SpaceX on Wednesday launched the Spanish communications satellite Hisdesat SpainSat NG I atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff of […]
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SpaceX ready for SpainSat NG1’s launch tomorrow from Kennedy
SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, January 29 for a Falcon 9 launch of the Hisdesat SpainSat NG I mission to geosynchronous transfer orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space […]
SpaceX to launch SpainSat NG I on Wednesday
SpaceX is scheduled to launch SpainSat NG I on Wednesday, January 29th, from 5:34 – 7:34 pm PST from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The forecast calls for a temperature of […]
SES launches 7th and 8th O3b mPOWER satellites, stregthening MEO constellation
SES announced today that its latest pair of O3b mPOWER satellites was successfully launched into space by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United States, […]
Forrester’s Digest: Telesat retires satellite to graveyard slot
Some 24 years ago Telesat’s Anik F1 was launched. It has now been retired to a safe ‘graveyard’ orbit a few hundred kilometers above the normal geostationary arc. When Canada’s […]
SpaceX launches NOAA’s “monumental” GOES-U mission claiming “the nation’s most advanced weather observing and environmental monitoring satellite system”
On Tuesday, June 25 at 5:26 p.m. ET, Falcon Heavy launched the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) GOES-U mission to a geostationary orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at […]
Vrio to offer Project Kuiper satellite broadband in 7 South American countries
Vrio Corporation, parent company of DIRECTV Latin America and Sky Brasil, and Project Kuiper, Amazon’s LEO satellite broadband network, recently announced a distribution agreement to offer internet connectivity in seven […]
Silicon Sensing’s first U.S. office and returning employee is new head of sales
Silicon Sensing is to open its first U.S. office, with a dedicated in-country team lead by the new head of sales – Americas, Kevin Swain. This new facility will help […]
Europe’s first lightning imager captures 1,000 pictures per second that help produce a meteorological breakthrough
The first satellite instrument continuously detecting lightning over Europe and Africaison is delivering a breakthrough for the detection and prediction of severe storms. Europe’s meteorological satellite agency, EUMETSAT, and the […]
Gilat’s multimillion-dollar orders for multi-service platforms and terminals from Intelsat
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq: GILT, TASE: GILT), provider of satellite networking technology, solutions, and services, announced that Intelsat is strengthening its strategic partnership and expanding its In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) […]