CACI International Inc. (NYSE: CACI) has successfully demonstrated space-to-space optical communications links in LEO in partnership with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Space Development Agency (SDA) as part of the Mandrake II program. Mandrake II is a joint risk-reduction program with DARPA, SDA and the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles […]
Business Moves
ABS Receives A Multi-Year Multi-Link Contract With Seanet Technologies Myanmar For O&G Comms Services
ABS has secured a multi-year, multi-link contract with Seanet Technologies Myanmar Co. Ltd. (SEANET), a VSAT service provider to expand its oil and gas communications services — this deal will deliver satellite connectivity to the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea around Myanmar via ABS-2. ABS offers a high-performance VSAT solution catered specifically to […]
SBCs For JPL’s SunRISE Mission Delivered By Voyager Space’s Space Micro
Space Micro Inc., powered by Voyager Space, recently delivered a total of seven (7), flight-level, Single Board Computers (SBCs) to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of Pasadena, California, for the Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment (SunRISE). Slated for a 2024-2025 launch, SunRISE will collect data obtained by a smallsat array to help scientists better understand […]
iDirect To Provide Significant Evolution Platform Upgrade To InterSAT Communications Services
ST Engineering iDirect will provide InterSAT Communication Services FZCO with a significant technology upgrade, enabling them to deliver enhanced services to their customers across the African continent — this upgrade to their existing Evolution® platform will allow InterSAT to leverage new technologies and efficiencies to remain competitive in an increasingly challenging market. One of the […]
SpaceBridge Receives A Multi-Million$$ Satellite Network Infrastructure Order From Hellas Sat
Hellas Sat has awarded SpaceBridge an end-to-end VSAT project that will consist of two VSAT platforms to provide a fully encrypted, SATCOM hybrid platform that will simultaneously support Star & Mesh network topologies. SpaceBridge will provide two, fully redundant Teleports and User Terminals to serve important and critical locations for Hellas Sat end customers. “We […]
Sky UK’s Capacity Renewal And Multi-Year Deal With SES
This renewal secures an additional contract backlog of approximately EUR 84 million, building on the EUR 90 million capacity agreement signed between the two companies in 2021, with contracts extending up to the end of 2028’s satellites continue to deliver SD, HD and UHD content for Sky UK’s subscribers Audiences across the United Kingdom and the Republic […]
Five Year COMSATCOM Contract Awarded To NIC4 By The National Guard Bureau
NIC4 Inc., a division of Network Innovations, Inc., has been awarded a commercial satellite communications (COMSATCOM) CSS Fully Managed Network and Support contract for the National Guard Bureau (NGB). This contract gives the National Guard the ability to provide COMSATCOM support to Joint Incident Site Communications Capability (JISCC), state-owned Domestic Operations platforms (DOMOPS), and the […]
Prestwick Spaceport Plans To Encourage Youngsters To Reach For The Stars Via Their ‘New Hope’ Campaign
A new campaign that aims to educate thousands of young people across Ayrshire in Scotland and beyond about careers in the UK’s growing space sector is to be launched by Prestwick Spaceport and affiliated aerospace businesses. Running throughout 2022, ‘A New Hope’ campaign, linked to South Ayrshire Council’s ‘Skypath’ initiative, will include an educational outreach […]
Telesat Government Solutions To Provide NASA Space-to-Space High Data Rate Connectivity
NASA Communications Services Project partnership will develop and demonstrate next-generation space relay services for NASA near-Earth missions, creating a potential pathway to the future use of the Telesat Lightspeed network Telesat Government Solutions, a U.S.-incorporated, wholly-owned subsidiary of Telesat announced a US$30.65 million Funded Space Act Agreement from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) […]
ThinKom’s Wideband Phased-Array Antenna Selected By Northrop Grumman For Their MQ-4C Triton FTB
ThinKom Solutions, Inc. has announced that Northrop Grumman has specified a ThinAir© Ka2517 phased-array satellite antenna to provide beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) connectivity for the company’s MQ-4C Triton flying test bed (FTB). Northrop Grumman uses a twin-engine Gulfstream IV as an FTB for the U.S. Navy’s MQ-4C Triton, autonomous, high-altitude, long-endurance, maritime surveillance system. The FTB is […]