The new NSR Global Space Economy report finds a cumulative space and satellite market revenue opportunity of more than $1 trillion between 2019 and 2029. There is an expanding need for […]
Satellites
Impact: More SATCOM Consolidation On The Horizon? An NSR Report
The global satellite communication industry is transitioning to meet new market trends and match projected threats from perceived disruptors. It is typical to expect mergers and acquisitions (M&A) within any […]
China Lifts Fourth Group Of Yaogan-31 Sats To Orbit
On Friday, March 12, the fourth group of China’s Yaogan-31 remote sensing satellites were sent into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 10:19 a.m. (Beijing […]
China’s Long March 7A Sends Shiyan-9 To Orbit
On Friday, March 12, 2021, China successfully launched their Long March 7A rocket from Hainan — exactly one year after a failed first attempt with this launch vehicle. The Long […]
Umbra’s SARsat Receives FCC License
Umbra has been granted a license from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to operate their Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite with 1,200 MHz of bandwidth. This bandwidth allocation will allow […]
RUAG Space + OHB To Deliver Sunshield Solar Array For ESA’s PLATO Planet Hunting Mission
Space supplier RUAG Space will deliver the Sunshield Solar Array Subsystem for the European “planet-hunting” mission PLATO. The “planet-hunting” mission PLATO (PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars) of the European Space […]
USSF Awards Four Task Orders For FY21 Phase 2 Launch Missions
The Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), in partnership with the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), awarded four National Security Space missions to Space Exploration Technologies, Inc. (SpaceX) and United Launch […]
ISRO Completes SAR For Joint NASA EO Mission
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has completed the development of a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) capable of producing extremely high-resolution images for a joint Earth Observation (EO) satellite mission with […]
NOAA Grant Awarded To TCarta For Satellite-Derived Bathymetry
TCarta Marine has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The research focuses on enhancing Satellite Derived Bathymetry […]
Thales Alenia Space Now Has A Major Role To Play With ESA’s 2nd Generation Galileo Constellation
Thales Alenia Space recently signed a 772 million euros contract with the European Space Agency (ESA), acting in the name and on behalf of the European Union represented by the […]