Kendall Russell

IKO Media Group (iKOMG), an end-to-end service provider for broadcasters and content owners, announced it has signed a distribution agreement with Russian Television International (RTVi), a Russian-language television network whose […]

Orbital Micro Systems (OMS) announced the opening of its United Kingdom office at the Harwell Campus near Oxford, England. Home to the UK Space Agency and a growing number of […]

Thales Alenia Space has seen massive savings in time and cost for the manufacturing of its products thanks to 3D printing, said Florent Lebrun, who heads space antenna development at […]

OneWeb Satellites inaugurated its assembly line in Toulouse, France to begin end-to-end validation, testing, and integration of its first satellites set for launch in just over nine months. OneWeb Satellites is […]

In a specialized cleanroom designed to streamline satellite production, Lockheed Martin is in full production building GPS 3, the next-generation constellation of GPS satellites. The company’s second GPS 3 satellite […]

Northrop Grumman has delivered mid-boom assemblies for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Astro Aerospace, a Northrop Grumman business, designed, built and tested the graphite-epoxy assemblies. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope […]

Polynesian Exploration, a navigation startup company founded last October, has launched its high-accuracy navigation solution for demanding applications such as autonomous driving and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The company designed […]

Ajit Pai, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, released a statement this week confirming that the FCC has approved OneWeb’s petition to enter the U.S. market with its planned constellation […]

Iridium Communications announced the successful second launch of its next-generation network, Iridium Next. This payload of 10 satellites deployed into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) approximately one hour after a SpaceX […]

Satellogic, which operates a constellation offering high-resolution and hyperspectral data, announced it has closed a $27 million Series B funding round. The Series B round closed the same week as […]

On June 23, the first liquid chemical propulsion propelled nano-spacecraft — a 3U LituanicaSat 2 developed by NanoAvionics — soared into polar sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 508 km. […]

Reederei Hamburger Lloyd, a Hamburg-based shipping group, will move its fleet of nine container ships and six bulkers to Marlink’s Sealink Plus VSAT package including unlimited L-band backup. According to […]

Although its bondholders’ failed to approve the highly anticipated merger with OneWeb, Intelsat will push forward with its plans to offer hybrid services from both Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) and […]

LeoSat, which is launching a constellation of up to 108 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) data communications satellites, has signed a joint statement with the European Space Agency (ESA) and 15 […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) and Airbus Safran Launchers, the 50/50 joint-venture set up by the Airbus and Safran groups, which will become ArianeGroup on July 1, signed the first […]

The Konnect Africa broadband venture set up by Eutelsat Communications has officially launched new-generation services this month, starting in Benin, Cameroon, Kenya, Lesotho, Nigeria, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania and Uganda. […]

Under an Authority to Proceed signed with prime contractor OHB-System AG, Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) is commencing work on eight navigation payloads for Galileo, Europe’s Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). The […]

PacSci EMC has successfully launched its own on-orbit technology demonstrator satellite, PacSciSat. The company will conduct payload tests to prove the performance of several of its commercial space technologies once […]

Thales and EchoStar Mobile, a subsidiary of EchoStar, announced that they are collaborating to develop mobile satellite voice and data services to meet the growing public safety needs of security […]

Orolia, through its McMurdo brand, announced its Global Aeronautical Distress Safety System (GADSS) compliant Distress Tracking Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT-DT) at this week’s Paris Air Show. The Kannad GADSS ELT-DT will enable the […]

Harris Corporation has delivered a digital weather satellite instrument to the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) that will help forecasters safeguard people in the region from typhoons and other severe […]

SkyVision has selected Communications & Power Industries (CPI) to provide Telemetry, Tracking And Command (TT&C) antenna systems for use with the GiSat 1 Ka-band satellite now under construction. For the joint […]

Spirent Communications announced that the European Union’s Training, Research and Applications (TREASURE) project is using Spirent’s testing solutions to support integration of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). TREASURE aims by […]

SES announced that Telenor Maritime has signed a multi-year agreement to provide high-speed broadband access to eight Silversea cruise ships via SES Networks’ Maritime+ solution. Telenor Maritime will use SES’ maritime […]

Thuraya Telecommunications announced the launch of its Thuraya IP M2M Service to support high volume, high throughput Machine-to-Machine (M2M) applications. by Thuraya’s real-time, two-way Internet Protocol (IP) network with speeds […]

Hughes Network Systems announced the addition of the Fortinet FortiGate 30E to its portfolio of managed network equipment. According to Hughes, the FortiGate 30E is a solution geared toward financial, […]

MVS USA announced the completion of the first phase of a global upgrade to its mobile satellite network, giving partners and customers added capacity as well as new network management, […]

U.K. startup Open Cosmos hopes to drastically reduce the cost of accessing space for nanosatellite operators with its new end-to-end mission service. According to Rafel Jorda-Siquier, the company’s founder and […]

Airbus Defence and Space and Arianespace announced they have signed a launch services contract for the next generation of very-high-resolution optical observation satellites. Two Vega C launchers will orbit the […]

Orbital ATK announced the completion of its Rendezvous, Proximity Operations and Docking (RPOD) system preliminary design review. The RPOD system comprises the sensors, actuators and control algorithms which allow for […]