Technology

As part of its Two-Stage-To-Orbit (TSTO) technology program, the European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded Orbital Access a 200,000 euro ($227,890) contract for the next stage of the development of the […]

PacSci EMC successfully completed initial payload tests of new technologies on its on-orbit technology demonstrator satellite, PacSciSat, on June 30. After a one-week satellite commissioning period in a 515 km […]

SIS, a new U.S. company that will commercialize SSL’s satellite servicing capabilities, has announced it signed its first customer, SES. Finance Technology Leverage (FTL) and SSL MDA Holdings will maintain […]

Rezatec, in conjunction with the University of Reading, is delivering its monitoring and prediction of pasture quality and productivity from satellites (PASQUAL) project to develop an Earth Observation (EO) satellite-based […]

EchoStar Mobile announced that it is joining the European Space Agency (ESA) and other space industry leaders in a joint effort to develop and promote 5G services, and to demonstrate […]

Italian ship owner d’Amico Group has selected Marlink’s Sealink Premium Plus VSAT service to enhance connectivity across its fleet of more than 50 dry cargo and product tankers. Sealink Premium […]

Orbital Micro Systems (OMS) announced the opening of its United Kingdom office at the Harwell Campus near Oxford, England. Home to the UK Space Agency and a growing number of […]

Thales Alenia Space has seen massive savings in time and cost for the manufacturing of its products thanks to 3D printing, said Florent Lebrun, who heads space antenna development at […]

OneWeb Satellites inaugurated its assembly line in Toulouse, France to begin end-to-end validation, testing, and integration of its first satellites set for launch in just over nine months. OneWeb Satellites is […]

In a specialized cleanroom designed to streamline satellite production, Lockheed Martin is in full production building GPS 3, the next-generation constellation of GPS satellites. The company’s second GPS 3 satellite […]

Ajit Pai, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, released a statement this week confirming that the FCC has approved OneWeb’s petition to enter the U.S. market with its planned constellation […]

Satellogic, which operates a constellation offering high-resolution and hyperspectral data, announced it has closed a $27 million Series B funding round. The Series B round closed the same week as […]

On June 23, the first liquid chemical propulsion propelled nano-spacecraft — a 3U LituanicaSat 2 developed by NanoAvionics — soared into polar sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 508 km. […]

LeoSat, which is launching a constellation of up to 108 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) data communications satellites, has signed a joint statement with the European Space Agency (ESA) and 15 […]

Harris Corporation has delivered a digital weather satellite instrument to the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) that will help forecasters safeguard people in the region from typhoons and other severe […]

Thuraya Telecommunications announced the launch of its Thuraya IP M2M Service to support high volume, high throughput Machine-to-Machine (M2M) applications. by Thuraya’s real-time, two-way Internet Protocol (IP) network with speeds […]

U.K. startup Open Cosmos hopes to drastically reduce the cost of accessing space for nanosatellite operators with its new end-to-end mission service. According to Rafel Jorda-Siquier, the company’s founder and […]

Orbital ATK announced the completion of its Rendezvous, Proximity Operations and Docking (RPOD) system preliminary design review. The RPOD system comprises the sensors, actuators and control algorithms which allow for […]

Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales and Leonardo, confirmed its acquisition of a minority stake in French company Airstar Aerospace, which manufactures airships and flexible structures. Jean-Philippe Chessel, […]

Orbit Communications Systems announced that, as part of an overall antenna control system upgrade, a U.S.-based aerospace engineering services company has placed an order for several new Antenna Control Units […]

In a new study, researchers demonstrate ground-based measurements of quantum states sent by a laser aboard a satellite 38,000 kilometers above Earth. This is the first time that quantum states […]

The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) through its Operational Satellite Applications Program (UNOSAT), and Radiant.Earth have agreed to explore new Earth Observation (EO) data innovations supporting humanitarian […]

Trimble announced that its Trimble VRS Now networks — powered by Trimble Pivot Platform software — can now process Galileo observation data in its network-modeled Virtual Reference Station (VRS) solution. […]

EnerSys has recently been selected to supply lithium-ion cells and batteries valued at over $60 million to multiple space agencies and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) worldwide, the company announced. EnerSys […]

Altair Semiconductor demonstrated Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) functionality integrated in its new ALT1250 narrowband CAT-M1 and NB1 chipset. According to Altair, ALT1250 is the only narrowband cellular Internet of […]

Orbcomm announced it has acquired the assets of inthinc. Based in Salt Lake City, Utah, inthinc provides fleet management and driver safety solutions to industrial enterprises and is a long-time […]

Blue Sky Network announced the release of SkyRouter 3, version 2.6.0, which will become immediately available to all customers. This upgrade includes a targeted set of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) aeronautical […]

Microsemi Corporation announced it has updated the hardware on its TimeProvider 5000 IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) grandmaster clock to support Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) and multi-Global Navigation […]

DigitalGlobe announced an agreement with MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) to make RadarSat 2 data available on DigitalGlobe’s Geospatial Big Data platform, GBDX, unlocking new applications made possible by the […]

DigitalGlobe announced it will launch a premium monitoring service, SecureWatch Sites, which provides current satellite images of high-interest, global locations on a regular basis from multiple commercial providers. SecureWatch Sites […]