Amazon’s Project Kuiper has validated all systems and subsystems on board its prototype satellites and has also demo’d the first, two-way video call over Amazon’s end-to-end communications network. Within 30 […]
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EIRSAT-1 team discovers what it takes to be spacecraft operators
EIRSAT-1 is Ireland’s first satellite is designed and built by students from University College Dublin who are participating in ESA Academy’s Fly Your Satellite! program. Scheduled for launch in November […]
SpaceX’s Sunday Starlinks launch will be back to back launches this weekend
SpaceX is targeting Sunday, November 19 for a Falcon 9 launch of 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base […]
Airbus’ patented “Detumbler” designed to tackle on-orbit debris
Airbus’ patented Detumbler device designed to prevent satellites at the end of their lives from tumbling, was launched on Saturday, November 11, and will be tested in space in association […]
Northrop Grumman completes CDR for the SDA’s Tranche 1 Tracking Layer
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) recently completed the company’s Critical Design Review (CDR) on a proliferated LEO constellation of 16 missile tracking satellites for the Space Development Agency (SDA), clearing […]
Quantum Space readies Scout-1 for launch on SpaceX’s Transporter-10 mission
Quantum Space has unveiled the company’s Sentry mission, the first in a series of milestone demonstrations to prove out end-to-end communications and data generation capabilities — the company is creating […]
Spire Global unveils Constellation Management Platform
Spire Global, Inc. has unveiled the firm’s Constellation Management Platform, a web-based app that simplifies satellite constellation operations through a user-friendly interface — the development of the platform is co-funded by the European […]
Lockheed Martin preps 1st 5G.MIL® Payload for orbit
Lockheed Martin is one step away from showcasing how the company’s 5G.MIL® capability can reach all domains around the world — in the company’s final, successful, lab demo, the company […]
Square Peg Communications teams with ESA to test hybrid 5G networks between Earth + space
Square Peg Communications has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to implement an emulation environment that reliably tests a variety of scenarios across multiple satellite constellations as part […]
Mopeka®’s new connectivity solutions connect anywhere in the world with Globalstar’s smallsat network
Mopeka® has an addition to their communication protocols. This enhancement involves the integration of Globalstar‘s satellite connectivity to extend the capability of Mopeka’s existing suite of options, that includes Bluetooth, […]