In May of 2024, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicted an 85% likelihood of above-normal activity for the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season. This marked the fifth consecutive year […]
Ground Segment
Airbus awarded Bundeswehr contract for MILSATCOM system + Sentinel-2C on the move
Germany’s armed forces, the Bundeswehr, has awarded Airbus the SATCOMBw 3 prime contract for the next generation, secure, military satellite system that includes geostationary satellites as well as ground segment, […]
ATLAS Space Operations to support Blue Origin’s Blue Ring DarkSky-1 mission
Announced in October of 2023, Blue Ring provides end-to-end services that span hosting, transportation, refueling, data relay, and logistics in MEO, GEO, lunar orbits, and beyond. Blue Origin and Defense Innovation Unit […]
Kepler partners with TESAT-Spacecom + Airbus D&S for LEO optical comm network
Kepler Communications, Inc. has entered into an agreement with TESAT-Spacecom and Airbus Defence and Space to develop a high bandwidth optical communications network in LEO to address emerging opportunities such […]
Atheras Analytics SAS selected by ESA to develop ground segment software
Atheras Analytics SAS has been awarded a 12-month contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop a bespoke Ground Segment Dimensioning Tool for constellations that consist of one or […]
Euroconsult’s ground segment market forecast to reach a cumulative value of $80 billion by 2032
Euroconsult’s market intelligence predicts that non-geostationary (NGSO) constellation deployments will be a primary catalyst, leading to an increase by a 2.3 factor in the number of commercial user terminals by […]
Telespazio Germany + Reflex Aerospace are advancing Germany’s space capabilities
Telespazio Germany and Reflex Aerospace have signed a cooperation agreement for a shared provision of an end-to-end satellite solution — this agreement will find the companies pooling their respective expertise […]
Space Systems Command contracts Johns Hopkins University APL for nexgen protected strategic SATCOM GRIFFON mission support
Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded a $10 million University-Affiliated Research Center laboratory contract to the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Applied Physics Lab (APL) to ensure software and cyber best practices are adhered to […]
Designing the software-defined ground segment of the future
WTA has released their Designing the Software-Defined Ground Segment of the Future report, which is free for WTA Members and available for purchase by others. Long after terrestrial telecom went digital, satellite […]
AFRL selects ThinKom for nexgen gateway solution
The United States Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has contracted with ThinKom Solutions, Inc. to deliver a modular and scalable phased-array antenna solution to support ground segment operations. The new […]