The Department of the Air Force’s Navigation Technology Satellite-3, or NTS-3, Vanguard program has reached another major milestone in preparation for the satellite’s launch in late 2023. Industry partner L3Harris […]
Satellite Navigation
NASA awards contracts to assess Near-Space communication capabilities
NASA has selected two companies – Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) USA of Denver and SpaceLink Corporation of McLean, Virginia. These companies will develop capability studies to explore and demonstrate communications […]
Xona Space Systems secures million$$$ in investments from First Spark Ventures + Lockheed Martin Ventures
Xona Space Systems announces they have raised an oversubscribed financing round to accelerate the development of the company’s high-performance, commercial, satellite navigation network, bringing their total funding to more than […]
Virgin Orbit’s 1st UK launch is for RHEA Group’s DOVER Pathfinder smallsat
Virgin Orbit has been selected to launch RHEA Group’s first satellite into space. The company is working with Open Cosmos to design, build and operate this missions. Open Cosmos and […]
Advanced Navigation to be first Australian company to reach the Moon through development of two unique navigation systems
Most importantly it can indicate the vehicle’s velocity and position relative to the lunar surface in three dimensions with extreme accuracy and precision… Advanced Navigation, a determined innovator in AI […]
Terran Orbital completes CAPSTONE’s first TCM burn
Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP) has successfully completed the NASA CAPSTONE satellite’s first TCM burn (TCM-1) As the first statistical maneuver of the mission, TCM-1 is designed to clean up expected […]
ESA signs a deployment deal with ASECNA that brings EGNOS tech to Africa
European technology that allows satellite navigation signals to safely guide aircraft down for landing in the majority of Europe’s airports will now also be put to use across Africa and […]
UK Satnav signal generated in new test by Inmarsat, Goonhilly and GMVNSL will provide safety-critical capabilities
The signal, being broadcast in coordination with the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Union Space Program Agency (EUSPA), is now stable and […]
AAC Clyde Space’s Follow-On Order For Europe’s New Weather Satellites, MetOp-SG
The MWIs will provide cloud and precipitation products and all-weather surface imagery to support numerical weather predictions at regional and global scales. Omnisys, AAC Clyde Space’s new subsidiary, secured an […]
Rocket Lab Supporting NASA’s Human Mission Return To The Moon
In May 2022, Rocket Lab will launch a cubesat to the Moon — this historic pathfinding mission supports NASA’s Artemis program that will land the first woman and first person […]