SpaceLink has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Strategic Technology Office (STO) for a contract award — the company will participate in the Space-Based Adaptive Communications […]
Space-to-Ground
Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander completes JPL Deep Space Network ground testing successfully
Last month, the Deep Space Network (DSN) from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) successfully completed end-to-end test communications with Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander. These tests demonstrated compatibility with space-to-ground communications […]
Terran Orbital completes NASA Pathfinder Tech Demo 3 bus commissioning less than a week post launch
Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP) has announced that the company’s Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator 3 (PTD-3) satellite has completed bus commissioning with all health and status checkouts nominal. Terran Orbital designed […]
Terran Orbital Delivers The PTD-3 Satellite To Cape Canaveral SFS For Integration Into The SpaceX Transporter-5 Mission
Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP) has delivered the Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator 3 (PTD-3) satellite to the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida for integration ahead of SpaceX’s Transporter-5 mission. […]
Satellite Laser Communication System Projected To Grow To Million$$$$ By 2030
The global satellite laser communication system market size is expected to grow from $356.8 million in 2021 to $5205.7 million by 2030, at a CAGR of 39.8% from 2022 to […]
KSAT Experiencing All-Time High For Their KSATLite Ground Network
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]