Agricultural analytics company CropX has partnered with Costa Rican agroforestry equipment vendor FarmAgro to provide satellite-powered precision agriculture tools to farmers in Central America. The partners will deploy applications such as automated irrigation, soil- and crop-specific management, and Geo-tagging to more than 205 million hectares of banana, coffee, sugarcane, pineapple, melon, and mango plots. The…

Blockchain hardware wallet technology from SpaceChain has reached the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as part of a CRS-19 commercial resupply service mission. According to SpaceX, its Dragon spacecraft reached the ISS on Dec. 8.  This is the first technology demonstration of blockchain hardware on the ISS, and it will be…

Kerbal Space Program Enhanced Edition: Breaking Ground Expansion is now available for PlayStation4, PlayStation4 Pro and across the Xbox One family of devices. In the video game, made by Private Division and Squad, players lead the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. The expansion Kerbal Space Program: Breaking Ground launched on…

Arabsat is one of the world’s biggest operators, and a major player in both the Middle East and Africa. However, like most traditional Geostationary Orbit (GEO) operators, it faces decisions on what to do next. The operator has had a strong year, and saw the successful launch of the Arabsat 6A satellite, the last of…