Technology

[Via Satellite 01-04-201] British small satellite manufacturer Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) is marking the 10-year anniversary of in-orbit operations for its GIOVE A satellite, the pathfinder mission for Europe’s...

[Via Satellite 01-04-201] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will be opening a 100-acre space park in Bangalore, according to reports. Private industry players will be able to use the...

[Via Satellite 12-31-2015] NASA has selected Aerojet Rocketdyne for a public-private partnership to mature the design of the 1-Newton GR-1 monopropellant thruster, which uses a green propellant known as AF-M315E....

[Via Satellite 12-31-2015] China Great Wall Industries Corporation (CGWIC) has announced Nigerian Communications Satellite (NigComSat) as the winner of a bidding process to provide In-Orbit test (IOT) and carrier Spectrum...

[Via Satellite 12-29-2015] SpeedCast International has signed a definitive agreement for the acquisition of NewCom International, a satellite communications service provider specializing in the South and Central American regions. With...

[Via Satellite 12-29-2015] DataPath has appointed Carsten Drachmann has as vice president and general manager for DataPath’s portable satellite terminals business unit based in Sweden, and George Tong as DataPath’s vice president of...

[Via Satellite 12-28-2015] Vanguard Space Technologies has delivered the first set of three primary components for the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) program to Orbital ATK. Vanguard was responsible for...

[Via Satellite 12-24-2015] Inmarsat has awarded Airbus Defence and Space a contract to build the first two mobile communications satellites for Inmarsat’s sixth-generation fleet (I-6). The contract, valued in the...

[Via Satellite 12-24-2015] Telesat has procured its next satellite, Telstar 18 Vantage/Apstar 5C, from SSL. The satellite will operate from 138 degrees east and will support both Telesat and partner...

[Via Satellite 12-24-2015] The supervisory board of OHB System AG, a subsidiary of OHB SE, has appointed Guy Perez to its management board as Chief Technical Officer (CTO) and head...