Technology

Orbit Communication Systems Ltd. has received a new order for a multi-band Gaia 5.5 m Gaia ground station. The high-gain dual S/X-band system will be installed in 2020.  Orbit said...

The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) has awarded Raytheon and L3Harris each contracts to develop protected tactical waveform capable modems, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)...

Virgin Orbit has developed a new mass-producible bridge ventilator to help in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Virgin Orbit reached out to California Governor Gavin Newsom, who connected the...

Skyrora, a United Kingdom-based smallsat launch company, has restructured its manufacturing division to produce face visors and hand sanitizer to combat coronavirus. The company said it has refocused all of...

Startup Lynk Global recently hit a Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) milestone by sending a message from a satellite directly to a cell phone on Earth — and one of the company’s co-founders...

Satcom Global’s Aura VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) solution now includes Ku-band hardware from the Intellian NX series of maritime VSAT antennas, including the v85NX, v100NX, and v130NX models, the...

SpaceX got a key government license last week, federal filings reveal, as the company clears a regulatory hurdle that moves it closer to offering a new high-speed internet service from...

The way we view space could dramatically change during the current decade. For example, by the end of the 2020s, space tourism may be a perfectly normal, thriving business in...

When Oliver Juckenhöfel began his career in the satellite industry in the mid-1990s, commercial and governmental organizations were heavily focused on launching satellites in the most efficient way possible. The...

3D printing – once the domain of nerdy hobbyists – is gaining momentum across multiple industries including the satellite sector thanks to the efforts of NASA to advance 3D printing...