Technology

Editor’s note for Via Satellite’s Next Space Edition 2016.

Early stage investors are meeting with space companies on a much more regular basis today than in the past, but many in the space industry are new to this fast-paced...

[Via Satellite 08-05-2016] Qatari satellite operator Es’hailSat has been busy preparing for its second satellite, Es’hail 2, as well as the completion of a new, fully owned teleport. The company...

[Via Satellite 08-04-2016] SSC Group company ECAPS has confirmed that its High Performance Green Propulsion (HPGP) system on Terra Bella’s SkySat 3 satellite has been successfully commissioned on-orbit and declared...

[Via Satellite 08-04-2016] Telespazio Vega Deutschland has successfully qualified for the frame contract with the European Space Agency’s (ESA) European Space Operations Center (ESOC). The areas of activity in the...

[Via Satellite 08-04-2016] Surrey Satellite Technology has expanded its Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite platform product capability to include additional configurations suited for missions ranging between 10 to 75 kilograms in...

[Via Satellite 08-03-2016] Eutelsat expects to see its revenues stabilizing in the fiscal 2017 to 2018 timeframe, with a return to growth following in FY18 to FY19, the company announced...

[Via Satellite 08-03-2016] Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has awarded Aerojet Rocketdyne a contract to supply the electrical power system for Dream Chaser, the company’s reusable, multipurpose spacecraft. The system will...

[Via Satellite 08-02-2016] Boeing subsidiary Spectrolab has created a new space solar cell achieving an energy efficiency of 30.7 percent. This efficiency — the metric for how much sunlight a...

[Via Satellite 08-02-2016] UrtheCast and OmniEarth have agreed to collaborate on UrtheCast’s planned UrtheDaily constellation, including joint system development, the sharing of intellectual property, and combined customer-marketing activities. The UrtheDaily constellation is...