Technology

Blockstream has announced the availability of Blockstream Satellite, a new service that broadcasts real-time Bitcoin blockchain data from a group of communication satellites in space. According to the company, Blockstream […]

Australian nanosatellite startup Inovor Technologies has proposed a new potential solution to monitor orbital debris: using optical sensors from Low Earth Orbit (LEO) to track space junk further out in Geosynchronous Earth […]

Euroconsult expects more than 6,200 smallsats will be launched over the next 10 years, according to its “Prospects for the Small Satellite Market” report released on Aug. 11. Analysts from the […]

DigitalGlobe has announced the SpaceNet Challenge Round 2 results and its plans for the next challenge as well. A collaboration between DigitalGlobe, CosmiQ Works, and NVIDIA, SpaceNet leverages an online […]

We have laws, regulations, and norms of behavior on our roadways, waterways, and airways. We classify and regulate traffic based on things like size, maneuverability, weight, hazard potential, and others. […]

Ursa Space Systems has announced its planned expansion to provide global oil inventory coverage. Building on its China Oil Storage Report, Ursa will deliver Global Oil Storage Reports on a […]

Clyde Space has commissioned a ground station at its Glasgow, Scotland headquarters to control and track satellites for its customers. The station includes a fine accuracy rotator system enabling high […]

Chinese researchers have been experimenting with laser technology in hopes of unlocking a new way to securely transmit data via satellite using quantum technology. Now, researchers have announced some progress […]

It was all smallsats this week at the Small Satellite Conference in Utah. However, the conversations about smallsats’ place in our industry has been going on for quite a while. […]

Young smallsat companies seeking to build a successful business must be wary of the implications that come along with their investors’ capital, warned a panel of experts at the SmallSat […]

Else announced it has completed a $3 million seed round supported by Airbus Ventures, as well as numerous additional Swiss and internationally-based private investors. The seed round follows $3 million […]

Clyde Space has announced a new partnership with California space company Audacy, which is developing a constellation of relay satellites to provide non-stop, real-time communications coverage for commercial customers in […]

PacSci EMC successfully completed propulsion technology tests with its on-orbit technology demonstrator satellite, PacSciSat, on Aug. 1. Over the past month of continuing on-orbit operations in a 515 km, sun-synchronous, […]

Accion Systems and York Space Systems have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on a standardized propulsion system for future use with York Space Systems’ spacecraft platform. As […]

A great day for our friends in Ghana as the nation celebrates launching GhanaSat 1 — its first satellite — into orbit on a SpaceX rocket. While Ghana’s government didn’t […]

SpacePath Communications and Datum Systems, which manufactures satellite modems, have jointly announced a strategic sales and support partnership. SpacePath will provide distribution and technical support for Datum’s modems, which are […]

Highlighting its ambitions to focus on connected cars, Ford has announced its former head of smart mobility, Jim Hackett, will take over as the company’s CEO; he will replace Mark […]

As we head into the SmallSat Conference next week in Utah, this interview with Dan Berkenstock, our 2014 Satellite Executive of the Year, is a good reminder of how fast things […]

Preliminary construction is underway on a new $350 million Lockheed Martin facility that will produce next-generation satellites. The new Gateway Center, located on the company’s Waterton Canyon campus near Denver, […]

ImageSat International (ISI) has been investing heavily in its development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) analytics in hopes of capitalizing on the abundance of new satellite-based imagery. In an interview with […]

Recent hacks of smart-home devices seem to have caught the attention of United States lawmakers, who have drafted a bill that aims to regulate the Internet of Things (IOT). With […]

An Australian startup is developing a new ion engine that could potentially recycle space junk into fuel to provide thrust for satellites on orbit. According to Neumann Space Founder and […]

Clyde Space has formed a partnership with conglomerate Teledyne e2v to use quantum technology to provide a solution capable of creating “cold atoms” in space. According to Clyde Space, laboratory […]

Aphelion Orbitals, a nanosatellite manufacturer and launch services startup, announced it has successfully closed on $500,000 in seed funding from an international group of angel investors. The company aims to develop a […]

Flexibility is a key cornerstone of Airbus Defense and Space’s strategy to keep the business rolling amid a lull in Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) satellite orders, according to the company’s […]

DigitalGlobe’s shareowners have overwhelmingly voted to approve the company’s proposed merger with MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) at a meeting held on July 27. According to DigitalGlobe, approximately 93 percent […]

Quintech Electronics & Communications recently announced that a government contractor will use its Nexus-4 16 port mesh test matrix switch to expedite development of its Software-Defined Radio (SDR) systems. In […]

Boeing reported a pop in earnings and operating cash flow in the second quarter of this year, driven by improved operating performance, according to the company. Revenue for the its […]

Sky and Space Global has successfully tested Radio Frequency (RF) communications between its three demonstrator nanosatellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), thus becoming one of the first prospective NewSpace operators […]

The Norwegian Space Center has announced successful deployment of critical antennas and probes on the NORsat 1 and NORsat 2 microsatellites built by Canada’s Space Flight Laboratory (SFL), which launched […]