Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed a new contract with the EU Agency for the Space Program (EUSPA) to develop, qualify and deploy the new European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) version. Thales Alenia Space has also just reached a new milestone in the Galileo program with […]
Ground Stations
South Korea becomes the 7th nation to develop a launch vehicle capable of lifting 1 ton+ payloads
A South Korean satellite has made two-way communication with its ground station, officials said Wednesday, confirming the success of the country’s first-ever, self-powered, satellite deployment project. South Korea successfully launched the 200-ton Nuri rocket from Naro Space Center in the country’s southern coastal village of Goheung — this was a major milestone in the country’s […]
WARPSPACE partnering with Leaf Space to support in-space optical comms
WARPSPACE has partnered with Leaf Space to provide ground station support to enable faster, more reliable data reception in support of the WARPSPACE optical communication network. The satellite must be in contact with the ground station when it receives a request for data transmission. Leaf Space’s growing global network of ground stations, which serves multiple […]
BlueHalo awarded million$$ AFRL contract for Optical Laser Communications Flight Terminals + Ground Station
BlueHalo has been awarded a contract to deliver a pair of optical laser communications proto-flight terminals and a ground station to demonstrate on-orbit processing of satellite positioning and timing for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Kirtland Air Force Base. Work will be performed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and is expected to be completed […]
Airbus-built EO satellite (SARah-1) is ready for launch from VSFB for German Bundeswehr
The Airbus-built “SARah-1” Earth Observation (EO) satellite, under subcontract to OHB System AG, has been transported from Friedrichshafen, Germany, to Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) in California — this satellite is currently being prepared for a June 2022 launch and subsequent operation on-orbit by Airbus. SARah is a new, operational, reconnaissance system consisting of several […]
Cobham Satcom + Mangata partner together to deploy satellite tracking systems + ground infrastructure
Cobham Satcom and Mangata Networks have an agreement to deploy multiple Cobham Satcom 4.0 meter TRACKER gateway antennas across the globe. Cobham Satcom supports Mangata’s initial terrestrial ground stations. and also represents the company’s first major step toward leveraging their HEO (Highly Elliptical Orbit) and MEO (Medium Earth Orbit) satellite constellations, which the infrastructure will […]
Sidus Space selects L3Harris for mission critical ops software for the LizzieSat™ constellation
Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIDU), a Space-as-a-Service satellite company that is focused on commercial satellite design, manufacture, launch, and data collection, has selected L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) InControl™ and OnTime™ software for command and control (C&C) and mission planning for the company’s LizzieSat™ (LS) constellation. InControl will provide satellite command and control software for on-orbit, factory test […]
SDA Awards Million$$$ For Ground Control + Ops To General Dynamics Mission Systems + Iridium
General Dynamics Mission Systems (NYSE: GD), and Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM) have been awarded a contract by the Space Development Agency in the amount of $324,516,613, including a base amount of $162,954,122 and $161,562,491 in options, to establish the ground Operations and Integration (O&I) segment for Tranche 1 of the National Defense Space Architecture […]
Wyld + DEWA Partner To Launch New IoT Satellite Network + Services For The Utilities Sector
The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has launched its first satellite — DEWA-SAT1 — and Wyld Networks has partnered with DEWA R&D Centre and Infra X, the telecoms arm of Digital DEWA, to develop IoT terminals to support the new satellite IoT network — Wyld is responsible for delivering the satellite IoT terminals for […]
KSAT Experiencing All-Time High For Their KSATLite Ground Network
With satellite traffic reaching more than 52,000 passes on KSAT‘s KSATlite network in March, the successful, small-aperture ground network is currently handling an unprecedented amount of satellite supports. Although traffic has double in just one year, the network demonstrates a proficiency of 99.7% from scheduling to data delivery KSATlite is a software-focused, Global Ground Network […]