With satellite traffic reaching more than 52,000 passes on KSAT‘s KSATlite network in March, the successful, small-aperture ground network is currently handling an unprecedented amount of satellite supports. Although traffic has double in just one year, the network demonstrates a proficiency of 99.7% from scheduling to data delivery KSATlite is a software-focused, Global Ground Network […]
Space-to-Ground
AST SpaceMobile Receives An FCC Experimental License For BlueWalker 3 Satellite Testing
AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS) has received an experimental license from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) supporting its U.S.-based testing of the BlueWalker 3 satellite. The license covers BlueWalker 3 space-to-ground testing in the United States using 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project), low-band, cellular frequencies and Q/V-band frequencies, subject to certain restrictions. The authorization comes […]
France Enlists Synchrocube’s Solutions When GNSS Navigation Signals Are Unusable
A news update below regarding the Synchrocube project that aims to provide a complementary solution to navigation systems (GNSS: GALILEO; GPS) in order to provide synchronization functions when GNSS navigation signals are unusable. Synchrocube is part of the French space recovery plan. The main goal is to test this service, using a first satellite placed […]
Ground Network Support For The LunIR Mission To Be Provided By KSAT For The Lockheed Martin Lunar Exploration Smallsat
KSAT will provide Ground network support to the LunIR mission in collaboration with Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Terran Orbital Corporation. The lunar exploration cubesat hosts a payload developed by Lockheed Martin and will hitch a ride along with the launch of NASA’s Orion spacecraft on the Artemis 1 mission. KSAT has […]
Debuting From Viasat — New Space-To-Ground Comms Antennas
Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) has now made available their most advanced class of large-aperture antennas, one that will be capable of providing the United States and other spacefaring nations with enhanced space-to-ground communications for upcoming Earth Observation (EO) missions, manned and unmanned missions to the Moon, Mars and other deep space as well as Department […]