Fleet Space launches its latest Centauri 5 satellite using the Space X Falcon 9 launch vehicle, making this Fleet’s 7th satellite on-orbit. This LEO satellite was produced using 3D printing technology and adds capacity, reduces signal delay and provides additional network redundancy in the existing Centauri smallsat constellation. This was the company’s third launch with […]
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NanoAvionics Alpha Smallsat Demo To Be Powered By Gama Solar Sails
NanoAvionics has been contracted by Gama for a demonstration of Gama’s solar sails propulsion system in LEO. Under the mission agreement, NanoAvionics will provide its 6U smallsat bus, payload integration services, a satellite testing campaign, launch services and satellite operations. The launch of the “Alpha” smallsat is scheduled for the second half of this year. […]
Rivada Space Networks Works Toward The Launch Of Their LEO Constellation
Rivada Space Networks GmbH continues to work toward their launch of a constellation of 600 LEO communications satellites for enterprise data communications. Rivada Space Networks was established by U.S.-based Rivada Networks, with wireless technology entrepreneur Declan Ganley forming the company to deliver a unique solution for secure, global, end-to-end enterprise and government connectivity that will […]
Inmarsat’s ORCHESTRA Is Tuned To Deliver Additional Capacity At Key Ports And Airports’ Hotspots
Singapore was chosen because it is one of the world’s busiest container ports, as well as being one of the most demanding environments because of equatorial weather conditions such as heavy rain and high humidity. Inmarsat, provider of global, mobile satellite communications, has completed the first phases of testing of innovative technology developments for ORCHESTRA, the […]
Flight Readiness Successfully Concludes For Boeing’s Orbital Flight Test-2
NASA and Boeing are proceeding with plans for the uncrewed Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) to the International Space Station following a full day of briefings and discussions during a Flight Readiness Review that took place at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Launch of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on a United Launch Alliance Atlas […]
The Orbex Prime Orbital Space Rocket Debuts
For the first time, Orbex has unveiled the first full-scale prototype of their Prime orbital space rocket on its dedicated launch pad. The unveiling of the first of a new generation of European launch vehicles – designed to launch a new category of smallsats to orbit – represents a major step forward for the British […]
Terran Orbital Ships Fleet Space’s CENTAURI-5 Satellite To Cape Canaveral For Launch
Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP) has shipped the CENTAURI-5 satellite to Cape Canaveral in preparation for the SpaceX Transporter-5 launch. The CENTAURI-5 spacecraft is part of a constellation commissioned by Fleet Space Technologies to deliver global connectivity solutions specifically designed for the energy, utilities and resource industries. Tyvak International, a Terran Orbital Corporation, designed and […]
Astroscale’s ELSA-d Mission Successfully Completes Complex Rendezvous Operation
Astroscale Holdings Inc. (“Astroscale”) has announced that, despite several unexpected setbacks, the company’s End-of-Life Services by Astroscale-demonstration (ELSA-d) mission successfully completed further controlled close-approach rendezvous operations between its two spacecraft in orbit. The technologies proven in this demonstration include tracking of an object from a great distance, rendezvous with an uncontrolled object, and handover from […]
Prométhée Contracts NanoAvionics To Build Their 1st EO Smallsat
Satellite operator Prométhée has contracted mission integrator NanoAvionics to build the first smallsat for the French company’s planned constellation of Earth Observation (EO) smallsats and image analysis platform. “ProtoMéthée-1” will be based on NanoAvionics’ flight-proven 16U nanosatellite bus, M16P. In addition to the satellite with onboard camera and propulsion, NanoAvionics will also provide Prométhée with […]
Satcoms Innovation Group (SIG) Reveals Their Plans For Their SatExpo Summit Event Scheduled For CABSAT 2022 In Dubai
The Satcoms Innovation Group (SIG) has announced details for the sessions the organization will be running at the upcoming 2022 SatExpo Summit at CABSAT that will be in session from May 17th through 19th. This year, the SatExpo Summit will address how we can, and must, exploit space in a responsible way to future proof […]