Ovzon has received an 12-month order that represents a significant expansion of the company’s integrated SATCOM-as-a-Service offering in Europe. This order includes a high-powered Ovzon spot beam powered network and […]
Constellations
BlackSky wins multi-million$ contract from the DoD
BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) has won a multi-million dollar contract in support of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to collect and annotate thousands of BlackSky multi-frame burst images […]
ICEYE’s SAR constellation strengthened with their latest launch
ICEYE launched three additional synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites on March 4, 2024, including a 1200 MHz radar bandwidth on-orbit technology demonstrator that will enable 25 cm imaging. The satellites […]
SpaceX launches the Transporter-10 mission
On Monday, March 3 at 2:05 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched Transporter-10, SpaceX’s 10th dedicated smallsat rideshare program mission, from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in […]
Hughes to support SES Space & Defense’s + AFRL’s DEUCSI program
Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), an EchoStar company (Nasdaq: SATS), has been awarded by SES Space & Defense, a wholly owned subsidiary of SES, a contract to provide a flexible, software-defined, […]
Hubble views a massive star forming
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is teeming with color and activity. It features a relatively close star-forming region known as IRAS 16562-3959, which lies within the Milky […]
SpaceX to deorbit 100 Starlink satellites due to detected flaw
The removal of so many satellites at once is unprecedented, highlighting the challenges of huge satellite constellations.An unspecified defect in early model Starlink satellites has prompted SpaceX to preemptively deorbit […]
COTS systems support nexgen satellites— SmallSat Symposium panel of experts upcoming…
A live panel discussion will occur at the currently running SmallSat Symposium in Silicon Valley, California, entitled “The Use of Microelectronics that Enable SmallSats.” This panel discussion will start at […]
Carbice collaborates with RTX’s Blue Canyon Technologies for CNT spacecraft solutions
Carbice Corporation is collaborating with RTX’s subsidiary, Blue Canyon Technologies, Inc., a provider of turnkey smallsat solutions, as a key supplier of aligned carbon nanotechnology (CNT) solutions for critical spacecraft […]
SDA’s draft solicitation for Tranche 2 Transport Layer- Gamma variant space vehicles
Early last month, the Space Development Agency (SDA) sought industry feedback for the final of three types of Tranche 2 Transport Layer (T2TL) space vehicles—T2TL Gamma. This draft solicitation expanded […]