January 2019 Satellite NewsVisit www.satnews.com for today's news
January 31, 2019 GKN Aerospace's New Nozzle Technology Includes a 'Sandwich' patented manufacturing method for actively cooled nozzle extensions, i.e. the so-called “Sandwich” laser welded channel wall technology.
Full Story
The 2019 Board of Directors and the Satellite Mobility Awards are Announced by the Mobile Satellite Users Association MSUA is a nonprofit association dedicated to promoting satellite mobility innovation and development of the satellite mobility market worldwide. The...
Full Story
Yes and Oui ... American Web Industries Acquires French Omega Systèmes Atlantique and Aquitaine acquisition of Omega Systèmes is a textbook strategic fit, bringing together the premier U.S. and EU formatters of advanced materials for aerospace
Full Story
Satcom Global Supplied Winning Rowing Team Tyne with Iridium GO! SATCOM The squad set off in December from the Canary Islands, spending more than six weeks at sea and set off flares as they finished more than a month...
Full Story
Iran Vows to Send Man Into Space Within Five Years ... Tehran Space Program Could be Cover for Nuclear-Capable ICBMs Secretary Mike Pompeo in response to Washington Free Beacon questions said their space program provides Iran with critical know-how about ICBMs.
Full Story
Gilat Gains Multi-Year Contract to Supply Connectivity Solutions Across India L&T selected Gilat’s multi-application SkyEdge II-c platform to deliver broadband services across the country. Gilat’s hubs will be placed and...
Full Story
Arianespace Flight VA247 Now Fully Assembled in French Guiana for February 5 Launch Liftoff is scheduled during a 61 minute launch window that opens February 5 at 6:01 p.m. local time in French Guiana, with the two spacecraft to be...
Full Story
January 30, 2019 Next Long March-5 Launch Set by China The second Long March-5 rocket was launched from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in the southern province of Hainan on July 2, 2017...
Full Story
Blue Origin Breaks Ground for New Rocket Engine Facility in Huntsville, Alabama, and 300 New Jobs BE-4 engine is the most powerful liquefied natural gas fueled rocket engine ever developed and could end U.S.’ reliance on Russia for access to space
Full Story
Kratos Successfully Commands Spacecraft Using the U.S.A.F.'s Enterprise Ground Services Framework This demonstration directly follows on the heels of three successful pathfinder studies announced earlier by Kratos for migrating the...
Full Story
NASA's Curiosity Rover Takes its Last Selfie on Mars and Creates New Questions Mars has been the rover's home for more than a year, providing scientists with new samples — and new questions — to puzzle over.
Full Story
Further Collaboration Between Ursa Space Systems and SI Imaging Services This contract renews a long-standing partnership, extending back to Ursa’s beginnings as a satellite imagery analytics company and the companies are...
Full Story
SES Networks Assists Digicel Tonga with Customer Connectivity Challenges Due to Undersea Cable Cuts Under the agreement, Digicel, a mobile network provider operating in the Caribbean, Central America and Asia Pacific, uses SES’s reliable and ...
Full Story
WORK Microwave's Commercial V-Band Converters Cover Complete Frequency Band Range from 47.20 to 51.40 GHz As global consumption of bandwidth-intensive data and broadcast services increases, higher throughput satellites will be a requirement in the future.
Full Story
New Space's Earth-i Has Been Busy Updating the Beautiful Blue Satellite Map of Queensland, Australia The images have a pixel size of 80cm (one pixel equates to 80cm on the ground) so that details such as individual trees can be easily seen.
Full Story
January 29, 2019 Blue Sky Network to Deliver RockAIR Tracking to U.S. Aviation Marketplace BSN’s SkyRouter solution will also now be integrated with the RockAIR — the unit’s small form factor has been designed for easy portability and...
Full Story
C-COM Satellite Systems' First Electronically Steerable Phased Array Antenna and a Big Speaker at SmallSat Symposium C-COM Satellite Systems was... is... and will continue to be a busy company based upon their expertise in the world of antennas.
Full Story
The 2019 Nano/Microsatellite Market Forecast is Published by SpaceWorks Projections indicate as many as 2,800 nano/microsatellites will require launch over the next five years. SpaceWorks analysts projects between 294...
Full Story
Utilis Seeks Out Sneaky Leaks in the Tropics of Trinidad and Tobago It may seem incongruous that water can be a precious commodity in a tropical paradise, but that's what has taken place in the island of Trinidad and Tobago.
Full Story
Second Time is Again a Success for the Test Firing for the P120C Solid Rocket Motor for Ariane 6 and Vega-C
... the P120C is a completely new solid rocket motor, and all its development stages have been achieved faultlessly.
Full Story
On the CABSAT Show Floor: ViaLite Heading into Their Third Year This year, along with exhibiting ViaLiteHD RF over fiber links for teleports and outdoor broadcast etc ... to launch a number of exciting new products
Full Story
Teaming Agreement Signed by OHB Systems AG and Israel Aerospace Industries Under the agreement, the companies will offer a commercial Lunar Surface Access Service (LSAS) for payloads up to 150 kg. to the European Space ...
Full Story
Goonhilly Brings Data Center and Cloud Expert Onboard Chris Roberts brings more than two decades’ experience in the data center and cloud hosting industry including senior roles at Pulsant, Datapipe and...
Full Story
Network Innovations Launches Iridium Certus Services For months, Network Innovations (NI), named one of the first Iridium Certus Service Providers, has been successfully beta- and field-testing the...
Full Story
ISRO Plans Emergency "First Aid" Launch of GSAT-31 to Replace Dying INSAT-4CR Satellite ... we are using ... Arianespace as it is an emergency launch to replace the dying INSAT satellite so that communication services are not affected."
Full Story
PSN's Satellite to Have Largest Bandwidth Capacity in Indonesia will Provide 25 Million Customers With 4G “Teachers [in remote areas] also need to take test items and teaching materials […] so that they could practice teaching to a national standard.”
