Author: Rachel Jewett
March 18, 2024
There is a new industry standard consortium in the satellite industry, geared at advancing waveform virtualization for satellite gateway and terminals. The new consortium, Waveform Architecture for Virtualized Ecosystems (WAVE), announced Monday, is under the auspices of IEEE-ISTO. The founding members include Microsoft, SES, Comtech, iDirect, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Reticulate Micro, and The Space…
March 18, 2024
The first two WorldView Legion satellites have arrived at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, and could be launched as soon as April. Maxar Space Systems, which built the satellites for Maxar Intelligence, announced the news on Monday morning. SpaceX will launch the satellites in a Falcon 9 mission. Monday’s news comes after a long…
March 14, 2024
SpaceX’s Starship rocket successfully launched to space for the first time and maintained a suborbital trajectory before it was destroyed while attempting to return to Earth on Thursday morning. The third flight test progressed farther than either of the previous flight tests. Thursday’s test took place just one day after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)…
March 14, 2024
The FCC adopted a new regulatory framework on Thursday to allow satellite operators to use mobile spectrum to provide satellite-t0-cell coverage The FCC said this is the world’s first regulatory framework for "supplemental coverage from space." All five FCC commissioners approved the framework in the March 14 meeting. The FCC said this type of service…