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SpaceX Launches Third GPS III Satellite for US Space Force

By Rachel Jewett, Vivienne Machi | June 30, 2020

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the newest GPS III satellite, Space Vehicle 03 (SV03), for the U.S. Space Force (USSF) from Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex-40 in Florida on...

Finance

Yahsat Names Andrew Cole as CFO

By Rachel Jewett | June 30, 2020

Yahsat announced Tuesday that its Board of Directors has appointed Andrew Cole as CFO. Cole will assume the position on July 1. He succeeds Balakrishnan Doraisamy, who is retiring after...

Connectivity

SpaceBridge Supplies SCT With HTS Broadband VSAT Network

By Annamarie Nyirady | June 30, 2020

Space Communication Technologies (SCT) selected SpaceBridge to supply an High Throughput Satellite (HTS) Multiple Spot Beam (MSB) Broadband Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) Network. The network incorporates SpaceBridge’s ASAT System...

Finance

Amazon Pushes Further into Space With New AWS Business Segment

By Rachel Jewett | June 30, 2020

Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Tuesday launched a new business segment dedicated to serving the aerospace and satellite industry. The new AWS Aerospace and Satellite Solutions division will be led...

Government/Military

Hispasat Satellite to Embed Pathfinder 2 Mission for US Space Force

By Annamarie Nyirady | June 30, 2020

Hispasat revealed on June 24 that it won a contract with Artel to embed the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center’s Pathfinder 2 mission on its Amazonas Nexus...

Partner Content

Cybersecurity and Secure Deployments

June 30, 2020

Cybersecurity and secure software deployment are issues that cut across multiple sectors— aerospace, defense, energy, critical infrastructure, industrial automation, medical devices, telecommunications, and more. What these disparate sectors have in...

Mobile Connectivity

MDA, Burloak Technologies Partner for Additive Manufacturing

By Annamarie Nyirady | June 29, 2020

MDA and Burloak Technologies, a division of Samuel, Son & Co., on Monday revealed a five-year agreement to partner for additively manufactured parts and components for space-bound satellite antenna applications....

Mobile Connectivity

NXTCOMM Opens New Antenna Production Facility

By Annamarie Nyirady | June 29, 2020

NXT Communications (NXTCOMM), a new wireless connectivity company in Atlanta, has opened a new 10,000-square-foot production facility that will produce their electronically steered antennas to help meet worldwide demand for...

Government/Military

L3Harris Wins 4 NOAA Study Contracts for Future Satellite Constellation

By Rachel Jewett | June 29, 2020

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has selected L3Harris Technologies to conduct four studies on the agency’s next generation of Earth Observation (EO) satellite architecture. The studies will assess...

Government/Military

Northrop Grumman Awarded $222M to Support US Missile Detection Satellites

By Rachel Jewett | June 29, 2020

The U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) has awarded Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. a $222.5 million contract to maintain the Defense Support Program (DSP) satellites. DSP satellites...