Isar Aerospace has entered into a firm, launch services agreement with space infrastructure company, D-Orbit. The company’s launch vehicle, Spectrum, which is developed for small and medium satellites and satellite constellations, will launch D-Orbit’s ION Satellite Carrier as a primary customer to SSO from its launch site in Andøya, Norway, with a launch term starting […]
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Partnering for cloud-based space mission sim software are Isar Aerospace + EXOTRAIL
The launch service provider Isar Aerospace has signed in as the latest ExoOPS™ — Mission Design customer — Exotrail’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution is dedicated to space mission simulation and analysis. Isar Aerospace will use ExoOPS™ — Mission Design to answer the demand for flexible, sustainable, and cost-effective access to space. The ExoOPS™ – Mission Design […]
The MeluXina Supercomputer To Be Accessed By SES + SnT For SATCOM Optimization Tests
A joint team of researchers at the University of Luxembourg’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) and SES received early access to Luxembourg’s supercomputer MeluXina to carry out tests to effectively optimize satellite performance and allocate spectrum, SES, SnT and LuxProvide have announced. MeluXina is ranked among the top 50 installations of its […]
FCC, NTIA Establish Spectrum Coordination Initiative
WASHINGTON, February 15, 2022—The Federal Communications Commission and National Telecommunications and Information Administration today announced a new initiative to improve U.S. government coordination on spectrum management. The Spectrum Coordination Initiative will involve actions by both agencies to strengthen the processes for decision making and information sharing and to work cooperatively to resolve spectrum policy issues. […]
SES’ Phase 1 C-Band Transition Aided By USSI Global
USSI Global has supported SES in successfully completing all Phase I, accelerated, C-band clearing and relocation activities. SES is seeking to clear 280 MHz of the C-band spectrum to help meet the U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) objective to quickly roll out 5G services across the United States. Phase I required SES to relocate all […]
Ball Aerospace’s Land Imaging Instrument Aboard The Successful Launch of Landsat 9
The Ball Aerospace-built Operational Land Imager 2 (OLI-2) instrument successfully launched aboard Landsat 9, the latest in a series of joint missions between NASA and the United States Geological Society (USGS) that has provided essential monitoring of key natural and economic resources from orbit for nearly 50 years. In addition to the instrument (OLI-2), Ball […]
ISRO To Offload Space Activities In Favor Of R&D… Plus, Canada’s C-Band Spectrum Restructuring The Target of Sat Actor Complaints
India’s Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has declared they will now focus on research and development — this move means ISRO will offload most of their space-related activities. ISRO chairman Dr. Kailasavadivoo Sivan said that the decision will open up the company and the sector to more privately-funded participation in the space sector. “The future of […]