Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched their X-band defense communication satellite-3 aboard the 4th H3 Launch Vehicle at 15:48:00(JST) on November 4, 2024, from the Tanegashima Space Center. The Launch […]
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Forrester’s Digest: Forecast: 8m Starlink customers by end 2025
Researcher and industry consultant Dr Tim Farrar, of TMF Associates, has predicted that SpaceX’s Starlink broadband-by-satellite system is likely to end this year with around 5 million customers (although he […]
Silicon Sensing collaboratively conducted a test program with Science Tokyo
Latest IMU tested for performance in extreme space environment Silicon Sensing Systems Ltd. and Japan’s Science Tokyo have collaboratively conducted a program to test the capabilities of the company’s DMU41 inertial measurement unit […]
Silicon Sensing celebrates its IMU’s fourth year on the iQPS’ small SAR satellite
Silicon Sensing Systems’ DMU30 high performance inertial measurement unit (IMU) continues to perform within the control system of Japan’s first X-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) small satellite from the Institute for […]
Forrester’s Digest: Eutelsat OneWeb to serve Taiwan
Taiwan will have 24-hour access to OneWeb’s low Earth orbit satellites by the end of October through service provided by Eutelsat OneWeb as part of the nation’s effort to enhance […]
Forrester’s Digest: Starlink D2C testing in New Zealand
SpaceX’s Starlink ‘Direct-to-Cellular’ (D2C) telephony system is being tested in New Zealand. Ben Longmier, SpaceX’s Senior director, satellite engineering, has confirmed the activity, saying the trials are being conducted with […]
SpaceX’s Starlink Direct-to-Cellular service testing in Romania and U.S. and others
SpaceX’s Starlink broadband system is testing its Direct-to-Cellular (D2C) satellite phone system in Romania, designed to show that Starlink satellites can operate at up to eight times the capacity currently […]
SoftBank Corp.’s “Sunglider” HAPS aircraft succeeds in stratospheric flight during field trial
SoftBank Corp. has announced that the company’s “Sunglider” — a large-scale, solar-powered, uncrewed aircraft system (“UAS”) designed for High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) stratospheric telecommunications — was used in a […]
Japan’s IGS Radar 8 top secret reconnaissance government satellite to launch on Wednesday
On Wednesday, September 25, at 10:24 PM – 10:25 PM PDT, the IGS Radar 8 Japanese radar reconnaissance satellite will launch from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan. […]
Interstellar secures billion¥ SBIR grant from the Japanese Government
Interstellar Technologies Inc. successfully passed the stage-gate review for the Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase 3 (SBIR Phase 3) on September 19, 2024. Administered by the Government of Japan’s […]