TOKYO, Japan – Japan’s space agency (JAXA) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI) announced a critical launch scheduled for February 1st, 2026, aimed at completing the nation’s indigenous geolocation system, […]
Navigation & PNT
Fourteenth Galileo Launch Scheduled for December 17
Two new Galileo satellites, SAT 33 and SAT 34, arrived in French Guiana on November 6, 2025, in preparation for the 14th operational launch of the Galileo programme. The latest […]
ESA’s Celeste (LEO-PNT) program advances + Thales Alenia Space selects Anywaves navigation payload antenna
As low Earth orbit Positioning Navigation and Timing (LEO-PNT) initiatives advance, Europe is moving forward with ESA’s Celeste In-Orbit Demonstrator (IOD). Thales Alenia Space, prime contractor of one of the […]
SSC stands up MILCOMM + PNT System Delta
New System Delta will support Space Systems Command’s Military Communications & Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (MCPNT) Program Executive Office portfolio. The stand-up synchronizes acquisition efforts for critical space system capabilities […]
UPDATE: It’s a GO! as ULA progresses towards Thursday launch of ViaSat-3 F2 mission
Satnews received an announcement just hours ago that after the challenges of getting ViaSat-3 F2 mission aloft it looks like today’s the day. The last internal announcement was on November […]
Space Systems Command foreign military sales MoU for GPS user equipment represents the next era of allied partnerships
A new, multi-lateral agreement that allows participating nations to buy and sellmilitary Global Positioning System User Equipment for common defensestimulates Foreign Military Sales and allied interoperability. U.S. Space Force (USSF) […]
The Dual Use Dilemma “It is dual use or die”
By Chris Forrester Chris Quilty (Co-CEO, Quilty Space), and a very well-known industry consultant and adviser, delivered a fascinating Keynote for delegates at the Silicon Valley Space Week’s MilSat Symposium […]
Europe turns to space to boost resilience
European Commissioner for Defence and Space, Andrius Kubilius, set the stage for discussions on the potential for space to support security at a conference entitled “Space for European Resilience: rising […]
ALL.SPACE awarded €950,000 by ESA’s NAVISP Program to develop GNSS independent PNT
ALL.SPACE has been awarded €950,000 by the European Space Agency’s Navigation Innovation and Support Program (NAVISP)—this award is to develop an alternative Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) capability designed to […]
INDRA Group to reinforce space surveillance + security via new contracts from ESA
Indra Group is strengthening its collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) through two new contracts that will reinforce Spain’s and Europe’s position in space surveillance and satellite navigation—these agreements […]