HawkEye 360 Inc. has held their grand opening of the company’s Advanced Technology and Development Center in Herndon, Virginia. This 19,000 square-foot data processing, software development and satellite manufacturing facility […]
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Water-powered satellites have Thales Alenia Space partnering with MIPRONS
Thales Alenia Space has signed an agreement with Italian startup MIPRONS to develop an innovative propulsion system for satellites that uses water as a fuel. Based on MIPRONS’ proprietary technology, […]
SES applying 03b mPOWER connectivity to a leading cruise lines fleet
SES will be providing high-speed, satellite-based, connectivity services to the newest landmark ship of a leading family cruise line — the cruise line’s existing fleet will also transition its connectivity […]
NASA prepares for Space Launch System (SLS) rocket services contract
As NASA prepares for the first integrated flight test of the SLS rocket and the Orion spacecraft to the Moon this summer as part of Artemis, the agency is moving […]
New Chairman of the Board @ Comtech Telecommunications Corp.
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) has elected current, independent director, Ken Peterman as Chairman of the Board, effective July 22, 2022. Mr. Peterman will succeed Fred Kornberg, who is retiring […]
Russia is withdrawing from the ISS
Russia intends to withdraw from the International Space Station (ISS) project with the West after 2024, this according to the new head — Yury Borisov — of Roscosmos, the nation’s […]
Curtiss-Wright provides the Vega-C launcher with the telemetry data system
Curtiss-Wright Defense Systems provided a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS), telemetry data subsystem for the new Vega-C launcher. Vega-C is designed to deliver government, commercial and science payloads weighing up to 2,200 kg. […]
Safran delivers Earth-to-Space optical comms digital modems
In partnership with CNES and Airbus Defence and Space, and as part of the TELEO project, Safran Data Systems has successfully delivered the first in a series of digital modems […]
Gilat + Intelsat’s IFC partnership is expanded
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq: GILT, TASE: GILT) is further expanding their strategic in-flight connectivity (IFC) partnership in Japan with Intelsat. Intelsat is augmenting their commercial and business aviation services […]
RAL Space works on the MWS Proto Flight Model calibration for the MetOp-SG satellite
ESA’s MetOp Second Generation (SG) series, developed under EUMETSAT Polar System Second Generation (EPS-SG) and integrated by Airbus Defence and Space, will consist of three successive pairs of satellites working […]