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Connectivity
Cobham Explorer Terminals Receive Inmarsat Approval
Two Cobham SATCOM land satellite terminals have received Inmarsat type approval, the companies announced Thursday. The low-profile vehicular Cobham Explorer 323 BGAN terminal and the auto-point “fly-away” Cobham Explorer 6075LX […]
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Government/Military
NASA Selects Blue Origin, Dynetics, and SpaceX for Lunar Lander Contracts
NASA has announced that Blue Origin, Dynetics, and SpaceX will design and develop human landing systems for the Artemis program, which aims to return humans to the surface of moon […]
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Finance
Northrop Grumman Posts 1Q Growth in All Four Segments
Northrop Grumman released its First Quarter (Q1) 2020 results on Wednesday, reporting a sales of $8.6 billion, a 5% increase from the same time period in 2019. Net earnings increased […]
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Connectivity
SatSure, Songhai Labs Parter for Agriculture Tech in Africa
Cameroon-based Songhai Labs and Switzerland-based SatSure have partnered to launch a platform to fuel innovation in African agriculture and agtech markets, the companies announced on April 25. Songhai Labs, a […]
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Technology
NanoAvionics to Build Satellite Bus for NASA’s Solar Sail Mission
NanoAvionics will build a 12U nanosatellite bus for an in-orbit demonstration of NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3), the company announced Wednesday. This a result of a contract between […]
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Finance
Boeing’s Struggles Continue in 1Q, Layoffs Coming
Boeing‘s First Quarter (Q1) results released Wednesday showed the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic hitting the aerospace industry, as the company is still reeling from the financial effects of the […]
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Launch
Guatemala’s First Satellite Quetzal-1 Deploys from ISS
Guatemala’s first satellite, a cubesat known as Quetzal-1, was deployed by Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) from the ISS on Tuesday. The mission’s primary objective is to test a multispectral […]
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Government/Military
DARPA Names SEAKR Pit Boss Prime for Blackjack
SEAKR Engineering, Inc. has been awarded as the prime contractor for Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Pit Boss contract to further expand its contractual work supporting the Blackjack program. […]
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Connectivity
Inmarsat Supports NGOs in Pandemic Response
Inmarsat is working to ensure emergency responders can aid during the COVID-19 pandemic through its Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) and IsatPhone 2 services. The satellite operator has enabled its […]
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Finance
Iridium Forecasts Growth in Service Revenue Despite Pandemic
Iridium released its First Quarter (Q1) 2020 revenue results on Tuesday, reporting $145.3 million in total revenue, a 9% increase from the same time period in 2019. The company’s Q1 […]
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Government/Military
Viasat Hits Production Milestone for MOJO Gateway System
Viasat Inc. has shipped more than 200 production units of its advanced Move Out / Jump Off (MOJO) Link 16 expeditionary tactical gateway system to U.S. and international military […]
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Government/Military
Lockheed Martin Receives $5.8M DARPA Blackjack Contract
Lockheed Martin has received a $5.8 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for the first phase of satellite integration on the Blackjack program, the company announced […]
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Finance
L3Harris Team Designs Ventilator Support System
A team led by L3Harris Technologies engineers has designed a ventilation support system to help patients combat COVID-19 as part of the U.S. government’s Hack-A-Vent Innovation Challenge. The team’s i3 […]
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Government/Military
Space Dynamics Lab Built Tool Aids Asteroid Sample Collection Rehearsal
NASA recently announced that its spacecraft known as OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security) has successfully rehearsed a maneuver to collect a sample from the asteroid Bennu using […]
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Finance
Virgin Orbit ‘Bridge’ Ventilators Get FDA Approval
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Emergency Use Authorization for “bridge” ventilators built by Virgin Orbit. The company said in an April 22 release that it expects […]
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Government/Military
L3Harris Receives $27M U.S. Army Contract to Support Satcom Terminals
The U.S. Army has awarded L3Harris Technologies a $27 million contract for sustainment and support of satellite communication terminals, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) announced April 21. The contract […]
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Government/Military
FCC Updates Orbital Debris Regulations for Satellite Operators
The FCC on Thursday voted to update its satellite rules on orbital debris, specifically clarifying disclosures that satellite companies must make regarding debris mitigation. The Report and Order approved […]
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Finance
Speedcast Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Speedcast has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, the company announced Thursday. Speedcast said that pressures on the oil and […]
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Launch
Momentus, Swarm Reach Launch Service Agreement
Momentus has reached a launch service agreement with Swarm Technologies, marking its first constellation customer, the company announced on Wednesday. Momentus is a provider of in-space transportation services for satellites, […]
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Connectivity
Isotropic Systems CEO Shares Roadmap to ‘Holy Grail’ of Antenna Connectivity
This year, Isotropic Systems is in its final stage of collaboration with SES on software-defined, multi-beam customer edge terminal antennas compatible with O3b mPOWER — ahead of the commercial launch […]
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Imagery and Sensing
BlackSky On-Demand Supports Remote Intelligence During Pandemic
BlackSky has responded to the remote work situation that many are experiencing during the coronavirus pandemic by releasing the Spectra On-Demand Secure Bundle, which intelligence analyst can use to securely […]
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Connectivity
SpaceX Launches Seventh Batch of Starlink Satellites
SpaceX launched an additional 60 Starlink satellites on Wednesday, marking more than 420 satellites launched for the company’s Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation. A Falcon 9 booster launched the satellites at […]
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Connectivity
Eutelsat Signs DTH Contract With RCS Ghana
Eutelsat Communications has secured a multi-year contract with RCS Ghana to provide capacity for the broadcast of its Direct-to-Home (DTH) bouquet. The African broadcast TV provider plans to use Ku-Band […]
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Finance
Lockheed Martin Reports 10% Increase in Q1 Space Sales
Lockheed Martin saw about a 9.8% increase in net sales in the First Quarter (Q1) of 2020 compared to 2019, and said in its earnings report released Tuesday that the […]
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Government/Military
SAIC Wins $655M Space Force Ground Systems Contract
Engility Services, LLC., a subsidiary of Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) was awarded a $655 million contract to modernize satellite ground systems for the U.S. Space Force (USSF). The contract […]
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Mobility
Smiths Interconnect Ka-Band Antenna Approved for Inmarsat Network
Inmarsat has approved Smiths Interconnect’s KaStream 5000 MK II antenna system for use over the Inmarsat Global Xpress network. The KaStream 5000 MK II antenna system supports commercial and military […]
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Government/Military
Space Dynamics Lab Delivers Test Unit for NASA’s Ocean Ecosystem Mission
The Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) has recently delivered an engineering test unit of the Short-Wave Infrared Detection Assembly, to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. This is a major subcomponent on […]
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Imagery and Sensing
Airbus to Develop Instrument for Climate Monitoring Satellite
Airbus Defence and Space will develop and manufacture the thermal infrared instrument for the TRISHNA climate monitoring satellite for the French Space Agency (CNES), the organizations announced Monday. TRISHNA, (Thermal […]
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Finance
ST Engineering Wins $1.1B in New Contracts in Q1
Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) said that its Aerospace and Electronics sectors have received about $1.1 billion in new contracts in the First Quarter (Q1) of 2020. The Aerospace […]
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Launch
Maxar Hits Milestone in Psyche Spacecraft Build
Maxar completed a critical milestone for its Psyche spacecraft, which Maxar is building to launch in 2022 to explore a metallic asteroid orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter. The […]





























