Hiltron Communications, a globally active satellite system integrator, manufacturer and distributor, announces a new addition to its range of satellite communication equipment with the introduction of the HDCU2 de-icing sensor […]
Weather
EUMETSAT’s Meteosat-8, the world’s longest-serving meteorological satellite in geostationary orbit, moves to “graveyard orbit”
The world’s longest-serving meteorological satellite in geostationary orbit, EUMETSAT’s Meteosat-8, has been moved to the “graveyard orbit” after 20 years of life-saving service. Launched on August 28, 2002, Meteosat-8 was […]
CGI to digitize Met Office tools and systems to streamline weather forecasting and product development
CGI has been awarded an eight year contract by the Met Office to digitize its tools, enabling more efficient and effective working practices and quicker development of new products. The Met Office […]
Europe’s new weather satellite makes waves
The Meteosat Third Generation satellite system is set to revolutionize weather forecasting and enable more precise monitoring of the changing atmosphere, land and oceans. The first Meteosat Third Generation Imager, […]
Seven propulsion systems from ThrustMe delivered to Spire Global for their LEMUR satellites
ThrustMe has delivered seven propulsion systems to Spire Global, Inc. for that company’s LEMUR 3U satellites as it continues to build upon its fully deployed constellation of more than 100 […]
Swedish Space Minister Ekström’s feet remain on the ground even when visiting Linköping’s Beyond Gravity
Beyond Gravity (formerly RUAG Space) is Sweden’s largest industrial space company with sites in Gothenburg (ca. 240 employees) and Linköping (ca. 160 employees). In Linköping the company is expanding its production […]
The war in Ukraine shows how important private satellite companies have become—especially in times of conflict
Satellites owned by private companies have played an unexpectedly important role in the war in Ukraine. For example, in early August 2022, images from the private satellite company Planet Labs showed […]
The largest smallsat constellation build contract to date received by Blue Canyon Technologies
Blue Canyon Technologies LLC (“BCT” or “Blue Canyon”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies, has been selected to provide 18 cubesats for The Tomorrow Companies Inc. (“Tomorrow.io”) microwave sounding mission. […]
Ball Aerospace selected by NOAA for 2 weather instrument studies
In a one-week period, Ball Aerospace was selected by NASA to complete two, 20-month studies on new instruments to support the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) Geostationary Extended Observations […]
Severe weather + climate monitoring instrumented + spacecraft studies to be initiated by Lockheed Martin for NOAA
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] was selected by the NASA to further refine concepts for a critical instrument and the spacecraft bus for the NOAA’s GeoXO weather satellites, the next generation […]