Full Story
Renesas Launches New Digital Isolators for SmallSats The passive input ISL71610M and active input ISL71710M offer superior performance across key electrical specifications, including isolation voltage...
Full Story
January 28, 2019 UPDATE: The System Requirements Review for the Telesat LEO Constellation Completed by Thales Alenia Space and SSL Development of key technologies for both space and ground segments will enable Thales Alenia Space to offer solutions that meet Telesat’s ambitious requirements...
Full Story
No Aloha for Alaska Aerospace's Proposal for Small Satellite Launch Facility Alaska Aerospace's CEO said they will have some homework to do after a contentious meeting with Department of Hawaiian Home Lands residents
Full Story
UK MoD Assigns Largest Ever First-Time Supplier Contract to Oxford Space Systems The ‘wrapped rib’ antenna is lighter, less complex and more cost-competitive than those currently available commercially. The antenna will be...
Full Story
Ball Aerospace's Flat Panel Antenna Communicates with Telesat's LEO Phase 1 Satellite ... First Demo Completed electronically-steered antennas have enhanced reliability due to no moving parts, are easy to install and may be manufactured in volume at low cost.
Full Story
Northrop Grumman's Bedingfield and Movius to Present @ the Cowen 40th Annual Aerospace/Defense Conference Ken Bedingfield, Corporate VP and CFO, and Steve Movius, treasurer and vice president, investor relations will present beginning at 10:45 a.m...
Full Story
New IoT Perspectives to be Addressed by FMC GlobalSat @ IoT Evolution FMC GlobalSat’s 4G/LTSAT (Long Term Satellite) service offers hybrid connectivity leveraging the best features of wireless networks (4G) and...
Full Story
New Director of Security Appointed by Globecast In this role, Presty is handling all cybersecurity and content protection-related issues including: IT security, certification, rules of use, information...
Full Story
Forrester Reports: Satellite Sector Bemoans EU’s “Digital Divide” Structure Gabriel reportedly said that it was the EU’s goal of guaranteeing at least 30 Mb/s of internet connectivity to all citizens by 2020, and 100 Mb/s by 2025...
Full Story
A Four Year Maritime SATCOM Contract Singed by Teekay with NSSLGlobal The latest contract will provide an upgraded bandwidth capability across the Teekay fleet alongside the installation of NSSLGlobal’s new virtualized...
Full Story
January 27, 2019 Euroconsult Report Focuses on Satellites to be Built and Launched by 2027 The company anticipates that 330 satellites with a mass over 50 kg. will be launched on average each year by 2027 for government agencies and...
Full Story
Sky and Space Global Shortlisted for GLOMO Awards The company is in the process of deploying 200 highly sophisticated smallsats above the Earth's equatorial belt. The congress is being held this...
Full Story
OneSpace Successfully Tests the Fourth Stage of the OS-M Launch Vehicle OneSpace successfully launched its second suborbital rocket from Jiuquan in the Gobi Desert last month. The Chongqing Liangjiang Star rocket lifted...
Full Story
Space-Qualified SSD Prototypes Shipped by Mercury Systems to Two LEO Satellite Suppliers Designed to operate reliably in high radiation environments, this device is the first commercial SSD leveraging VITA 78 SpaceVPX standards to...
Full Story
DARPA Prototype Reflectarray Antenna Offers High Performance in a Small Package The antenna, made of a tissue-thin Kapton membrane, packs tightly for stowage during launch and then will deploy to its full size of 2.25 meters in...
Full Story
Nanyang Technological University Launches its Ninth Satellite The NTU scientists plan to use their findings to build satellites robust enough to withstand what would be Singapore’s first lunar mission.
Full Story
January 25, 2019 Gilat Launches 5G-Ready Satellite Backhaul Solution ... Optimizes SkyEdge II-c Multi-Service Platform In addition, the SkyEdge II-c satellite modem product family is now being extended with its newest addition, Capricorn-PLUS.
Full Story
AST & Science Names Chris Ivory as the Firm's CEO and CCO and a New HQ Plans Ivory will develop and manage relationships with key customers and strategic partners worldwide, while also taking responsibility for all aspects...
Full Story
Turkey Plans to Launch a Defense Satellite launch project is being developed by the Undersecretariat for Defense Industries of Turkey with support of the Turkish defense industry company Aselsan.
Full Story
January 24, 2019 UPDATE: Blue Origin's New Shepard Rocket Successfully Launches... and Returns This will be the 10th New Shepard mission and is dedicated to bringing eight, NASA-sponsored, research and technology payloads into space...
Full Story
NSSLGlobal’s Iridium CertusSM Service Goes Live Iridium Certus ensures that crews at sea are safely connected and maintain consistent communication, regardless of location.
Full Story
Speedcast's Globecomm Finalizes 1,000-Site Managed VSAT Network Globecomm, Speedcast's recently completed acquisition, deployed this network, which spans 27 U.S. states and is managed from the primary...
Full Story
Resolute Mining Connects Syama Operations to the Cloud with SES Networks Resolute Mining is building the world’s first, purpose-built, fully automated, sub-level cave gold mine at Syama and is adopting high-speed connectivity...
Full Story
Iran Tries Again, After Failure, to Launch Home-Made Satellite His remarks came after the successful launch of the rocket to place the country’s Payam satellite into the orbit ended with failure at the final stage.
Full Story
Swarm Technologies Closes Their Series A Round for Constellation Deployment and More... According to the company, they have developed the world's smallest two-way communications satellites to enable low-cost, space-based, IoT...
Full Story
ISRO's Polar Rocket's Successful Launch for Military and Students' Payload as Co-Passenger Microsat-R, an imaging satellite, is meant for military purposes, but the ISRO did not give any details about it. Full Story
January 23, 2019 Arrow 3 Weapon System Successfully Tested by Israel's Missile Defense Organization and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency to produce the missile interceptors that accompany the required radars, satellites, command and control systems."
