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SES launches 7th and 8th O3b mPOWER satellites, stregthening MEO constellation

 SES announced today that its latest pair of O3b mPOWER satellites was successfully launched into space by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United States, […]

Forsway secures funding from the ESA to build Xtend 5G

Forsway has secured a major development funding contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) with support from the Swedish National Space Agency (SNSA). In this new project, Xtend 5G, Forsway […]

USSF approves Orbit Fab’s RAFTI as accepted refueling interface for military satellites 

Orbit Fab has announced that the firm’s RAFTI™ (Rapidly Attachable Fluid Transfer Interface) refueling port has been designated by the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) as a refueling […]

Azercosmos and Czech company Pekasat SE’s Memorandum of Cooperation expands using ground stations for LEO satellite operations

A memorandum of cooperation has been signed between Azercosmos and the Czech company “PEKASAT SE.” This memorandum aims to expand new business opportunities by mutually using ground stations for low-orbit […]

Korea’s KASS satellite navigation system certified by national authorities + enters service

The Korea Augmentation Satellite System (KASS) developed by Thales Alenia Space as prime contractor has been officially certified by the Korean authorities — now operational, this navigation system is the […]

Aitelecom/APCO Networks partners with Astranis and ST Engineering iDirect for enterprise + backhaul services across Mexico via Astranis built MicroGEO smallsats

ST Engineering iDirect’s Mx-DMA® MRC waveform technology will enable Mexican connectivity service provider, Aitelecom/APCO Networks (Aitelecom), to support services on that firm’s new MicroGEO satellites that will be built by […]

Inmarsat Government awarded a million$$$ contract for SATCOM services by the U.S. Navy

Inmarsat Government has been awarded a U.S. Navy Commercial Broadband Satellite Program (CBSP) Satellite Services Contract (CSSC II) for complex and worldwide, end-to-end, commercial satellite communications (SATCOM) services by the […]