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Finance
Azercosmos Signs Partnership With HorizonSat
Azercosmos has signed a partnership agreement with HorizonSat, a provider of telecommunications, internet, and satellite services in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). According to this agreement, HorizonSat will provide data […]
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Government/Military
Kathy Lueders to Lead NASA’s Human Spaceflight Office
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine Friday selected Commercial Crew Program Manager Kathy Lueders to be the agency’s next associate administrator of the Human Exploration and Operations (HEO) Mission Directorate. Since 2014, […]
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Imagery and Sensing
US Space Force Completes GPS III SV-08 Core Mate, Names Vehicle After Katherine Johnson
The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center’s (SMC) Global Positioning System (GPS) III program reached a major milestone with the successful core mate of GPS III Space Vehicle […]
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People
Exploring Space Medicine with Dominic Tanzillo
What is space medicine? Although the answer can vary, the practice focuses on ways to keep humans in homeostasis while they endure extreme environments. There’s also ways that the space […]
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Podcast
Making Space in the Space Industry With SEDS Director of Projects Nicole Chase
What does “space is for everyone” really mean? Nicole Chase tackles this question in her work. In order to make the space industry accessible for everyone, it’s important to understand […]
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Podcast
Launching Both CubeSats and Events With SEDS Rice President Ryan Udell
With the world around us constantly changing, next-generation space leadership is more important than ever. But, what does it mean? What does it look like? SEDS Rice Chapter President Ryan […]
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Mobility
Crowley Maritime Installs Inmarsat’s Fleet Xpress
Crowley Maritime has contracted to install Inmarsat‘s Fleet Xpress on a majority of its vessels. Crowley Maritime owns, operates, and manages a fleet of close to 200 vessels including conventional […]
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Imagery and Sensing
ICEYE Demonstrates New SAR Interferometry Capability
ICEYE has demonstrated interferometric capabilities from Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites under 100 kg in mass, saying it is the first to do so. With an actively maintained 18-day ground […]
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Imagery and Sensing
Lockheed Martin Joins GPS Innovation Alliance
The GPS Innovation Alliance (GPSIA) has announced Lockheed Martin as the newest member of the organization. Lockheed Martin joins member companies John Deere, Garmin, Trimble, and Collins Aerospace as well […]
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Connectivity
European Commission Approves Canal Digital, Viasat Consumer Venture
The European Commission approved the previously announced combination of Canal Digital, Telenor Group’s satellite pay-TV business, with Viasat Consumer, Nordic Entertainment Group’s satellite pay-TV and broadband-TV business, into a new […]
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Launch
Firefly Aerospace, Spaceflight Sign Launch Services Agreement
Firefly Aerospace, a provider of launch vehicles, spacecraft, and in-space services, and Spaceflight, a launch services and mission management provider, have signed a Launch Services Agreement (LSA). The agreement confirms […]
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Government/Military
Envistacom Awarded $11M for US Army Global Tactical Advanced Communications Systems
Envistacom was awarded a $11 million task order to provide satellite communications systems through the U.S. Army Global Tactical Advanced Communications Systems (GTACS) contract, an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) […]
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Government/Military
Comtech Receives $6M to Support US Army’s Blue Force Tracking System
Comtech Telecommunications revealed that during its Third Quarter (Q3) fiscal year 2020, its Mission-Critical Technologies group, which is part of Comtech’s Government Solutions segment, through its Maryland-based subsidiary, Comtech Mobile […]
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Finance
ACCESS.SPACE Alliance Urges Smallsat Sector to Support Pandemic Response
ACCESS.SPACE Alliance, which represents the small satellite sector and its stakeholders, has called for support for the sector during the Covid-19 crisis. The organization said that since the Covid-19 virus […]
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Finance
Investor Calls Loft Orbital the “Amazon Web Services of Space”
