International satellite service operator IEC Telecom has kickstarted 2023 by introducing a suite of services and solutions powered by Starlink. The new service portfolio has been designed to address specific communication requirements of […]
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World Teleport Association publishes the top operator rankings for 2022
The World Teleport Association (WTA) has published their annual rankings for the Top Teleport Operators of 2022 — the annual rankings of companies by revenue and revenue growth are compiled […]
Iridium + Qualcomm to bring satellite messaging to Android smartphones
Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM) has entered into an agreement with Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., to enable satellite messaging and emergency services in smartphones powered by Snapdragon® Mobile Platforms. Qualcomm Technologies’ […]
SES’ SES-20 an in-orbit spare satellite is now ready to backup video services
SES announced that the new SES-20 satellite has arrived at the 103 degrees West orbital slot and will serve as an in-orbit spare satellite to provide contractual service protections to […]
Pale Blue to provide their water-based propulsion system to Sony for that firm’s spacetainment project
Pale Blue will be providing a water vapor propulsion system (water engine) for Sony’s STAR SPHERE smallsat project. The propulsion system will enter and maintain the orbit of the satellite, […]
Airbus developing two EO satellites for Poland
Airbus Defence and Space has signed a contract with Poland to provide a geospatial intelligence system including the development, manufacture, launch and delivery on-orbit of two, high-performance, optical, EO satellites. […]
Six flight software deployments from Bright Ascension launch on the Transporter-6 mission
Bright Ascension Ltd. has confirmed that the firm’s six, latest, GenerationOne flight software deployments were launched onboard the Transporter-6 SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on January 3, 2023, taking the company’s […]
STAR VIBE smallsat demo mission gains orbit via SpaceX’s Transporter-6 launch
The STAR VIBE mission, which is the product of a collaboration between the Wrocław-based company Scanway Space and the German company German Orbital Systems, was launched into orbit on board […]
SpaceX briskly moves 114 smallsat payloads to orbit with their Transporter-6 mission
A Falcon 9 launched the company’s Transporter-6 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The first stage booster supporting this mission previously […]
Planet Labs launches 36 SuperDove smallsats with SpaceX
Planet Labs PBC launched 36 of their SuperDove satellites, Flock 4y, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on January 3, 2023, at 9:56 a.m., ET (14:56 UTC), on SpaceX’s Transporter-6 […]