Technology

[Via Satellite 04-14-2016] Wolfspeed, a Cree company, has completed testing of its Gallium Nitride on Silicon Carbide (GaN-on-SiC) Radio Frequency (RF) power transistors to demonstrate compliance with NASA reliability standards...

[Via Satellite 04-13-2016] Intelsat and Orbital ATK have announced a new satellite life extension service agreement where Orbital ATK will extend the life of an Intelsat satellite by five years...

[Via Satellite 04-13-2016] Blue Origin will not make satellites, though the company’s orbital vehicle will be available to launch such spacecraft, founder Jeff Bezos said Tuesday, April 12 at the...

[Via Satellite 04-13-2016] Boeing has completed, and delivered to storage, the last in a series of communications satellites for NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) constellation. TDRS M is...

[Via Satellite 04-11-2016] Small satellites could open up new business models for governments and other interested parties. This was one of the key findings of the “Data from Satellite Constellations”...

[Via Satellite 04-06-2016] Bigelow Aerospace and United Launch Alliance (ULA) are teaming to deliver habitable vehicles to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) as soon as 2020, the companies announced Monday April...

[Via Satellite 04-12-2016] BridgeSat, designer of an optical communications network for SmallSats and aerial platforms, has partnered with Surrey Satellite Technology US to develop a free-space optical communications system. The...

[Via Satellite 04-08-2016] U.S. regulators are grappling with how to ascribe the most appropriate policies for small satellites as their proliferation becomes more significant. Agency representatives and private sector executives,...

[Via Satellite 04-07-2016] Swedish Space Corporation (SSC), a company launched in 1972 that serves both the legacy and emerging space markets, is working actively to overcome “old space” tendencies ingrained...

[Via Satellite 04-06-2016] Earth observation company Terra Bella, previously known as Skybox Imaging, wants to have 21 satellites in orbit by the end of next year. The Google company has...