Startup Loft Orbital wants to shake up space with technology standardization. Their proprietary Payload Hub technology is a universal payload adapter that can fly any payload on a standard satellite […]
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Launch
Hughes Jupiter to Power SES-17 Satellite Ground Network
SES will employ the Hughes Jupiter System to enable services on its SES-17 satellite, which is being built by Thales Alenia Space and expected to launch in 2021. The agreement […]
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Government/Military
Envistacom Awarded $47 Million for US Army Satcom Terminals
Envistacom was awarded a $47.8 million, three-year award to support the Deployable Ku-Band Earth Terminal (DKET) program managed by the U.S. Army’s Product Manager Satellite Communications (PdM SATCOM). The task […]
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Launch
Spaceflight to Launch SEOPS-2 Mission in January
Spaceflight, together with Hypergiant SEOPS, will be launching three cubesats from the International Space Station (ISS) and Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft in early January. The payloads will travel to the […]
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Mobility
Consolidation Key for IFC Market Profitability
The In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) market has taken off in recent years. But, will the trend continue? According to reports published by both Euroconsult and NSR, the forecast looks good, but […]
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Launch
Arianespace Launches Inmarsat GX5, TIBA-1 Satellites
Arianespace successfully orbited two geostationary satellites: TIBA-1, for Thales Alenia Space and Airbus Defence and Space on behalf of the Government of Egypt; and GX5 for the operator Inmarsat. The launch […]
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Government/Military
US Space Command Operationally Accepts WGS-10 Satellite
The U.S. Space Command accepted the Wideband Global Satcom (WGS)-10 satellite into the operational constellation and will be transitioning users to utilize the bandwidth provided by this new satellite. Boeing […]
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Connectivity
ProSiebenSat.1 Selects AWS as Primary Cloud Provider
Amazon Web Services (AWS) revealed that ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE — a European satellite and cable broadcaster operating television channels, digital Video on Demand (VoD) platforms and e-commerce brands — selected […]
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Government/Military
PathFinder Digital Receives Follow-on US Army Prophet Program Contracts
PathFinder Digital was awarded multiple follow-on contracts by General Dynamics Mission Systems for the production and delivery of BAT-750 MVSAT terminals for integration and use on the U.S. Army Prophet […]
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Government/Military
General Dynamics Installs GPS Onto US Military Vehicles in Germany
General Dynamics Mission Systems installed a new GPS system onto U.S. military vehicles in Germany that allows U.S. forces to operate in an environment when GPS signals are degraded or denied. […]
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Launch
Orion Ships to Ohio for Testing Before Launch
The Orion spaceship transferred from the Kennedy Space Center to Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio, and is scheduled to arrive on Nov 26. Its destination the world’s largest thermal […]
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Mobility
Sigfox Launches Private Area Network
Sigfox, a provider of Internet of Things (IoT) services, revealed the launch of its Private Area Network (PAN) offer. The new PAN aims to be deployed in more than 65 […]
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Mobility
Garmin Supplies Satcom Devices to World Central Kitchen
Garmin International is supporting World Central Kitchen, a nonprofit organization that works to create solutions to hunger and poverty around the world. WCK team members are equipped with inReach Mini […]
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Launch
Arianespace Postpones Inmarsat GX5, TIBA-1 Satellite Launch
Arianespace postponed the launch of an Ariane 5 rocket, which would carry Egypt’s TIBA-1 satellite and the Inmarsat GX5 satellite. This was due to a power supply anomaly in the […]
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Mobility
Lacuna Space and Miromico Reveal Collaboration
Lacuna Space and Miromico signed a collaboration agreement for the development and provision of off-the-shelf communications devices using ultra low-power and low-cost satellite links. Following successful tests conducted this year, the […]
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Government/Military
UK, Australia Use Space Technology to Protect Against Climate Change
The U.K. Space Agency is looking for project ideas, to be delivered through U.K. aid, that use the data collected by satellites to improve decision-making for disaster risk reduction, ocean […]




























