wideband satellite communications (SATCOM) using Enterprise Management and Control (EM&C). EM&C is an effort by […]