Following the December 22, 2023, press release, concerning the contract for 20 satellites for Indonesia’s Ministry of Marine Affairs & Fisheries, with a value of approx. 650 MSEK, discussions on […]
LEO
GMV to lead ESA’s LEO PNT End-to-End In-Orbit Demonstrator mission
The aim of this mission is to demonstrate services and develop key technologies of LEO satellites for Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) by launching a small constellation of five satellites. […]
Open Cosmos ‘HAMMER’ satellite successfully launched via the SpaceX Transporter-10 mission
Open Cosmos recently launched HAMMER, the company’s latest Earth Observation (EO) satellite — after a successful lift off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California onboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 as […]
Benchmark electric propulsion thrusters on-orbit + poised for 1st firing
Benchmark Space Systems has revealed the firm’s Xantus™ electric propulsion system has successfully deployed and will undergo subsystem health check and operational verification, including a range of firing modes, aboard […]
Intelsat expands their Eutelsat Group LEO agreement
Intelsat has expanded the firm’s partnership with Eutelsat Group related to that company’s OneWeb LEO constellation — the deal is a significant development for multi-orbit satellite connectivity solutions and positions […]
Sidus Space establishes 2-way comms with their LS-1 Satellite
Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIDU) has established two-way communications with its state-of-the-art, 3D-printed satellite, LizzieSat™, focused on Earth Observation (EO) and remote sensing solutions powered by Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (Geo-AI). […]
Space-based air traffic test by Startical to be managed on a NanoAvionics smallsat
Startical, the company created by ENAIRE (Europe’s fourth-largest air navigation services provider), and Indra will use a satellite produced by Kongsberg NanoAvionics to test the systems of the company’s future […]
Space Systems Command issues solicitation for On Ramp to OSP-4 launch contract
The U.S. Space Force’s Small Launch and Targets Division at Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico, part of Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Assured Access to Space (AATS) program executive […]
Astranis to launch MicroGEO comms sat for Argentina
Astranis has developed a new partnership with Orbith, a fast-growing, Latin American ISP and the company will provide a dedicated MicroGEO communications satellite for Argentina. This new partnership with Orbith […]
NASA JPL awards Airbus a GRACE-C contract for two spacecraft
Airbus has been awarded a contract to design and build the GRACE-C twin spacecraft by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL (Pasadena, California). This new mission of NASA and the German […]