Within minutes of Eutelsat releasing its half-yearly results on February 14th a major sell-off by shareholders occurred, and drove Eutelsat’s share price down to another ‘all time low’ of just […]
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Astranis secures another SpaceX Falcon 9 launch for additional GEO satellites
Astranis has signed a contract with SpaceX for another Falcon 9 launch, to launch five more MicroGEO satellites later this year. These satellites are headed to Geostationary Orbit (GEO) to […]
Astranis to launch next four satellites on Tuesday, December 17th, via SpaceX Falcon
The next four Astranis satellites are complete and ready for launch. They are currently at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and on track for their scheduled launch date of December 17th […]
New WTA Research Report: Ground Segment for the VHTS Generation
WTA has released its newest research report, Ground Segment for the VHTS Generation. The report is free for WTA Members and available for purchase by others. About…While all eyes may be on low […]
Australia’s Optus X payload or TD7 satellite on secret mission is launched by SpaceX from Florida
On Sunday, November 17 at 5:28 p.m. ET, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched the TD7 mission to orbit at 5:28 p.m. EST (2228 UTC) from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy […]
USSF’s Space Systems Command’s Tetra-1 satellite is mission complete
After helping more than 250 U.S. Space Force Guardians and operators experiment and train with various tactics, techniques, and procedures in geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO), the Tetra-1 satellite has completed […]
Intelsat + U.S. Army complete 1st satellite managed service pilot
Intelsat earlier this month provided the U.S Army with new, flexible, and fully managed multi-orbit SATCOM support, following the completion of the Army’s first-ever, multi-vendor, SATCOM as a Managed Service […]
First all-new MetOp complete + sibling in testing
With all instruments integrated, the first ESA MetOp Second Generation-A, MetOp-SG-A1, weather satellite is now fully assembled and on schedule for liftoff next year. Meanwhile, its sibling, MetOp-SG-B1, is undergoing […]
NASA awards Intuitive Machines the Near Space Network contract
Intuitive Machines, Inc. (Nasdaq: LUNR, LUNRW) has been awarded a contract by NASA for a Near Space Network (“NSN”) for communication and navigation services for missions in the near space […]
NASA selects Lockheed Martin to develop the Lightning Mapper for NOAA
NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected Lockheed Martin Corp. of Littleton, Colorado, to develop a lightning mapping instrument as part of NOAA’s Geostationary […]