Analysys Mason has announced the acquisition of Northern Sky Research (NSR), a specialist satellite and space research and consulting firm. Founded in 2000, NSR is a prominent global provider of satellite and space market research and consulting services specializing in the analysis of growth opportunities across four core industry sectors: satellite communications, satellite & space […]
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The 1st All-Private 4 Astronaut Mission To ISS Concludes With A Safe + Successful SpaceX Dragon Capsule Splashdown
The Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) crew and the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft safely splashed down off the coast of Florida at 1:06 p.m. ET, Monday, on April 25th. The Ax-1 crew’s arrival back to Earth officially concludes the first all-private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS), successfully demonstrating Axiom Space’s ability to integrate with the […]
Contract To Exolaunch To Secure The Launch Of The Norwegian Defence Research Establishment’s ARCSAT Satellite Via SpaceX’s Smallsat Rideshare Program
Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI), the prime institution responsible for defense-related research in Norway, has awarded a contract to Exolaunch to launch the organization’s ARCSAT satellite aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9. The teams of Exolaunch and GomSpace, the ARCSAT’s satellite manufacturer, have just completed a successful integration of the ARCSAT satellite into the satellite’s deployer at […]
Israel’s First Space Telescope To Be Developed + Built By Elbit Systems
Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESLT, TASE: ESLT) (“Elbit Systems”) has been awarded awarded a contract valued at approximately $16 million to supply a space telescope to the Weizmann Institute of Science under Israel’s Ultraviolet Transient Astronomy Satellite (“ULTRASAT”) program to observe and research deep space. The ULTRASAT program is jointly managed and funded by the […]
Nanoavionics Confirms Signal Receptions From 3 On-Orbit Smallsats Launched By SpaceX’s Transporter-3 Mission
NanoAvionics has confirmed the reception of signals and healthy telemetry data from all of the three smallsats that were launched into LEO via the successful SpaceX Transporter-3 mission. The rideshare mission that went into orbit on January 13, 2022, included one of the largest and heaviest cubesats ever built and launched. The 16U smallsat is […]
The International Space Station Is Connected via Airbus’ SpaceDataHighway
The Airbus’ SpaceDataHighway – developed with the support of ESA – provides broadband connectivity services between the International Space Station and the Earth. With the Columbus Ka-band (ColKa) terminal installed and fully tested on-board the ISS, a SpaceDataHighway satellite will start to relay data via a bi-directional link in real time between the ISS Columbus […]
HAPS Connectivity Services Under Study By Airbus, NTT, DOCOMO + Sky Perfect JSAT
Airbus, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), NTT DOCOMO, INC. (DOCOMO) and SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (SKY Perfect JSAT) jointly announced that they have begun studying the feasibility of collaborating on future, high-altitude platform stations (HAPS)-based connectivity services as part of a future space-based wireless connectivity ecosystem. Launched with a memorandum of understanding (MOU), the […]
Dragon’s Delivery Of European Science Readies For Space
The Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, at 11:06 CET (10:06 GMT) Tuesday, December 21. Some of the European cargo it carries is shown below. Safe air — Astronauts living on the International Space Station never get a breath of fresh outdoor air. In their closed atmosphere, […]
Avanti And European Space Agency Speed Adoption Of 5G With New INSTANT5G Project
Avanti’s new research project is to develop 5G compliant satellite connectivity services for MNOs and Towercos Avanti Communications (“Avanti”), provider of high throughput satellite capacity across EMEA, announced the launch of INSTANT5G, a new research project endorsed by the European Space Agency, UK Space Agency and the Romanian Space Agency. The 5G via INtegrated Satellite […]
ATLAS’ SBIR Grant Advances M2M Learning Capability
ATLAS Space Operations has received a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant to advance its machine-to-machine learning capability. The ATLAS SBIR involves the use of over one billion data points from all aspects of the ATLAS communications platform to improve reliability and performance. Antenna tasking, equipment monitoring, and communications optimization are all being improved through continuous […]