The U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Space and Missile Systems Center’s (SMC) Lockheed Martin-built GPS III Space Vehicle 05 satellite was encapsulated within a SpaceX payload fairing at Astrotech Space Operations […]
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Series B For Kepler Communications Raises Millions$$$ For SATCOM Network
Kepler Communications has raised an oversubscribed $60 million Series B to provide the firm with a capital injection for the continued scaling of their on-orbit satellite communications network. This Series […]
Lockheed Martin To Take Care Of The USSF’s SBIRS Ground Control Systems
Lockheed Martin has received a five-year, $1 billion contract that calls for their services to support the ground control systems of the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) satellite constellation. Under […]
Totally Tubular, Part One, Tuned In For A June Launch
Virgin Orbit has revealed their next LauncherOne mission to space — called Tubular Bells, Part One — is set to take off in June. Carrying three customers from three different […]
Axelspace’s AxelGlobe Service With 5-Satellite Constellation Begins June 10
Axelspace Corporation announces that the company will officially start AxelGlobe service with five satellite-constellation on June 10, 2021 (subject to approval by the relevant authorities). AxelGlobe is the next generation […]
RUAG Space To Dispense 200th OneWeb Satellite To Orbit
On Thursday, May 27, OneWeb will launch an additional 36 broadband internet satellites aboard a Soyuz launch vehicle from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia. As a key supplier to OneWeb […]
Sixty Starlinks Successful Sendoff
SpaceX was successful with the launch on Wednesday, in which the Falcon 9 launched 60 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in […]
FCC Filing Completed By Lynk—Global Mobile Connectivity Service Via “Cell Towers In Space” To Be Initiated In 2022
Lynk Global Inc. has filed for a commercial operator’s license with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Commercial service is expected to begin around the world starting next year upon FCC […]
SES Government Solutions Develops Mission-Critical Comms For Key Combatant Command Via O3b MEO Constellation
SES Government Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES, in close partnership with a key U.S. Government customer, designed, developed and fielded an O3b Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) reachback capability to […]
NanoAvionics TIGER-2 Satellite To Join OQ Technology’s Growing 5G / IoT Constellation
NanoAvionics has signed a contract with OQ Technology to build, integrate and operate a smallsat for the company’s 5G IoT mission named Tiger-2. The 6U cubesat is the second mission […]