Kepler Communications has been awarded a multi-year contract from Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) to demonstrate real-time data sharing and connectivity for Continental Defence, including the Canadian Arctic. The […]
Kepler awarded contract to support Canadian Arctic Defence
Viasat demos 1st satellite SMS messages on Android smartphone in Mexico
Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) has completed an in-country, first-of-its-kind, direct-to-device (D2D) demonstration in Mexico, featuring native SMS messages on the Android smartphone. The demonstration showcased smartphones sending and receiving messages […]
10,000th Starlink satellite launched
SpaceX launched its 10,000th Starlink satellite on October 19th at 17.39 UTC. Some observers said there had been a malfunction but SpaceX later confirmed all the satellites had been deployed […]
ST Engineering iDirect’s Intuition Ground System now available
ST Engineering iDirect, a global leader in satellite communications, has announced the general availability of Intuition 1.1, its next-generation ground system. Built on cloud-native, multi-orbit architecture, this release introduces advanced […]
ESA’s report credits themselves for better in-flight connectivity and video-calling due to experiment with Viasat antenna
A report by ESA indicates that they are responsible for better in-flight streaming and video-calling due to a project supported by the European Space Agency (ESA) that involved an experiment […]
NASA awards Solstar Space an SBIR contract to develop lunar Wi-Fi system
Solstar Space (Solstar) has been awarded a NASA Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract valued at $150,000 to develop a next-generation Lunar Wi-Fi Access Point (LWIFI-AP) to support […]
Infineon launches industry’s first radiation hardened buck controller with integrated gate drive
Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) has introduced the industry’s first radiation-hardened (rad-hard) buck controller with an integrated gate drive—designed for Point of Load (PoL) power rails in […]
Iridium awarded U.S. DoT contract for complementary PNT services deployment + testing
Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM) has been selected by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT) for an award through its Complementary Positioning,Navigation, and Timing (CPNT) Action Plan Rapid Phase Award […]
KONGSBERG + Andøya Space to strengthen Norwegian space capabilities
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (‘KONGSBERG’) and Andøya Space have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation in several domains of strategic importance to Norway and its allies. The […]
SpaceX plans 2 Wednesday launches: Starlink smallsat Group 11-5 + SpainSat NGII from both coasts
Group 11-5 with 28 Starlink smallsats to launch from California SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is targeting the launch of 28 Starlink smallsats Group 11-5 to low-Earth orbit to join the Starlink […]