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SSC - Swedish Space Corporation, OneWeb, NorthwesTel partner on 10-year satellite network site to enhance connectivity in Canada
Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) has signed a 10-year contract with the low Earth orbit satellite communications company OneWeb to build and manage its Satellite Network Portal (SNP) in Yellowknife, NW, Canada. This new SNP will deliver increased bandwidth, performance and resiliency to all OneWeb se...
Measat Global Berhad connects Malaysian Armed Forces personnel through high-speed satellite broadband
MEASAT Global Berhad - Malaysia's Rural Broadband Service Provider will be providing CONNECTme NOW satellite broadband services for free under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme to frontline Malaysian Armed Forces personnel serving at selected remote border checkpoint posts located....
Tomorrow.io’s satellite launch paves way for groundbreaking progress in global weather forecasting
The Tomorrow Companies Inc., the world’s leading weather intelligence platform, today announced successful on-orbit operation of its first satellite, Tomorrow-R1. Launched at 11:48 pm PDT on April 14, Tomorrow-R1 is the world’s first commercially built weather-radar satellite. It is orbiting at ...
Rocket Lab to launch Starling small satellite swarm for NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Rocket Lab USA, Inc., a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has signed a deal to launch NASA’s Starling mission, a multi-CubeSat mission to test and demonstrate autonomous swarm technologies, as well as automated space traffic management for groups of spacecraft ...
Astroscale and offer NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration commercial solution to reboost NASA's Hubble Space Telescope with orbital servicing
Astroscale US Inc., the market leader in securing long-term orbital sustainability across all orbits and Momentus Inc., a US commercial space company that offers orbital transportation and in-space infrastructure services, are collaborating to offer NASA a sustainable solution for its Hubble Reboost...
Spire Global and OroraTech to demonstrate wildfire detection from space for Canadian Space Agency
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has awarded a contract to Spire Global, Inc. subsidiary ExactEarth Ltd. to deliver preparatory work for implementation phases of a wildfire monitoring satellite. The contract is the initial step towards CSA’s planned WildFireSat mission, which aims to monitor all ac...
iDirect Government showcases revolutionary new modem for next-generation terminal design at SOF Week
iDirect Government (iDirectGov), a leading provider of satellite communications to the United States military and government, is excited to announce the availability of their 450mp integrator kit at the 2023 Special Operations Forces (SOF) Week, May 8-11, in Tampa, FL, at booth 1335. The integrator....
-, launch first pair of storm observing cubeSats to better understand cyclones
https://www.satelliteevolution.com/post/nasa-rocket-lab-launch-first-pair-of-storm-observing-cubesats-to-better-understand-cyclones
Two NASA CubeSats designed to study tropical cyclones, including hurricanes and typhoons, are in orbit after successfully launching at 1 p.m. Monday, NZST (9 p.m. EDT Sunday). The first pair of the agency’s TROPICS (Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a C...
achieves first orbit raise with pioneering propulsion system
Momentus Inc., a US commercial space company that offers orbital transportation and in-space infrastructure services, successfully achieved the first orbital raise of its Vigoride-5 spacecraft using its pioneering Microwave Electrothermal Thruster (MET) that uses distilled water as propellant. The s...
Rocket Lab successfully launches first batch of TROPICS satellites for NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Rocket Lab USA, Inc., a leading launch and space systems company, today successfully completed the first of two dedicated Electron launches to deploy a constellation of tropical cyclone monitoring satellites for NASA. The ‘Rocket Like a Hurricane’ launch lifted-off on May 8 at 13:00 NZST (01:00 ...
Construction begins at Sutherland, the UK mainland's first vertical launch spaceport
Orbex Space, HIE
Orbex has announced that construction has begun at Sutherland Spaceport (formerly known as Space Hub Sutherland) in Scotland, making this the first vertical launch spaceport to be built on the UK mainland. Located on the North coast of Scotland, the spaceport will be the 'home' spaceport of Forres-b...
First image from EUMETSAT and ESA - European Space Agency's newest weather satellite reveals Earth in all her (cloudy) glory
Europe’s meteorological satellite agency, EUMETSAT, and the European Space Agency (ESA) jointly released the image from the first satellite in the new generation of European weather satellites, Meteosat Third Generation – Imager 1 (MTG-I1). MTG-I1 was launched on 13 December 2022. The image, cap...
CesiumAstro to provide 7 multi-beam, phased array comms payloads to Raytheon Technologies for SDA's Tranche 1
CesiumAstro, an industry leader in active phased array communications technology for space and airborne systems, announced today that the company was selected by Raytheon Technologies to provide its Vireo active electronically scanned array (AESA) RF communications payload for integration into seven...
BlackSky releases rare satellite image of alleged airship on runway at veiled military base in China
BlackSky Technology Inc. released the first and only known public satellite image, according to a third-party intelligence analyst, of an alleged aerostat at the Korla East Test Site, China. The rare image was captured Friday, November 4, 2022, at 9 a.m. local time and is one of only two images, fro...