Full Story
U.S. Air Force Awards Comtech Telecommunications $1 Million Order for Latest L-Band Satellite Modem Board complies with the widest range of U.S. Government and commercial standards, and is compatible with the largest number of satellite modems in the industry.
Full Story
Users Enjoy Processing Larger Projects with Virtual Surveyor's New Software Enhancements Virtual Surveyor 6.2 solves the problem of large files by offering enhanced Clipping and Mosaicking functionality. Users can now merge multiple ...
Full Story
The First OneWeb Constellation's Satellites Have Shipped to Launch Site The satellites were manufactured at the OneWeb Satellites facility on the Airbus Defence and Space Toulouse site and the first six have been...
Full Story
Partnership Finds DOCOMO Pacific and Hawaii Pacific Teleport Committing to a Major Investment In partnership with HPT, DOCOMO PACIFIC is growing their telecommunications footprint by expanding the firm's reach and capabilities...
Full Story
AST Group Relocates to Phoenix, Arizona, and Doubles Their Space This marks a major milestone for AST since opening their office in 2011. The move reflects AST’s success in growing their business in North and...
Full Story
Integrasys Joins the Satellite Industry Association recently announced that it expects to focus on growth in various regions around the world, especially in the U.S. market, with new offices to support ...
Full Story
Viasat's Community WiFi Service Now Deployed Across Mexico The Community WiFi service uses a centralized WiFi hotspot to connect to a Viasat satellite to deliver internet service to remote communities that ...
Full Story
Europe and North Africa See Spots while Globalstar Stars with their SPOT X Two-Way Satellite Tracker over 6,200 rescue callouts including over 300 in EMENA for at-risk and lone workers, forest fire fighters to NGOs, as well as outdoor enthusiasts
Full Story
PCI Geomatics' Webinar Gets the Clouds Out of the Picture ... Creating Mosaics Using Cloud Free Satellite Imagery Creating mosaics using cloud free satellite imagery can be challenging given the persistent presence of clouds in imagery.
Full Story
January 22, 2019 U.S. Intelligence Report: Russia Conducts Successful Test of Anti-Satellite Missile heavy on theater and light on substance, the nation does still maintain the largest stockpile of nuclear weapons on the planet, a formidable submarine fleet, and
Full Story
Russia to Create Backup Manned Vehicle for Moon Flights without NASA Funding NASA did not respond to Sputnik's question whether it really turned to Russia with a proposal to create a backup manned space system.
Full Story
Canadian Astronaut's 'Photo Shoot' of Earth from ISS ... David Saint-Jacques: Dare to Explore … Earth! Not many can take advantage of shooting photos of Earth while housed in the ISS, but that's what Canadian astronaut, David Saint-Jacques, is doing.
Full Story
British In-Space Missions Plans for Carpool Satellite Launch this Year from New Zealand
The company provides access to space at an affordable entry price by launching multiple payloads on a single satellite.
Full Story
Second Generation Beamformer ICs Debut from Anokiwave for SATCOM The new IC family builds on the company's first generation of beamformer ICs, improving performance, reducing cost, and providing a host of digital...
Full Story
Under 30 Satellite Companies Spire and ICEYE Team Up To Fight Crime On the High Seas One reason for this is that ships will often turn off their AIS when they're about to engage in illegal activity.
Full Story
Canadian SmallSat Launch Services Firm Now Accepting Mission Orders According to the company, they have assembled a diverse portfolio of launch services to provide timely transportation into space, leveraging the...
Full Story
Rocket Lab's Electron to Launch a Prototype Reflect Array Antenna for DARPA The antenna, made of a tissue-thin Kapton membrane, is inside the small satellite for stowage during launch, and deploys to its full size of 2.25 meters Full Story
NASA's Flight Crew Change for Boeing’s Starliner ... Medical Issue Crew shake-ups and reassignments do happen – though they are not “routine” by any stretch.
Full Story
China Launches Two Satellites for Multi Spectral Imaging Loaded with a multi-spectral imager and an infrared camera, they will form a network with the 10 previously launched Jilin-1 satellites,
Full Story
January 21, 2019 Network Innovations Formally Launches Iridium CertusSM to Global Customers This resulted in early customer adoption with one of the first commercial activations globally.
Full Story
The Future ESA In-Situ Resource Use Moon Mission to be Examined by PTScientists The ESA mission focuses on the use of the lunar regolith, the loose soil layer that is resident on the bedrock of a planet. Being able to extract water...
Full Story
NASA's Juno Sees Spots ... Captures a Major Great Red Spot on Jupiter and Two Super Storms The storm reached its current size when three smaller spots collided and merged in the year 2000.
Full Story
Russia Mulling Sovereign's Eye Satellite Network to Watch 'Any Process on Earth' "We are now proposing a project called 'Sovereign's Eye', which would allow us to see the dynamics of any changes on Earth,"
Full Story
Defense Intelligence Agency Releases Report on China Military Power ... Most Modern Weapon Systems “China and Russia have the largest remote sensing satellite fleets outside the US. Additionally, the Chinese People's Liberation Army and the Russian ...
Full Story
Newtec Provides Solomon Islands ISP with Hub System The Newtec Dialog platform will deliver IP connectivity for the Solomon Islands government, with a single hop service from remote islands to the...
Full Story
ESA and GomSpace to Take a Nanosatellite to the Didymoon Asteroid This will take the nanosatellite technology to a whole new level as deep space is even more harsh compared to orbiting in Low Earth Orbit.
Full Story
Dr. Andy Shiang Joins Experior Laboratories, Inc. Dr. Shiang will be responsible for leading engineering efforts to support the growing product qualification and testing business sectors...
