Millennium Space Systems, New Zealand-based launch provider Rocket Lab, and TriSept, one of the commercial space industry’s original rideshare and mission management service providers, have partnered to send small satellites into orbit that will de-orbit dangerous space debris in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO). Several 25-kilogram (kg) Millennium-built “Raptor” small satellites will launch on a TriSept-managed rideshare…

As global space activity expands and accelerates, our space environment, naturally, becomes more congested. There have been nearly 9,000 satellites launched to date. Out of those 9,000, only 5,000 are currently maintaining orbit, and out of those, only 1,950 are operational – leaving a lot of unknowns. Efforts to maintain our orbital environment aren’t keeping…

Several U.S. satellite companies have joined together in protest of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s recently proposed rules and regulations on remote sensing. Executives from Maxar Technologies, Planet, HawkEye 360, and Spire Global penned a joint response to the regulatory proposal, calling it “burdensome,” and claiming that, if enacted, would, “undermine U.S. competitiveness, impair U.S.…

Mainstream Data, a satellite IP connectivity provider to underserved U.S. healthcare, banking, and enterprise customer is purchasing a third hub from ST Engineering iDirect, in order to expand its services using the iDirect IP platform. The additional satellite IP networking infrastructure aims to enable Mainstream Data to service customers with underdeveloped communications infrastructure. Using the iDirect…