“Every collision in space causes yet more debris and even just a handful more could render space completely unusable.“ Vyoma, a startup company, aims to make space safer, and has partnered with Atos to help improve the safety of satellites in orbit. The partnership leverages Vyoma’s innovative solution for tracking objects in space and Atos’ secure data […]
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Inmarsat Government Tabbed By NASA For Satellite-Based Space Launch T&C Systems
NASA has selected Inmarsat Government, Inc., as a delivery partner for the agency’s Communications Services Project (CSP). Under the Funded Space Act Agreement (FSAA), NASA will partner with Inmarsat Government to develop and demonstrate the feasibility of providing commercial SATCOM capabilities as a service for future spacecraft users in near-Earth orbit. Inmarsat Government will demonstrate […]
Descartes Labs Government Will Showcase ALL-INT Data Fusion For Autonomous Target Tracking At Planetary Scale At GEOINT
Descartes Labs Government, a solutions provider of geospatial intelligence originating out of Los Alamos National Laboratory, will showcase ALL-INT data fusion for autonomous detection and tracking of targets across the integrated battlespace at planetary scale during GEOINT 2022. Descartes Labs Government will host a series of workshops and demonstrations, including a Main Stage presentation in […]
Debuting From Thuraya Telecommunications Company Is SatTrack For Land
Thuraya Telecommunications Company, the mobile satellite services subsidiary of Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PJSC (“Yahsat” or, together with its subsidiaries, “the Group”) has launched Thuraya SatTrack for Land. This new offering is a web-based tracking and monitoring service that has been developed for land vehicles that are equipped with Thuraya T2M-DUAL tracking and monitoring terminals […]
Cobham SATCOM Selects CPI As The RF Supplier For Telesat Lightspeed Landing Station Terminals
Cobham SATCOM has selected Communications & Power Industries (CPI) to provide state-of-the-art Ka-band amplifiers for the gateway tracking antenna systems that Cobham will be supplying for the Telesat Lightspeed Landing Station Terminals. CPI is a global manufacturer of electronic components and subsystems focused on the communications and defense industries. CPI’s next-generation 160W Ka-band GaNLink™ series […]
Missile Defense Agency Retires Two Missile Tracking Satellites
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has retired two Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) demonstration satellites as of March 8, 2022, ending an extraordinarily successful experiment that demonstrated that a space layer can significantly enhance the Missile Defense System (MDS). On September 25, 2009, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, MDA, NASA, and […]
Boeing’s Millennium Space Systems Ships The USSF’s GEO Wide Field Of View Satellite For Launch
The U.S. Space Force‘s Wide Field of View spacecraft arrived safely on February 2 to the launch processing facility in Florida, having shipped from Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing (NYSE: BA) company’s headquarters in El Segundo, California. This satellite was procured by the Space Systems Command to serve as testbed for Wide Field of View […]
Orbit Communications Systems To Acquire Euclid Systems Engineering
Orbit Communications Systems Ltd. (TASE: ORBI) has entered into an agreement to purchase 100% of the issued and repaid capital of Euclid Systems Engineering Ltd., a firm that specializes in the development of smart, small and lightweight positioners and tracking systems for the defense industries. This transaction is part of Orbit’s plans to expand and […]
L3Harris’ Satellite Design For Missile Tracking Approved By The Space Development Agency
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) has successfully completed the final design review for the Space Development Agency’s missile-tracking program — the company will continue with development and integration of four satellites for Tracking Layer Tranche 0 under a $193 million firm, fixed-price contract. L3Harris completed Critical Design Review (CDR) in November and the company will proceed through […]
Hypersonic + Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor CDR Completed By Northrop Grumman For The Missile Defense Agency
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) recently completed the critical design review (CDR) of the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) prototype for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA). The review establishes the company’s technical approach for precise, timely sensor coverage to defeat ballistic and hypersonic missiles. HBTSS satellites will provide continuous tracking and handoff […]