The French communications regulator, ARCEP (l’Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques), has approved SpaceX’s Starlink broadband-by-satellite system for use and access to the nation. However, the residents of a small […]
Satellites
Optical Comms Network Intro’d By Xensis
Xenesis, Inc. has announced their first, all optical ,communication service from space to ground, dubbed “Xen-link,” reaching anywhere on the Earth that can connect to the terrestrial internet backbone. Xen-Link […]
Aireon’s ADS-B System Incorporated Into Iceland’s ANSP — Isavia
Isavia ANS, Iceland’s Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP), has successfully implemented Aireon’s space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system in their 5.4 million square kilometers of controlled airspace, making it one of […]
Ball Aerospace To Build NASA’s GLIDE Spacecraft
Ball Aerospace was recently selected to build the spacecraft for NASA’s Global Lyman-alpha Imager of the Dynamic Exosphere (GLIDE) heliophysics science Mission of Opportunity. GLIDE will study variability in Earth’s exosphere, […]
Northrop Grumman Satellite Demo Goes Swimmingly Well
Northrop Grumman recently developed SharkSat, a pioneering payload to demonstrate on-orbit mission agility and meet demands for rapid development and deployment in space. In January, after completing a three-month stay […]
GSA’s EGNOS GEO-4 Service To Be Developed + Operated By Eutelsat
The European GNSS Agency (GSA) has selected Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) for the development, integration and operation of its next-generation EGNOS GEO-4 service. The contract agreed between Eutelsat and […]
Rocket Lab to Launch 100th Satellite and Prepare for Moon Mission by Deploying Next-Generation Photon Spacecraft
Rocket Lab, a launch provider and space systems company, announces their next mission will be to deploy a range of satellites for commercial and government satellite operators, and place a […]
Dragonfly and Addvalue Collaborate to Cross Promote EO Imaging and Inter-Sat Data Relay Service
Addvalue Technologies Ltd announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Addvalue Innovation Pte Ltd (“Addvalue”), has entered into a memorandum of understanding (“MOU”) with Dragonfly Aerospace (“Dragonfly”), a leading South African-based space […]
Satellite Monitoring Of The Palm Oil Supply Chain
Operated by Earthworm Foundation and Airbus, the Starling system uses a combination of satellite imagery and on-the-ground expertise to monitor land cover change and forest cover disturbance in near real […]
Experimental Satellite Launched By China
China launched a new communication technology experimental satellite — TJSW-6 — on February 4, 2021. A Long March-3B carrier rocket transported the satellite to orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch […]