Technology

[Via Satellite 08-05-2015] Millennium Space Systems has initiated the manufacture of the first commercial Altair spacecraft, a low cost platform for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites. Altair 1 uses a...

[Via Satellite 08-03-2015] Emerging markets, and Latin America in particular, are expected to be primary drivers of growth for Eutelsat Communications, according to Chairman and CEO Michel de Rosen. The...

[Via Satellite 08-03-2015] NASA’s former deputy administrator Lori Garver has joined MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates’ (MDA) board of directors, effective immediately. Garver served as deputy administrator at NASA from 2009...

[Via Satellite 08-03-2015] Russian satellite operator Gazprom Space Systems (GSS) has initiated cooperation with U.S. Electrodynamics (USEI) of Brewster, Wash., for teleport services. USEI has pointed one of its 9-meter antennas...

[Via Satellite 08-03-2015] Over the last few months, the area of small satellites has been one of the hottest topics in the industry, partly as OneWeb, SpaceX and LeoSat all...

[Via Satellite 08-03-2015] Startups often fail, it’s a well-known fact. Space is hard; this is also well known. Put the two together, and the barrier to entry for new satellite...

[Via Satellite 07-31-2015] The government of Canada has announced an investment of CA$3.7 million ($2.8 million) in the Inuvik Satellite Station Facility (ISSF) to improve and build roads granting access...

[Via Satellite 07-31-2015] Globecomm has received an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract from a preexisting customer to upgrade its telecommunications infrastructure. The global multilateral organization previously ordered several hundred...

[Via Satellite 07-30-2015] Telesat expects it will order a previously announced replacement satellite by the end of this year. The new satellite would replace Telstar 18, which is currently in...

[Via Satellite 07-30-2015] VT iDirect, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering), has formed a wholly owned subsidiary, VT iDirect Solutions in Ireland. The new subsidiary is...