Recently, Deutsche Telekom and Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) signed an agreement covering the distribution by Deutsche Telekom of high-speed, satellite broadband via the EUTELSAT KONNECT satellite. Under the agreement, Deutsche Telekom will commercialize EUTELSAT KONNECT high-speed broadband Internet offers for households in Germany with limited internet connection, starting from the end of 2021. Deutsche […]
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Skyloom To Orbit Their Lasercom Node1 On An Arianespace Ariane 64 Launch Vehicle
Telecommunications start-up Skyloom has selected the Ariane 64, operated by Arianespace, to deploy the firm’s first geostationary laser communications relay node — the Ariane 64 will deliver Skyloom’s Node-1 as part of a new rideshare mission product. This innovative satellite will be part of a rideshare mission aboard Arianespace’s next-generation, heavy-lift vehicle, the Ariane 64. […]
UPDATE 2: NASA’s Landsat 9 Mission Successfully Launched By ULA From Vandenberg Space Force Base, Plus, US Space Force Reports On Their Involvement
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket lifts off at 11:12 a.m. from Vandenberg Space Force Base on September 27, 2021, carrying NASA’s Landsat 9 and multiple smallsat payloads to orbit. Atlas V accelerated using 860,000 pounds of thrust while performing the pitch and yaw maneuvers off the launch pad to obtain the proper […]
Two ArianeGroup Contracts Go To Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace For Ariane 6 Launcher Tech
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KONGSBERG) has signed two contracts with ArianeGroup to deliver technology to Europe’s new Ariane 6 launcher, managed and funded by the European Space Agency (ESA). KONGSBERG will deliver the forward booster attachment and release mechanism (UPPA), the Optical Safety Barrier (OSB) and the Level Conditioner for the next-generation launcher. The contract […]
Processor Intelligence For SpaceLink’s Spacecraft To Be Provided By SEAKR
SpaceLink has selected SEAKR Engineering, Inc. (SEAKR) to provide key payload technology for the firm’s relay satellite system. SEAKR is developing technologies for DARPA and the U.S. Space Force and will provide advanced on-board processing for the SpaceLink network (infographic below), which provides secure, continuous, high-capacity communications for time-critical service between spacecraft and the ground. […]
Spaceflight’s First Lunar And GEO Rideshare Mission “GEO Pathfinder”
Spaceflight Inc.‘s global launch services announced a breakthrough cislunar rideshare mission: “GEO Pathfinder.” As a secondary payload on board Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 South Pole Mission, Spaceflight will execute rideshare deployments in trans-lunar orbit, low-lunar orbit and beyond to geosynchronous equatorial orbit (GEO). Spaceflight will utilize a lunar flyby with its new propulsive transfer vehicle, Sherpa […]
Collaboration On The Development Of Small GEO Satellites Initiated By Swissto12 + Saturn Satellite Networks
SWISSto12, a provider of payload systems for telecommunication satellites based on 3D printing technologies, and Saturn Satellite Networks, a developer of small GEO satellite missions, have signed a collaboration agreement whereby they join forces to build and market GEO telecom missions based on both MicroGEO, ISN and Nationsat satellites. These missions will deliver highly competitive […]
USSF’s Next Gen OPIR Program Completes Block 0 GEO Space Vehicle CDR
The United States Space Force’s Space Systems Command, Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared program, successfully passed a major milestone, completing its Block 0 Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Space Vehicle Critical Design Review (CDR) on August 20, 2021. This CDR milestone, the culmination of 34 subsystem and payload reviews, locks the space vehicle technical baseline, a key step […]
RSCC Alters The Express-AM33 Satellite’s Orbital Slot
Specialists of the Ops Dept of the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) orbital constellation have completed the translation of the Express-AM33 satellite from the orbital position of 96.5° E to the 11° W slot. To translate the Express-AM33 to the required position, the satellite had made 120 orbits around the Earth at an altitude of […]
The Lockheed Martin LINUSS™ Smallsats Are Ready For Launch
Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) In-space Upgrade Satellite System (LINUSS) completed environmental testing and is ready for launch later this year, demonstrating how small cubesats can regularly upgrade satellite constellations to add timely new capabilities and extend spacecraft design lives. LINUSS is a pair of LM 50™ 12U cubesats — each about the size of a […]