China has launched 150 satellites so far this year to bring its total to 650 and is expected to develop an anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon targeting Geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO) systems, a top Pentagon official said on Dec. 6. “China has the operational direct ascent ASAT missile intended to target Low Earth Orbit satellites, and the…

Globalstar has signed a deal with Argentinian agtech startup Wiagro to supply IoT transmitters to be used to remotely monitor crops stored in silos.   Globalstar announced Wednesday it will provide 2,500 ST100 satellite modem transmitters for Wiagro’s Smart Silobag product, which remotely monitors the condition of grain stored in silo bags. Deployment is estimated to…

The Office of Space Commerce (OSC) awarded contracts this week to seven commercial companies for space situational awareness (SSA) data analysis as part of a multi-orbit pilot to evaluate commercial SSA services. COMSPOC Corp., ExoAnalytic Solutions, Kayhan Space, KBR, NorthStar Earth & Space, Slingshot Aerospace and the Space Data Association received contracts for the two-month…

Astroscale and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are looking to jointly create a new satellite refueling service, the two organizations announced Dec. 7. The activities will be done under the JAXA Space Innovation through Partnership and Co-creation (J-SPARC) office. The aim is to explore concepts for a fuel delivery service for one year. The…