He has served in senior leadership positions at NASA, Boeing, Raytheon Technologies, Ball Aerospace, Space Systems Loral, and most recently, Belcan. LeoStella, a specialized satellite constellation design and manufacturing company, has expanded its leadership team with the addition of Mike Kaplan as vice president of business development. Kaplan will bolster LeoStella’s new business and customer […]
SmallSats
Virgin Orbit’s launch window for the USSF’s STP-S28A + DoD payloads to ‘go’ on June 29th
Virgin Orbit (Nasdaq: VORB)’s launch system is in place at the Mojave Air and Space Port. The dress rehearsals are complete and the company remains on track for their upcoming Straight Up mission, with a launch window opening on June 29th at 10:00 p.m., PDT. The launch will support the United States Space Force’ (USSF)s […]
Zimbabwe’s ZIMSAT-1 scheduled for launch next month
HARARE – The beleaguered Zimbabwean government says it is set to launch its first satellite into orbit next month in a major milestone expected to enhance mineral exploration, monitoring of environmental hazards and droughts, mapping human settlements and disease outbreaks, among many other capabilities. According to State media reports, ZimSat-1, a nanosatellite, will be launched from […]
IQ spacecom offers real-time LEO satellite tasking
Together with Inmarsat, IQ spacecom has launched InCommand, a low cost, lightweight system for the instant tasking of LEO smallsats at the ILA Air Show in Berlin. The InCommand capability enables instant command and telemetry, on-demand, for LEO satellites via Inmarsat’s ELERA, L-band, GEO satellites using the company’s XLink-L transceiver. A successful test occurred in […]
South Australian companies collaborate for the future of Australian space
Leading South Australian space companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) announcing an exciting collaboration that will explore launching a rocket and a spacecraft with an interfaced electronic warfare (EW) payload launched into space from a South Australian launch site. The signing of the MoU between Southern Launch, ATSpace Australia, Asension (formerly DEWC Systems), […]
IQ spacecom presenting radio comms solutions for smallsats @ ILA 2022
IQ spacecom is going to present further developments of the company’s state-of-the-art radio communication solutions at ILA 2022 in Berlin which is in session from June 22-26. \ IQ spacecom has been offering a comprehensive product range for satellite radio communication solutions made in Germany that enable flexible and highly efficient broadband data communication for […]
Satellite Vu selects Orbit Logic planning software for thermal imaging constellation
Satellite Vu has selected Orbit Logic’s collection planning software for the operation of their planned constellation of high resolution thermal imaging satellites. Orbit Logic will deliver software and engineering services, including software configuration, training and custom model development, starting in May of 2022. Orbit Logic will deliver its Collection Planning & Analysis Workstation (CPAW) and […]
Globalstar’s SPOT Gen4 deployed by UK MOD for RAF Force Protection Training
Globalstar Europe Satellite Services Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Globalstar Inc. (NYSE American: GSAT), has announced that the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has deployed SPOT Gen4 satellite GPS messengers to track and provide safety for Royal Air Force (RAF) Force Protection personnel during training exercises at RAF Honington. RAF Force Protection is responsible […]
NanoAvionics to build two smallsats for New Zealand’s Te Pūnaha Ātea Space Institute
Te Pūnaha Ātea Space Institute (TPA-SI) at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, has tasked NanoAvionics to build two nanosatellite platforms, designed in partnership to support educational and technology demonstration missions. These two smallsats are the first commercial contract for NanoAvionics in New Zealand. With a payload mass of up to 3 kg., developed by […]
NearSpace Launch celebrates 100+ smallsats in orbit + preparing to open a new company location
NearSpace Launch, Inc. (NSL), a smallsats manufacturer, and NearSpace Education 501c3 (NSE), a STEM non-profit, have expanded their efforts by moving to a new location at 79 East Railroad Street in downtown Upland, Indiana. NSL and NSE will be celebrating 100+ satellites manufactured and on-orbit plus a Red-Ribbon Cutting that will occur on June 23rd […]