Author: Juliet Van Wagenen
February 3, 2017
[Via Satellite 01-26-2017] Denver-based aerospace company York Space Systems is currently working with government and commercial customers to standardize spacecraft, hoping to slash both satellite price and time-to-market in the process. The company, which boasts alums from NASA, Lockheed Martin, Orbital ATK and Ball Aerospace, specializes in the mass manufacture of satellites for Earth sensing…
January 26, 2017
[Via Satellite 01-26-2017] The Defense Forensic Science Center (DFSC) has awarded UltiSat a commercial satellite communications (ComSatCom) subscription services task order. Through the contract, Ultisat will provide Ku bandwidth capacity with coverage of the United States Central Command (CENTOM) area of responsibility, teleport services, Network Operations Center (NOC) support, help desk support, and technical field…
January 25, 2017
[Via Satellite 01-25-2017] As rumors began to swirl in early January that Google’s parent company Alphabet could be selling Terra Bella (formerly Skybox Imaging) to breakout smallsat imaging start-up Planet (formerly Planet Labs), the market began to speculate about what such merger could signify. While representatives from Alphabet and Planet have yet to confirm, industry…
January 25, 2017
[Via Satellite 01-25-2017] The European Space Agency (ESA) will launch their new versatile small geostationary platform (SmallGEO) on its maiden flight in the early hours of Jan. 28 on a Soyuz rocket. SmallGEO is carrying Hispasat’s Hispasat 36W 1 telecommunications payload, which marks the first partnership between ESA and a Spanish operator and will provide…