Technology

[Via Satellite 01-05-2016] MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has signed a contract valued at more than CA$10 million ($7.1 million) with Orbital ATK to provide a communication antenna subsystem for...

[Via Satellite 01-05-2016] Com Dev International has received an order to begin work on the third satellite of a multiple-satellite contract awarded in October 2013. The contract is valued at...

Small satellites, or SmallSats, have typically been relegated to a secondary position when it comes to launching. But now that SmallSats have grown so numerous, they are changing the launch...

[Via Satellite 01-04-2016] This week, we will be talking to some of the key decision makers in the satellite industry regarding their 2015 highlights. To kick off this week, we...

[Via Satellite 01-04-201] British small satellite manufacturer Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) is marking the 10-year anniversary of in-orbit operations for its GIOVE A satellite, the pathfinder mission for Europe’s...

[Via Satellite 01-04-201] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will be opening a 100-acre space park in Bangalore, according to reports. Private industry players will be able to use the...

[Via Satellite 12-31-2015] NASA has selected Aerojet Rocketdyne for a public-private partnership to mature the design of the 1-Newton GR-1 monopropellant thruster, which uses a green propellant known as AF-M315E....

[Via Satellite 12-31-2015] China Great Wall Industries Corporation (CGWIC) has announced Nigerian Communications Satellite (NigComSat) as the winner of a bidding process to provide In-Orbit test (IOT) and carrier Spectrum...

[Via Satellite 12-29-2015] SpeedCast International has signed a definitive agreement for the acquisition of NewCom International, a satellite communications service provider specializing in the South and Central American regions. With...

[Via Satellite 12-29-2015] DataPath has appointed Carsten Drachmann has as vice president and general manager for DataPath’s portable satellite terminals business unit based in Sweden, and George Tong as DataPath’s vice president of...