LatConnect 60 (LC60) has signed an agreement to work with Gilmour Space Technologies in Queensland, Australia, to build and launch the first smallsat in a planned, high-resolution, hyperspectral imaging constellation. These smart smallsats will be placed in 30-degree inclined orbits for frequent revisit data capture over the Earth’s equatorial and mid-latitude regions. Executives from the […]
Development
Sierra Space + Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Sign An MoU Regarding Orbital Reef Development
Sierra Space and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that outlines plans for Sierra Space and MHI to collaborate on a wide range of technologies regarding the development of Orbital Reef, a commercially developed, owned and operated space station to be built in lLEO by investors Sierra Space and […]
Isotropic Systems Partners With Teledyne To Deliver Fully Integrated, Secure Comms Terminals
Isotropic Systems has committed to a strategic integration partnership with Teledyne. The partnership provides a fully integrated Teledyne Paradise waveform option enabling secure and ruggedized Comms-On-The-Move (COTM) capability. Isotropic System’s first launch products will offer an AXIOM-X modem designed for the customer with mission-critical data that require continuous availability in the most stringent mobility applications. […]
Comtech Unveils World’s Fastest 5 Gbps Gateway Modem To Optimize Satellite Constellations + Large VSAT Networks
Comtech has unveiled their new, advanced, high-speed CDM-780 Gateway modem, capable of managing unprecedented amounts of data delivered over new ultra-powerful and complex wideband GEO, MEO and LEO satellites and constellations to provide high-speed trunking services to gateways and support massive VSAT networks of hundreds-of-thousands of sites. The CDM-780 Gateway Modem, with five times the […]
KSAT Investing In Dedicated Antenna Network For Lunar Missions
Leveraging the unique experience and expertise gained through 50 years of pioneering an integrated approach to the operation of a global ground network, KSAT is now preparing new capabilities to serve the needs of lunar missions. During the past year, the KSAT lunar team has developed a plan to deploy this unique network. Their work […]
Lockheed Martin Space Partners With SWISSto12 + CAES for Advanced 3D-Printed Phased Array Antennas
SWISSto12 and the firm’s US-based partner, CAES (Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions), have been selected by Lockheed Martin’s Space business to develop advanced, 3D printed, phased array antennas for upcoming satellite missions. SWISSto12 and CAES have partnered to bring additive manufacturing and 3D printing technology to the United States aerospace and defense manufacturers. The company’s expertise, […]
NASA’s Psyche Gets Huge Solar Arrays For Trip To Metal-Rich Asteroid
With its solar arrays installed, the spacecraft is close to its final configuration ahead of a planned August launch. NASA’s Psyche mission is almost ready for its moment in the Sun – a 1.5-billion-mile (2.4-billion-kilometer) solar-powered journey to a mysterious, metal-rich asteroid of the same name. Twin solar arrays have been attached to the spacecraft […]
NASA Promotes From Within For Orion Program Manager
NASA has selected Howard Hu as the Orion Program manager, based at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. In this role, he will be responsible for the design, development, production, and operations of the agency’s Orion, which is poised to make its first uncrewed flight test around the Moon in the coming months. Hu […]
Intelsat Collaborates With Microsoft To Demo Private Cell Network Using Intelsat’s Global Satellite and Ground Network
Intelsat has successfully demo’d a first of its kind private, cellular network with Microsoft Azure Private Multi-Access Edge Compute and FlexEnterprise, Intelsat’s satellite-based global connectivity service. Held at Intelsat’s office in McLean, Virginia, the demonstration successfully establishes a reference architecture for deploying secure, high-performance private LTE and 5G networks and other cloud services over satellite […]
Mynaric Receives Optical Comms Contract From The ESA
Recently, Mynaric was been awarded a contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) to analyze, design, build and test on a laboratory model an end-to-end optical communication system that can achieve data transmission speeds of 1 Terabit per second (Tbps) — this project enhances Mynaric’s commitment to innovation and its mission to create a truly […]