Full Story
Britain's Black Arrow, Their Only Rocket to Successfully Launch a Satellite, is on Display After 48 Years “This is quite feasibly the most important artefact linked to the UK's space history."
Full Story
Connected Buses and Trains Receive the Spotlight in NSR Report However, what is oftentimes missing from the debate, is the prospect for connected trains and buses to be served via satellite. While the broadband...
Full Story
Kacific to the Comms Rescue in Tonga The sole international service currently available is provided via a Ku-band satellite network that is operated by Kacific Broadband Satellite and...
Full Story
Connectivity Being Brought to the Galápagos Islands by Speedcast The Galápagos Islands have long faced connectivity issues due to their remote location approximately 1,000 km. offshore the Ecuadorian coast...
Full Story
January 20, 2019 Statement from ULA as they Launch the National Reconnaissance Office's NROL-71 'Spy Satellite' “Congratulations to our team and mission partners for successfully delivering this critical asset to support national security missions.”
Full Story
This Japanese Company's 400 Tiny Balls Can Create Simulated Meteor Showers ALE says it is targeting "the whole world" with its products and plans to build a stockpile of shooting stars in space that can be delivered across the world.
Full Story
Roscosmos Plans Soyuz-2 Unmanned Test of Manned-Type Configuration Craft in September 2019
Also in 2019 we are to put in space a crewless manned configuration spacecraft with the Soyuz-2 rocket. It is a relatively fresh decision. It has not ... Full Story
Vietnam Launches a MicroDragon Satellite for Various Earth Observation Tasks
is designed to monitor the quality of water in coastal areas, locate fishery resources, and observe ocean changes to assist the nation’s aquaculture. Full Story
Globecast Partners to Bring a Dozen Guigo TV Channels to Brazil ... Including a Freckle they are providing quality content for its customers, and Brazilians will have worldwide channels they didn't have access to before, at affordable prices.
Full Story
Russian Weather Satellite to Launch in June The equipment installed on Arktika-M satellite will be similar to the geostationary meteorological satellites of the Elektro-L series. Arktika-M will...
Full Story
January 19, 2019 Astranis, an Internet Startup, to Bring Service to 20 Percent of Underserved Alaskans According to the company, its contract with Astranis will bring in “tens of millions of dollars” in revenue. Additionally, there’s a revenue-sharing
Full Story
Satcom Global's New Bundle Provides Benefits Including Double Data for the Iridium Certus Maritime Service maritime service by launching a range of offers, including bundles which are inclusive of ‘double data’ airtime as well as a brand-new terminal
Full Story
DIA Examines China's Core Capabilities in Their China Military Power Report This DIA’s series of Military Power reports provides details of China’s defense and military goals, strategy, plans, and intentions. It examines ...
Full Story
Market and Technology Forecast to 2027 Reveals Evolution of Global Military Comms The communications have evolved from runners to SATCOM which has eased the transfer of information to a faster and more reliable form...
Full Story
Forrester Reports: Arianespace to Conduct at Least Five Missions During 2019 Arianespace has three firm contracts for Soyuz launches, with the first scheduled for mid-February when 10 smallsats will be launched for...
Full Story
James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies' Final Report Veil of Secrecy About Uranium Production the technologies and tools used to detect and evaluate uranium production, which is "the secretive first step toward a nuclear fuel cycle capability."
Full Story
Spectra Group Invited to the U.S. Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiments Event with SlingShot Spectra Group is an international specialist provider of secure voice, data and satellite communications systems, specifically optimized for use in...
Full Story
Historic Moment as Israeli Spacecraft Lands in Florida, Then Off to the Moon “After eight years of hard work, our dream has come true: We finally have a spacecraft.”
Full Story
In the Sahel, Pastoralists Rely on Satellites to Search for Water a water source that appears on the map after rainfall may be one that will not last more than a few days, shorter than it would take a pastoralist to get there.
Full Story
January 16, 2019 NASA's Good News ... Back-Up Electronics Should Return Hubble Telescope to Operations Agency says US government shutdown not expected to impact recovery plan for ‘Wide Field Camera 3’.
Full Story
UPDATE: Iran's Controversial Attempt to Launch a Satellite Ends Up a Moot Point as Satellite Fails to Reach Orbit The U.S. and its allies allege the same satellite-launching technology could be used to develop long-range missiles capable of carrying nuclear weapons.
Full Story
Acquisition: ETL Systems Gains Atlantic Microwave ETL Systems operates globally with manufacturing and R&D sites based in the UK. The UK facilities combined with offices in Washington DC and...
Full Story
Maxar's President and CEO, Howard Lance, Resigns... Daniel Jablonsky Named to the Leadership Position Mr. Jablonsky, who most recently served as President of DigitalGlobe, a Maxar Technologies company, will also join the Maxar Board of Directors...
Full Story
Trains Stay on Track in India Via ISRO's Satellites Improving Accuracy of Information dependent on the information relayed by the station master to the station controller and data was fed in the control chart by the controller manually,
Full Story
Torvald Klaveness Will KeepUp@Sea with Marlink's Solution for Integrated Satcom and IT Management verifying that backup is performed and that antivirus protection is up to date, all in one place, through a single click, for the whole fleet.
Full Story
Major Commercial Launch of the Iridium Certus Broadband Service Iridium Certus is a unique platform designed for the development of specialty applications and is the world's only truly global broadband service...
Full Story
Credit Facility for $200 Million Signed by Aireon LLC with Several Independent Investor Funds The 11 long-term contracts signed with the firm's launch Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) customers have provided Aireon with a strong...
Full Story
New Office and New UK Sales Director for NanoAvionics Space tech start-ups are critical elements of the commercial space focused economic strategy, spearheaded by the UK Space Agency. By leveraging...
Full Story
Avio's Additional Funding from European Investment Bank to Propel Vega C and Ariane 6 signed the contract for the financing of additional 10 million euro with the European Investment Bank (EIB).
