On Saturday, March 30 at 5:52 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched the EUTELSAT 36D mission to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at the Kennedy Space Center […]
Transponders
Thales Alenia Space to provide transponder for Turkey’s 1st lunar mission
Thales Alenia Space (joint venture between Thales, 67%, and Leonardo, 33%) has signed a contract with TÜBİTAK Space Technologies Research Institute (TÜBİTAK UZAY) to provide a Communication Transponder for AYAP-1, […]
UKTV and SES expand partnership with multi-year agreement
Viewers across the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland will continue to enjoy their favorite TV programming as SES and UKTV agreed to extend their capacity agreement at SES’s […]
EM Solutions’ successful on-orbit satellite transponder text
EM Solutions has successfully completed the first of its system level tests for a transponder developed for Telesat’s LEO 3 demonstration satellite. Launched on July 18th, the satellite payload features […]
Spire Global solution enlightens dark shipping detection
Spire Global, Inc. , a global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, reveal a dark shipping detection solution to track vessels that manipulate their reported position in order to conceal nefarious activities. The […]
Future Axiom commercial space station to incorporate L3Harris advanced comms link
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) will provide a critical communications radio to Axiom Space for that firm’s planned commercial space station — the S-band radio will mirror the functionality that exists on […]
Sky UK’s Capacity Renewal And Multi-Year Deal With SES
This renewal secures an additional contract backlog of approximately EUR 84 million, building on the EUR 90 million capacity agreement signed between the two companies in 2021, with contracts extending up to […]
Forrester’s Digest: OneWeb | LEO Comms | New Scottish Spaceport | Telesat | Turning Off Russian Transponders
OneWeb Satellite Construction Could Remain In Florida When the UK made its $500 million investment in the – then bankrupt – OneWeb satellite constellation, much was made of the prospects […]