Author: Annamarie Nyirady

Khristian Jones is a senior aerospace engineering student at Wichita State University, and one of the co-founders of the Patti Grace Smith Fellowship. The Patti Grace Smith Fellowship, an official spin-off of the Brooke Owens Fellowship, provides Black undergraduate students with paid summer internships at aerospace companies and nonprofits. The fellowship was launched in 2020,...

German rideshare provider Exolaunch was a part of SpaceX’s Transporter-1 mission on Sunday, the largest rideshare mission to date, carrying 143 satellites in total. Exolaunch brought 30 satellites along for the flight, including satellites for new and returning customers totaling 500 kilograms of capacity.  Exolaunch integrated satellites for customers including the German Aerospace Center (DLR),...

In this episode, Maxime Puteaux, principal advisor at Euroconsult, gives us the rundown of satellite trends in 2020, as well as what he sees happening in the decade ahead. Puteaux reviews a forecast of satellite manufacturing and launch services, pegged to a recent Euroconsult report on the subject. Looking back at 2020, Puteaux notes it...

Exotrail had a successful first cubesat mission equipped with ExoMG Hall-effect electric propulsion technology, the company reported Jan. 12. The company completed an in-orbit demonstration mission launched to Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) on Nov. 7 last year, onboard a Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) PSLV rocket. Exotrail nominally ignited its ExoMG electric propulsion system on the...

Airbus revealed Thursday that it has successfully completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for the Skynet 6A project. The project now has permission to move into the next phase, which leads to the Critical Design Review (CDR). Airbus was awarded the Skynet 6A contract in July 2020. The contract signed with the U.K. Ministry of...

SES revealed Tuesday that Southern Cross Cables Limited (SCCL) will use SES Networks’ connectivity services to upgrade its undersea Southern Cross cable network. This project will help improve communications between Nukunonu in Tokelau, Kiritimati Island in Kiribati, and the rest of the world. The Southern Cross cable network was introduced in 2000, and is an...

Globe Telecom awarded Gilat Satellite Networks a multi-million dollar managed service contract for cellular backhaul over satellite, as part of a significant project expansion between the two companies. The exact dollar value of the contract was not disclosed. Globe is the largest Mobile Network Operator (MNO) in the Philippines, and the company chose Gilat’s solution to...

Hughes Network Systems revealed last Friday the launch of Hughes Express Wi-Fi in Chile. Each Hughes Express Wi-Fi hotspot uses Hughes’ satellite connectivity and Facebook Connectivity’s Express Wi-Fi platform.  Hughes Express Wi-Fi hotspots are already available at more than 1,500 sites across Latin America including in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Perú. Each hotspot includes a...

Globalstar revealed Jan. 7 that business partner Nokia entered into an agreement with Tideworks Technology to deploy Globalstar’s Band 53 spectrum at the Port of Seattle, Terminal 5. This deployment is the second collaboration between Globalstar and Nokia at a U.S. Port. Globalstar’s Band 53 is a mid-band spectrum resource that the company offers partners for...

Vislink revealed Thursday the launch of IP Link 3.0, a new Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) 3.0 Studio-Transmitter Link system for broadcasting service platforms. Vislink’s IP data over Radio Frequency (RF) system helps deliver data access to remote or hard-to-access transmitter locations. Additionally, the IP Link 3.0 uses high order modulations and strong Forward Error...