Full Story
January 15, 2019 Integrasys Expanding into APAC and Appoints Sales Manager for the Region Ronny has a strong background in the telco industry, most recently working with a number of VSAT providers, including Metrasat and Patrakom, among...
Full Story
Global Launch System Payload Market Report Released by ResearchAndMarkets The satellite launch industry is witnessing tremendous growth with many new players entering the market. According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), a...
Full Story
Konnect Africa to Bridge the Ivorian Territory with High-Speed Satellite Internet Access to bridge the digital divide in Côte d'Ivoire with its broadband Internet particularly outside major cities, where no reliable broadband solution is available.
Full Story
Boeing Invests in Isotropic Systems By taking advantage of optical beam steering, Isotropic's innovative user terminals can simultaneously connect with several different satellites without...
Full Story
Satellogic with China Will Launch 90 Earth-Observation Satellites ... Remap Earth at 1-Meter Pixel Each Week
The company will remap Earth at 1-meter pixel resolution every week and dramatically reduce the cost of high-frequency geospatial analytics.
Full Story
Swedish National Defense Agency Issues a Warning Regarding a Chinese Ground Station The Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), under the Swedish Ministry of Defence, on Sunday told broadcaster SVT that the nominally civilian...
Full Story
Tokyo Tech's Deep Learning Attitude Sensor Delivers Real-Time Image Recognition from Satellites' Orbit Today, more than 200 are launched annually, establishing a new global 1-billion-USD space industry.
Full Story
January 14, 2019 Australia Hosts 'Space City' and Welcomes Talent from Around the World “grow the Australian space industry,” including $26 million to help launch the agency which will “coordinate domestic space activities for Australia”.
Full Story
Horizon Technologies' £500,000 Grant from Innovate UK for Space-Based RF Monitoring RF signal collection from space is a component in detecting so-called “dark targets” at sea who turn off AIS transponders to engage in illicit behavior.
Full Story
Aireon’s Payload Joins ADS-B Payload Family On Orbit This launch brought the total number of Aireon payloads in orbit to 75 (66 operational payloads and 9 spares), completing the historic launch program...
Full Story
Airbus Has the Winning Hand for Blackjack Program ... DARPA's Selection to Develop Small Constellation Satellite Bus Constellations of inexpensive satellites permit wide scale disaggregated architectures enhancing survivability across many different mission areas.
Full Story
Forrester Reports: Ten Percent Staff Cuts by SpaceX After the cut-backs SpaceX, will have about 6,000 staff on the payroll. It is not yet clear whether it is Musk’s rocket division or his new ‘Starlink’...
Full Story
Capricorn Space Announces Contract to Purchase Initial S/X-Band Antennas for Australian Ground Network - West With implementation planning and execution now well advanced, Capricorn Space is poised to offer targeted ground segment service plans to satellite...
Full Story
MUOS Comms Upgrades Contract from U.S.M.C. to Harris Corporation Harris has continued to invest in the development and deployment of MUOS and other advanced waveforms to add capability to the widely deployed ...Full Story
RigNet Keeps 'em Completely Connected with CompleteConnect Intelligent Remote LTE Services CompleteConnect automatically switches between LTE providers and LTE and VSAT to give users the most extensive and reliable coverage.
Full Story
Long-Term Transponder Capacity for PayTV Signed by True Visions Group with Thaicom The company has retained several Ku-band transponders on the new Thaicom-8 satellite which delivers payTV services to audiences in Thailand...
Full Story
Avanti's New Chief Operating Officer - Customer ... Her Position was Created for Her she was Managing Director of Customer Care and a member of the BT Consumer leadership team who grew revenues by more than £1.2bn in five years.
Full Story
Xenon and Service Modules for the Eutelsat KONNECT HTS Completed by Thales Alenia Space The avionics module was built in Thales Alenia Space (TAS) facilities in Cannes and houses all the functions required to power, control and monitor...
Full Story
A Key Role to be Played by GMV in the ESA and NASA's Mars Sample Return Mission Running from 2020 to 2030, the international mission will comprise at least three launches from Earth and one more rocket liftoff from Mars, with the...
Full Story
January 13, 2019 No More What’s NEXT After Successful Launch of Iridium®'s NEXT Satellites by SpaceX's Falcon 9 Iridium is the only satellite communications network that spans the entire globe, and Iridium NEXT is one of the largest "tech upgrades" in space history.
Full Story
UPDATE: Arianespace Soyuz to Launch the CNES EyeSat Smallsat and to Deliver ANGELS to Space ANGELS will be launched as an auxiliary payload with the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation (CSG 1) and CHEOPS satellites...
Full Story
New Antenna Control System Debuts from Radeus Labs The Model 2200 Antenna Control System is designed with a feature set to support full motion, LEO and MEO antenna applications. With velocity...
Full Story
Orbital Micro Systems and Lemon Advisors to Strategize on Weather Intelligence Services OMS operates a fleet of Earth Observation (EO) satellites that will gather detailed weather data much more frequently and accurately than current...
Full Story
Thales Alenia Space Sees Green ... Selected for ESA's 150 Million Euros FLEX Mission to Map Earth's Vegetation The sensor identifies the faint reddish glow emitted during photosynthesis, invisible to the naked eye, and identifies the fluorescence of vegetation ...
Full Story
WTA Publishes Their Top Teleport Operators of 2018 Rankings The 2018 Top Operator rankings are based on data from the last two complete fiscal years: fiscal 2017, in whatever month it ended, and the...
Full Story
China's Long March 3B Rocket Thrusts the Zhongxing-2D Satellite to Orbit Liftoff of the enhanced Long March 3B launch vehicle occurred at 17:11 UTC January 10 (01:11 Beijing time, January 11) at the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre...
