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Launch
Airbus-Built Solar Orbiter Spacecraft Heads to Florida
Solar Orbiter, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) flagship mission to study the Sun has completed all tests and is set to be flown to Cape Canaveral ready for its launch […]
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Cybersecurity
Seakr Selects Rambus SerDes and Security IP Solutions
Seakr Engineering selected Rambus‘ 28G Multi-protocol LR SerDes PHY and the CryptoManager Root of Trust for its next-generation Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) and Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) designs. The […]
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Mobility
Globalstar Reveals Sat-Fi2 Remote Antenna Station
Globalstar revealed that the new Sat-Fi2 Remote Antenna Station (RAS), which aims to expand the capabilities of the Sat-Fi2 Satellite Hotspot by incorporating remote antenna enabling use in any vehicle, […]
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Government/Military
Swarm Receives FCC Approval to Launch 150 Satellites
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) gave Swarm Technologies approval to launch 150 satellites. According to the FCC document, Swarm will be able to “construct, deploy, and operate a constellation of 150 […]
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Launch
Boeing Builds Rocket Stages for NASA’s Artemis Missions
NASA and Boeing initiated a contract for the production of 10 Space Launch System core stages and up to eight Exploration Upper Stages to support the third through the twelfth […]
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Launch
Rocket Lab Successfully Launches Payload for Astro Digital
Rocket Lab successfully launched its ninth Electron mission, deploying a single spacecraft to orbit for satellite manufacturer Astro Digital. The mission, named “As The Crow Flies,” lifted off from Rocket […]
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Technology
Quintillion Networks, Atlas Space Expand Data Infrastructure in Arctic
Quintillion Networks and Atlas Space Operations revealed plans for North America’s highest latitude ground station, to be located 250 miles inside of the Arctic Circle in Utqiagvik, Alaska. Upon its […]
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Government/Military
Blue Canyon Develops Autonomous Navigation Technology for NASA
NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate awarded Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) a $4.9 million contract to develop a technology that allows BCT’s spacecraft buses to perform autonomous navigation on-board, without any additional […]
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Mobility
Intelsat, Marlink Expand Global Maritime Connectivity
Marlink and Intelsat agreed to a multi-year renewal and expansion of their partnership to provide broadband services to maritime vessels around the world. The multi-year agreement will deliver additional throughput […]
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Imagery and Sensing
Iceye Spotlight Radar Imaging Now Commercially Available
Iceye revealed that its recently developed Spotlight imaging mode is now commercially available to its customers around the world. Iceye Spotlight imaging enables one-meter radar imaging from the company’s satellite […]
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Imagery and Sensing
Spire Launches AirSafe API
Spire Global revealed the company’s first product from Spire Aviation, with the launch of their new AirSafe API. Spire Aviation’s AirSafe product uses Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) technology […]
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Government/Military
Comtech Awarded $98.6 Million US Army Milsatcom Contract
Comtech Telecommunications revealed that during its first quarter of fiscal year 2020, its Mission-Critical Technologies group, which is part of Comtech’s Government Solutions segment, was awarded a contract with a […]
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Connectivity
SpaceX Reportedly Files for 30,000 More Starlink Satellites
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has reportedly filed paperwork with the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) on behalf of U.S. launch company SpaceX for the operation of 30,000 additional SpaceX Starlink […]
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Government/Military
Sercon Wins $49 Million US Navy SubHDR Contract
The U.S. Navy‘s Naval Undersea Warfare Center awarded Serco the sole awardee for an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract to deliver system engineering technical services for the Submarine High Data […]
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Launch
Astrobotic, Dymon to Bring Lunar Rover to Moon
Dymon signed a joint agreement with Astrobotic to send the first Japanese lunar rover onboard the Peregrine lunar lander to the Moon in 2021. Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander will be […]
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Connectivity
Ursa Reveals China Macro Oil Storage Indicator
Ursa launched China Macro, a new oil storage product for portfolio managers, macro funds, long-term investors and market analysts. Ursa currently uses its satellite radar technology, specifically Synthetic Aperture Radar […]
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Connectivity
Bringing Broadband to Africa
We experience broadband in different ways around the globe. In more developed areas, we’re hungry for faster speeds, especially as we roll out 5G and connect more of our daily […]
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Government/Military
US Air Force Selects Firefly for Orbital Services Program-4 Contract
Firefly Black, the national security and civil space subsidiary of Firefly Aerospace, was selected by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center’s Small Launch and Targets Division as […]
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Imagery and Sensing
LeoLabs Reveals Kiwi Space Radar
LeoLabs launched Kiwi Space Radar (KSR) today. As the first commercial radar to track objects in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) smaller than 10 centimeters, the KSR aims to set a new […]
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Government/Military
Viasat Reveals Availability of Government Terminal Modification Kit
Viasat revealed the availability of a government-focused terminal modification kit that aims to provide third-party terminal vendors with regional access to satcom architectures including hybrid, multi-network architectures. The modification kit […]
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Government/Military
US Air Force Missile Warning Satellites Pass Preliminary Design Review
The U.S. Air Force‘s Next Generation OPIR Geosynchronous Earth Orbiting (GEO) satellite program, commonly referred to as NGG, achieved another milestone by completing its system/ground and space vehicle Preliminary Design […]
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Launch
Blue Canyon Technologies Supports MIT CubeSat Mission
Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) today revealed its role in supporting MIT Lincoln Laboratory’s Agile MicroSatellite (AMS) mission. BCT will design, manufacture, and operate a 6U CubeSat the mission, which aims […]
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Mobility
AirNet, Lufthansa Technik Provide IFC in Chinese Market
AirNet Technology (formerly known as AirMedia Group) revealed that one of its subsidiaries, Air Esurfing Information Technology (ARE), signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Lufthansa Technik to provide In-Flight Connectivity […]
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Connectivity
ILS Successfully Launches EUTELSAT 5 West B Satellite
International Launch Services (ILS) successfully launched Eutelsat Communications’ EUTELSAT 5 West B into super-synchronous transfer orbit using a Proton Breeze M rocket. The vehicle lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome […]
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Finance
Maxar to Open Facility in St. Louis
Maxar Technologies will open a new facility in St. Louis, Missouri, to support growth in several U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) programs. The facility will be located in the Globe […]
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Government/Military
Seakr Awarded DARPA Blackjack Contract
Seakr Engineering was awarded a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Pit Boss contract supporting the Blackjack Proliferated Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) Demonstration Program. Key contributors to Seakr’s Pit Boss effort […]
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Launch
Astroscale Begins Assembly of ELSA-d Mission
Astroscale entered the Assembly, Integration, and Test (AIT) phase of its End-of-Life Services by Astroscale-demonstration (ELSA-d) mission, following completion of design reviews and subsystem testing. ELSA-d, the world’s first commercial […]
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Launch
SpaceX Starship Payload Can Carry Satellites
Last week, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gave a presentation revealing the Starship test rocket, and discussed future plans of an orbital-flight launch targeted for 2020. Although there has been much […]
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Mobility
KVH Reveals a VSAT Service for Yachts
KVH Industries is introducing KVH Elite, a Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) streaming service delivering HD-quality, dedicated bandwidth to yachts in selected geographic regions. The new KVH Elite streaming service […]
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Government/Military
Viasat Opens Two Test and Integration Facilities in Australia
Viasat established two sovereign Maintenance, Test, and Integration Facilities (MTIF) in Canberra and Newcastle, Australia. The facilities are located to help align with Australia’s needs and provide access to service […]



























