Author: Caleb Henry

[Via Satellite 08-05-2014] SpaceX has announced its plans to build a private spaceport in Brownsville, Texas. The news came on Aug. 4 from Gov. Rick Perry’s office.  The company, which...

[Via Satellite 08-05-2014] Google’s acquisition of satellite imagery startup Skybox Imaging has officially closed. According to Skybox, the deal was completed on Aug. 1, 2014. In June Google purchased Skybox...

[Via Satellite 08-05-2014] SkyVision has installed its VPN services for the Bank of Africa (BOA) Burkina Faso, the second largest financial institution in the country. The solution is comprised of...

[Via Satellite 08-05-2014] Iridium has received the first satellite-engineering model for the upcoming Iridium NEXT constellation. The company reports that the model arrived at Iridium’s Technical Support Center (TSC) on...

[Via Satellite 08-05-2014] Decker Truckline is installing Orbcomm’s RT6000+ two-way cold chain telematics device for tracking its fleet of 800 refrigerated trailers. Acting on a new agreement, Orbcomm is currently...

[Via Satellite 08-05-2014] Space Systems Loral (SSL) received a contract from Intelsat to build the company’s next satellite, Intelsat 36. The spacecraft, to be built on the SSL 1300 bus,...

[Via Satellite 08-04-2014] Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) CEO Matt Perkins is confident that applying Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) technology to satellite will continue to revolutionize satellite design over...

[Via Satellite 08-04-2014] United Launch Alliance delivered the United States Air Force’s seventh Global Positioning System (GPS 2F-7) satellite to space on Friday Aug. 1, 2014 aboard an Atlas 5...

[Via Satellite 08-04-2014] Lockheed Martin reports that the fourth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite has completed the acoustic testing conducted to simulate launch vibrations. Next is thermal vacuum testing,...

[Via Satellite 08-04-2014] Telespazio and the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) will cooperatively run the operations for Galileo, Europe’s navigational satellite program, through a joint...