Full Story
GPS III Constellation Modernization Follow-On Contract Received by Lockheed Martin Under the GCS II contract, the continued upgrade of the GPS Architecture Evolution Plan Operational Control Segment (AEP OCS) will allow GPS’...
Full Story
China's Soft Landing on the Far Side of the Moon Called a Complete Success With the assistance of the relay satellite Queqiao (Magpie Bridge), the rover Yutu-2 (Jade Rabbit-2) and the lander of the Chang'e-4 probe took photos ...
Full Story
Elon Musk Shows Off Starship On Friday, January 11, Musk stated that SpaceX had completed the installation of a Starship reusable space-rocket system launch vehicle for a...
Full Story
Global Satellite Operator Awards Comtech EF Data with Infrastructure Equipment Order The order specified Comtech EF Data's CDM-760 Advanced High-Speed Trunking and Broadcast Modem, which offers the user data rates of over...
Full Story
Forrester Reports: Inmarsat Moving Their European Aviation Network to Luxembourg Inmarsat’s EAN system, together with ground-support from Deutsche Telekom (DT), supports the company’s in-flight WiFi and broadband...
Full Story
D-Orbit Welcomes ESA and Italian Space Agency Smallsat Development Contract The program’s mission is to convert promising engineering concepts into mature products, bridging the gap between research laboratories and...
Full Story
Fait Accompli and Adieu! As the Last Batch of Iridium® NEXT Satellites are Launched the first time an operator and a manufacturer have worked together replacing a constellation of 66 satellites, one-by-one, with no user service interruption
Full Story
January 11, 2019 Maxar’s SSL Selected to Define Small Satellite Requirements to Detect Methane Emissions for Environmental Defense Fund named MethaneSAT, will enable Environmental Defense Fund to change the way detection and analyzation is established of methane emissions ...
Full Story
Iran Says Its Rockets will Send Two Satellites into Orbit, Despite U.S. Concerns Iran’s plans for sending satellites into orbit defies a resolution that Iran takes no action related to ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons.
Full Story
January 10, 2019 Newtec to Provide Kacific with Dialog® VSAT Platform for Kacific1 Satellite Newtec’s next-generation Mx-DMA return technology incorporates the best features of MF-TDMA and SCPC technologies to provide dynamic ...
Full Story
NASA Reports a Wide Field Camera 3 Anomaly on Hubble Space Telescope The super star is ten times more massive than the Sun and 200 times larger.
Full Story
Leadership Changes at Roccor and Solid Power ...Two Startups Have Taken Off and are Thriving “Both companies have been wildly successful, experiencing considerable growth within their markets over the past one to two years.”
Full Story
Special Aerospace Services to Host Fouth Biennial Human Spaceflight Exploration Forum At the event itself, there will be no press, no social media, and no post meeting attribution. Attendees will have the liberty to discuss the pressing ...
Full Story
ResearchAndMarkets.com's Small-Satellite Launch Services Market - Forecast to 2030 ... Provides Updates Many incumbent and new players have sensed the upcoming small satellite demand and have started planning for providing dedicated services and ...
Full Story
India Delays GPS Aided Geo Augmented Navigation System to June 2020 GAGAN is a satellite based augmentation system that allows aircraft to fly non-precision approaches without vertical guidance within Indian airspace.
Full Story
NASA's Expedition 58 Crew Pack the Returning SpaceX Dragon Cargo Craft with Science Experiments and Hardware Ready to head home to Earth the Expedition 58 crew busily packed the SpaceX Dragon with science experiments and hardware.
Full Story
Surrey Satellite Technology Introduces the Eutelsat Quantum Satellite — An Advanced Television Report The Quantum platform consists of a precision-engineered composite central thrust tube standing at 2.5 meters tall, which houses a bi-propellant...
Full Story
FMC GlobalSat Holdings Completes Oversubscribed Interim Funding Round FMC GlobalSat configures, integrates, and deploys a hybrid wireless and satellite connectivity solution for a range of enterprise customers, including...
Full Story
GSAT-31 Arrives in French Guiana for Arianespace Launch on February 5 with Co-Passenger HS-4/SGS-1 This newly-delivered passenger for Ariane 5 was flown to South America aboard an Antonov An-124 cargo jetliner, which landed at Félix Eboué Airport...
Full Story
January 9, 2019 Commercial Space Technologies and Applications, Second Edition ... How Space Technologies Benefit Daily Lives Dr. Razani focuses on man-made satellites and this new edition discusses the space technologies that benefit our daily lives as well as explores the...
Full Story
Intelsat Joins as a Full Member of the GSMA The association unites more than 750 operators with over 350 handset and device makers, software companies, equipment providers, and...
Full Story
GetSAT's MilliSAT Terminals to Support C4ISR for U.S. Government GetSAT's portableMilliSAT L/M terminals will be deployed to support Satellite-On-The-Move (SOTM) for land-based vehicles and maritime...
Full Story
An FCC STA License is Received by Akash Systems for Satellite Launch The GaN-on-Diamond technology will be integrated into a Ka-band (17.2 to 20.2 GHz) 3U radio transmitter and launched in a 12U CubeSat allowing for ...
Full Story
Internet of Things Inc.'s 2018 Year in Review ... Milestones and Growth Initiatives Accomplished The company provided an update detailing the milestones and growth initiatives accomplished throughout 2018.
Full Story
China Reports Giant Laser Weapons that Could Cripple U.S. Satellites and Blind Their Fleet if a World War III Multiple Pentagon and intelligence reports warn about the potential of these weapons, and according to some sources, they are already here.
Full Story
Hughes Receives SPAWAR Contract for Two Hundred Satellite Terminals The order outfits SSC Atlantic with the world’s smallest and lightest High Data Rate (HDR) terminal, enabling mission-critical military communications ...
Full Story
Network Services to be Supplied by UltiSat for $23 Million to a Major Defense Contractor During the term of the contract, UltiSat will provide fully managed internet, VoIP and business application services at Forward Operating Base (FOB)...
