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A Battle Against Physics: Building the Perfect Low-Cost Satellite Antenna

By Jeffrey Hill | August 16, 2021

If you’ve purchased a new car in the last decade, you probably also own a mobile satellite antenna – albeit for satellite radio. These antennas became standard issue for new...

Artist rendition of Spire's Lemur-2 satellite. Photo: Spire

Finance

Shareholders Approve Spire Global SPAC Merger

By Rachel Jewett | August 16, 2021

Shareholders of NavSight Holdings Inc. approved a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger with Spire Global on Aug. 13. The business combination is set to close on Monday, and the combined...

Launch

Rocket Lab Snags AuroraSat-1 Launch After Operator Switches Providers

By Jeffrey Hill | August 16, 2021

Rocket Lab will launch AuroraSat-1 for Finland’s Aurora Propulsion Technologies as part of a rideshare mission scheduled for the fourth quarter of this year, the New Zealand launch service provider...

Rendering of a Satellogic satellite in orbit. Photo: Satellogic

Connectivity

Satellogic Partners With African Company GeoTerraImage

By Rachel Jewett | August 13, 2021

Satellogic has signed a deal to provide satellite data to African geospatial solutions company GeoTerraImage. The data will be used for large-scale agriculture management and to develop new food systems...

Finance

Astra Posts First Financial Report Since Going Public

By Rachel Jewett | August 13, 2021

Smallsat launcher Astra reported its first set of financial results since going public through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger on July 1. The company released its second-quarter 2021...

Finance

Telesat Revenue Dips 10% in Q2 2021

By Rachel Jewett | August 13, 2021

Telesat revenue dipped 10% in the second quarter of 2021 compared to the same time last year, according to the operator’s financial results released Friday. The Canadian satellite operator reported...

Imagery and Sensing

Maxar Adds Two Customers to its Rapid Access Tasking Program

By Rachel Jewett | August 13, 2021

Maxar Technologies has added two new subscribers to its Rapid Access Program (RAP). The National Institute of Aeronautics and Space of Indonesia (LAPAN) and the Colombian Air Force have each...

Partner Content

Modulation Techniques for Satellite Communications

August 13, 2021

Modern satellites enable high data rate communications for emerging applications like connected cars and 5G. You employ complex modulation schemes to improve spectral efficiency and minimize nonlinear amplification in the...

Connectivity

Inmarsat to Upgrade L-Band Service With Elera Network

By Rachel Jewett | August 12, 2021

Inmarsat is rolling out an upgraded narrowband L-band network called Elera for Internet of Things (IoT) service using capacity from its soon-to-launch I-6 satellites. Elera will use capacity from two...

Finance

Korean Company Hanwha Invests $300M into OneWeb

By Rachel Jewett | August 12, 2021

South Korean manufacturing and technology company Hanwha has joined OneWeb’s ownership consortium with a $300 million investment for an 8% share in the company. This investment brings OneWeb’s total equity...