Technology

A Japanese consortium of Softbank, ArkEdge Space, Kiyohara Optics, and the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) are planning to demonstrate optical communications between space and the stratosphere....

Gilat Satellite Networks has received $42 million in orders from an unnamed satellite operator for its multi-orbit SkyEdge IV platform. These orders are scheduled for delivery over the next 12...

Keysight Technologies has acquired Spirent Communications in a $1.46 billion deal that integrates more communications testing technology into Keysight’s business.  Keysight, based in the U.S., provides design, emulation, and test...

Momentus will host an in-space crystallization demonstration for NASA and also demonstrate a new thruster on orbit under two recently announced contracts.  Under a $5.1 million contract from NASA’s Flight...

One of the big topics at any space conference nowadays is what impact Artificial Intelligence (AI) can have on space companies in terms of improving efficiencies and bringing new technologies...

Vitesse Systems has recently acquired ground antenna technology provider Spacetime Engineering to enhance its ground capabilities for the connected battlefield.  Spacetime Engineering provides high-performance antenna feeds for ground-based satellite and...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded Thales Alenia Space a further contract for the SAGA mission to develop a space-based system for generating cryptographic keys.  The contract announced Wednesday...

Telesat has tasked Calian Group with designing and deploying the data platform that will form the data backbone of its Lightspeed constellation. The data platform will support bi-directional, asynchronous data...

Satellite ground network provider Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) is expanding its business to offering end-to-end mission services for satellite operators to access mission operations, ground network, and data delivery in...

Space42 will help create what it calls the UAE’s first Sovereign Mobility Cloud in a new initiative working with Microsoft. This mobility cloud will be enabled by Core42’s Sovereign Public...