Full Story
Forrester Reports: Entertainment to be Afforded to UK Armed Forces via SES Satellites The armed forces use British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) as their source of entertainment and the new deal with SES will enable BFBS to...
Full Story
January 8, 2019 UPDATE: The On Orbit Hawkeye360 Pathfinder Smallsats Are Nearing Completion of Checkout and Testing The smallsats were launched last year into LEO on December 3, 2018, from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California...
Full Story
Maxar Technologies Reports Total Failure of WorldView-4 Imaging Satellite ... Out of Control Gyros Reports regarding the attempts being made to restore satellite functionality reveal that all of these efforts have been unsuccessful.
Full Story
Envistacom Selected by U.S. Army to Deploy the Company's Tactical Communications Solutions The Envistacom Phoenix satellite terminal provides Expeditionary Signal Battalions (ESBs) with high-capacity, tactical, satellite communication to...
Full Story
ESA's Hera Mission Now Includes Smallsats Hera has room to deliver two ‘six-unit’ smallsat missions to the Didymos asteroid system — a 780 meter-diameter, mountain-sized main body that is...
Full Story
Concerns Regarding the Planned SpaceX Constellation... As the IEEE ‘Spectrum’ report reminds readers, these altitudes are extremely low. “A space-based network like SpaceX’s requires two more...Full Story
Parsons Acquires OGSystems ... it's a PeARL of a Deal OGSystems’ customers include the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the National Reconnaissance Office, and Special Operations Command...
Full Story
RigNet Names a Retired Admiral as New Senior V.P. of Government Services
After retiring from the Navy, he was named Chief of the Federal Communications Commission’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau.
Full Story
IMT Vislink's $900,000 Contract from the U.S. Air Force will Supply Airborne Video Downlink, Transmit and Receive Systems transmit and receive systems, ground-based units to display real-time video imagery from aerial assets, related component and accessories, and training ...
Full Story
Horizon Technologies Takes FlyingFish™ Airborne, Includes a Contract Horizon Technologies’ FlyingFish™ became one of the key sensors in drastically reducing East African piracy.
Full Story
Orbital Data Network to Enhance Their Services Using UHP Networks' VSAT Tech ODN Inc. has decades of experience as a leading satellite network integrator and emergency services solutions provider. The company...
Full Story
National Space Club and Foundation's 2019 Goddard Trophy Winner is Robert M. Lightfoot, Jr. Lightfoot retired last April after serving as the Acting Administrator for 15 months, the longest tenure for an acting administrator in the agency's history.
Full Story
January 7, 2019 The Satellite Applications Catapult Partners with Infostellar to Provide Improved Ground Station Access The Catapult’s ground station is the primary ground location for its In Orbit Demonstration (IOD) program, a unique service that supports UK business...
Full Story
WW3 Warning: Chinese Military Strategist Reveals ‘Achilles Heel’ of U.S. Defense The military strategist for the People’s Liberation Army claims that satellites are Donald Trump’s biggest asset but also his biggest weakness.
Full Story
Forrester Reports: Satellite-Driven Broadband to Drive $159 Billion Over the Next Ten Years Over the next decade, NSR says that satellite broadband and its related VSAT capacity traffic will grow at 13.4 per cent annually “in...Full Story
Marlink Expands VSAT Services to Transpetrol Tanker Fleet The renewal secures access to Marlink’s global network and specially-chosen business critical VSAT solutions for the entire tanker fleet and two...
Full Story
Single-Photon Exchange Confirmed over Record-Breaking Distance of 20,000 km As a result, such satellites can communicate for longer with individual grounds stations and are therefore better suited for creating quantum communications networks.
Full Story
U.S. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Signs on with Hughes to Supply BGAN Satellite Terminals the order outfits SSC Atlantic with the world’s smallest and lightest High Data Rate terminal, for mobile and easy to deploy military communications
Full Story
Fewer Taiwanese Satellites Will Be Launched by SpaceX After Original Plans are Scaled Back It originally had 13 micro satellites in two groups, but the two sides agreed to scale back to the six-microsatellite formation due to budget constraints.
Full Story
The U.S. Recognizes China as a Space Rival and Takes Notice The rover, Jade Rabbit 2, has rolled down onto the surface, and its radar and panoramic camera have been activated and are working normally.
Full Story
Russia Demands NASA Explanation Over Snub of Space Chief “And I wanted to be accommodating to the interests of the senators, and so I have rescinded the invitation,” said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine
Full Story
January 6, 2019 Space History Written by China as Chang'e-4 Rover Lands on the Far Side of the Moon successfully completing the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon close-up images of the unexplored region of the moon were then captured ...
Full Story
Latest News, ULA and NRO Scrub Saturday's Launch ... No New Date Given “we understand that this is a high-priority mission for the nation’s warfighters and we take our commitment to safety and mission assurance seriously.”
Full Story
Iranian Commander States They Have Radars to Monitor Satellites in LEO “Today, we have achieved world’s modern technology by relying on domestic capabilities despite economic, scientific and technical boycott.”
Full Story
NASA's New Horizons' Most Distant Object Ever Explored ... Reveals Entirely New Kind of World "Never before has any spacecraft team tracked down such a small body at such high speed so far away in the abyss of space."
Full Story
China's Yutu 2 Goes Roving on the Far Side of the Moon CLEW also revealed that the rover would be named Yutu 2 (Jade Rabbit 2), following on from the rover for the Chang'e-3 mission which landed on...
Full Story
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems Gains U.S.A.F. SMC HoPS Mission Contract Under the Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, GA-EMS will launch a 110 kg. Orbital Test Bed (OTB) satellite and integrate the...
Full Story
Planet Provides Dramatic Photos of Before and After Krakatau Volcano Eruption What was once a crater at the summit of a 340m-high edifice has been completely broken open to form a small bay.