Gilat Satellite Networks receives multimillion-dollar order for expansion of advanced disaster response network in Asia
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., a worldwide leader in satellite networking technology, solutions, and services, announced today that the company received a multimillion-dollar order for VSATs to be used to expand the rollout of an advanced disaster response network in Asia. Gilat’s equipment suppor...
Airbus and SES demo high-speed connectivity for French Navy Marine nationale using O3b satellites
In the framework of a contract with the DGA, integrator and global operator Airbus recently carried out a successful sea trial on board aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, satisfying the French Navy's need for satellite communications at very high speed and low latency to cope with ever-increasing d...
Thales seizes control of ESA - European Space Agency demonstration satellite in first cybersecurity exercise of its kind
The European Space Agency (ESA) challenged cybersecurity experts in the space industry ecosystem to disrupt the operation of the agency's OPS-SAT demonstration nanosatellite. Participants used a variety of ethical hacking techniques to take control of the system used to manage the payload's global p...
United States Space Force and DISA awards USD 27.54 million CTC contract to SES Space & Defense
SES Space & Defense, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES, will provide satellite communications capabilities in support of the US Army Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WINT-T) training activities. The five-year Commercial Satellite Communications (COMSATCOM) Transponded Capacity (CTC) contract....
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration creates in-space servicing, assembly, manufacturing consortium
NASA announced Wednesday a new consortium focused on making in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing (ISAM) capabilities a routine part of space architectures and mission lifecycles. Through a range of capabilities, ISAM can enable new mission paradigms and extend the life of spacecraft. In-s...
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions and ALL.SPACE space to work together to develop advanced software-defined terminal solutions
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS), a technology company specializing in defence, national security and communications solutions, and ALL.SPACE, the world’s only provider of multi-orbit smart terminals, announced today a strategic partnership aimed at jointly developing and d...
BAE Systems and Microsoft join forces to equip defence programmes with innovative cloud technology
BAE Systems and Microsoft have signed a strategic agreement aiming to support faster and easier development, deployment and management of digital defence capabilities in an increasingly data centric world. The collaboration brings together BAE Systems’ knowledge of building complex digital systems...
Euroconsult: Space sustainability regulation to drive space logistics revenues to $4B by 2032
An emerging set of in-orbit services aimed at increasing flexibility, sustainability, and safety for satellite operators from launch to end of life, could materialize into a space logistics ecosystem featuring frequent service interactions between spacecraft in orbit, according to leading space cons...
The Boeing Company’s new military satellite integrates anti-jam payload for enhanced battlefield communication
Boeing unveiled its Protected Wideband Satellite (PWS) design featuring Boeing’s Protected Tactical SATCOM Prototype (PTS-P) payload hosted aboard the US Space Force’s Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS)-11 spacecraft. “The joint force is relying on us to deploy capabilities that enable secure commun...
Sidus Space and L3Harris Technologies team for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) mentor-protege program
Sidus Space, Inc., a Space-as-a-Service company focused on commercial satellite design, manufacture, launch, and data collection, is teaming with L3Harris Technologies for the Department of Defense Mentor-Protégé Program (MPP). The DoD program helps businesses expand their footprint in the defence...
Northrop Grumman Corporation expands space technology capabilities in Huntsville
Northrop Grumman Corporation cut the ribbon on a new, two-building campus today located just outside of Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, expanding its launch and missile defence development capability. This campus will be home to over 1,000 Northrop Grumman employees in the Huntsville area.....
New program office leads NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s path forward for the Moon and Mars
NASA has established the new Moon to Mars Program Office at NASA Headquarters in Washington to carry out the agency’s human exploration activities at the Moon and Mars for the benefit of humanity. Amit Kshatriya will serve as the agency’s first head of the office, effective immediately. This new...
- issues statement responding to rumours regarding merger with
https://www.satelliteevolution.com/post/in-response-to-rumours
In response to rumours in the market, SES S.A. has released a statement confirming that the company has engaged in discussions regarding a possible combination with Intelsat. According to SES, at this stage, there can be no certainty that a transaction would materialise. The Board of SES remains ful...
Northrop Grumman Corporation strengthens environmental sustainability goals in new ESG report
Northrop Grumman Corporation announces the release of its Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report. The ESG Report emphasizes company achievements including emissions reductions, diversity, equity, inclusion, human rights and ethical business operations. “Northrop Grumman has the talent,...
SBIRS GEO-6 satellite control authority transferred to Space Operations Command
The Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit – Satellite-6 (SBIRS GEO-6) was formally transferred from Space Systems Command (SSC) to Space Operations Command (SpOC), March 24, 2023. SBIRS GEO-6’s LM2100 Combat Bus™ is an enhanced space vehicle that provides even greater resilien...
U.S. Army selects Northrop Grumman Corporation teamed with Shield AI, for tactical unmanned aircraft prototype
Northrop Grumman Corporation, teamed with Shield AI, has been chosen by the U.S. Army to participate in the Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (FTUAS) competition, Increment 2, to replace the long-serving RQ-7B Shadow tactical unmanned aerial system (UAS). Under a seven-week base period contra...
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