Full Story
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Proposes Tiny Satellites as 'Guide Stars' for Huge Next Gen Telescopes we might be able to build a telescope that's a little floppier, a little less stable, but could use a bright source as a reference to maintain its stability
Full Story
U.S. Warns Iran Against Satellite Launches ... Says Could Advance Missile Technology “The United States will not stand by and watch the Iranian regime’s destructive policies place international stability and security at risk,”
Full Story
New Zealanders Observe What is Suspected to be Reentry of Russian Satellite While it was widely reported to be a meteor shower, a Russian military early warning satellite would have been over New Zealand at the time
Full Story
New Discovery Reveals a Ring of Nano-Satellites Produces High-Res Imagery that Costs Less "Several previous assumptions about long-range photography were incorrect," researcher Angika Bulbul said.
Full Story
Lockheed Martin's $53 Million Contract from Department of Defense for Several Satellite Services for engineering, development and sustainment services supporting the Air Force Multi-Mission Satellite Operation Center.
Full Story
Why Swarm Technologies Had to Pay FCC $900,000 for SpaceBEE Picosatellites Settlement The FCC determined that Swarm had launched the four SpaceBEEs from India and had unlawfully transmitted signals between Earth stations in ...
Full Story
Ethio Telecom Considers Communication Satellite Ethio Telecom spends 12 million dollars on annual fees for satellite services and the expense soars when satellite services are utilized by media,
Full Story
January 4, 2019 Another Rover Being Scheduled for Launch to the Moon... by India Chandrayaan-2, a totally Indian indigenous venture, comprises an orbiter, a lander and a rover. After a controlled descent, the lander would soft-land on...
Full Story
January 3, 2019 Satellite-Based EO Report Now Available from NSR In an industry dominated by optical and radar imaging satellites, it is not surprising to see diversification into non-imagery assets, such as the recent...
Full Story
World Teleport Association Opens Nominations for the 2019 Teleport Awards for Excellence ...teleports are the high-tech factories where satellite and terrestrial connectivity meet best-of-breed technology to deliver value.
Full Story
The Indian Department of Telecom Interested in LEO / MEO Satellites for Better Comms According to sources, the expenses will be borne by the telecom ministry. Discussion in this regard has already started with the nation's...
Full Story
Nominations for SSPI's Space & Satellite Hall of Fame are Now Open The Space & Satellite Hall of Fame recognizes the invaluable contributions of the visionaries who have transformed life on planet Earth for ...
Full Story
January 2, 2019 Kratos Selected for Multi Projects ... Total $65 Million Attributed to a Technology Renaissance Kratos products support more than 85 percent of United States space missions, and are used by more than 75 percent of global satellite operators.
Full Story
SSL Congratulates NASA on Their Combined 2018 Accomplishments ... Together to the Moon, Mars, and Beyond These two pioneering spacecraft recently wrote history as the only human-made objects to go beyond our sun’s reach into interstellar space.
Full Story
First Smallsat Rideshare on an ISRO PSLV for Spire Smallsats is Signed by NanoRacks Polar orbit opportunities come in addition to NanoRacks’ market leadership in LEO, which includes smallsat deployments from the...
Full Story
Comtech EF Data Enhances Their Satellite Modem and Optimization Portfolio Comtech EF Data is the industry’s only satellite modem vendor that develops and manufactures an end-to-end portfolio of optimizers and...
Full Story
Russia Ramps Up for Two Soyuz Launches of UK Satellites in First Quarter of 2019 will arrive at the spaceport in mid-January to begin preparing Fregat for fueling and installing the equipment for placing OneWeb satellites on it.
Full Story
Acquisition: Bradford Space Brings Deep Space Industries Into Their Fold Bradford Space has its own green propulsion systems for spacecraft, courtesy of the firm's 2017 acquisition of ECAPS, a Swedish company that...
Full Story
South Africa's Two Small Satellites Sent Soaring to Monitor Marine Ships and Detect Forest Fires There were 26 contract satellites aboard Thursday’s rocket, including some from Japan, Germany, Spain and the United States.
Full Story
U.S. SATCOM Services Are Unsecured ... Military Vulnerable As Well The central piece of the cyber security upgrade is anti-jam communications software — called the Protected Tactical Waveform
Full Story
Aloha! Alaska Warms Up to Small Satellite Launch Facility in Hawaii he’s aware spaceport proposals have a fraught history on Hawaii Island, where community concerns about safety and environmental impacts have ...
Full Story
All Sat Communications Supplied Ocean Signal Man Overboard Devices for Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race MOB1 transmits the first alert within 15 seconds to all AIS receivers and AIS-enabled plotters in the vicinity and the DSC alarm on the vessel’s VHF radio
Full Story
China's Year's End Blast with Launch of Seven Satellites The six Yunhai-2 satellites will be used to study atmospheric environment, monitor space environment, prevent and reduce disasters, and ...
Full Story
Russia's Plesetsk Spaceport to Prepare Launch Pad for Angara Rocket in May The heavy-lift Angara rocket was fired off for the first time in December 2014
Full Story
Satellite Imagery to Increase Island Monitoring by Japan The government is worried the nation’s territorial waters could shrink if such islands become permanently submerged due to erosion by waves or other ...
Full Story
ORBCOMM Loses Their OG1 Satellite The firm is investigating the reason behind the loss of the satellite with the breakup resulting in producing some 34 trackable objects...
Full Story
Butane-Propelled GomX-4B Smallsat Mission Success for ESA and Manufacturer GomSpace GomX-4B used its butane cold gas propulsion system to maneuver away from its twin, flying up to 4,500 km. away in a fixed geometry — a limit set ...
Full Story
January 1, 2019 DISA Awards a $23 Million SATCOM Service Contract Mod to Artel LLC Performance directly supports the U.S. Air Force's Central Command area of responsibility for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platforms...
Full Story
