E-letter: Briefs

Global commercial airline net sales nearly doubled between July and August 2020, according to a new industry report released by Airlines Reporting Corp. (ARC). The firm said that ARC-accredited travel […]

Former NASA Administrator Dan Goldin has joined microsatellite developer Astranis as a senior advisor and chair of its new Technical Advisory Board. In addition, Astranis also announced Thursday it has […]

NanoAvionics has signed an agreement with Ananth Technologies Ltd (ATL) to distribute NanoAvionics’ products and services in India, giving the nanosatellite mission integrator access to India’s NewSpace industry.  NanoAvionics said […]

SES has opened a new full-service sports and events facility in the London area to handle downlink, decoding, processing, and recording, and services to help simplify the workflow of sports […]

Intelsat has selected Maxar Technologies to build the final satellite for its C-band transition, and has contracted with SpaceX and Arianespace to launch its new C-band satellites. The Thursday announcement […]

The U.S. Navy has selected Get SAT‘s Ultra Blade L-Band ESA (Electronically Steerable Array Antenna) to pair with SeaLandAire‘s ADARO, an Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV). Ultra Blade will allow Beyond […]

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions will begin offering services to characterize spacecraft in Geosynchronous Orbit (GEO), for Space Domain Awareness (SDA). The company said in a Tuesday announcement that these […]

The U.S. Air Force is developing two digitally engineered satellites — so-called “eSats,” Dr. Will Roper, service acquisition chief, told the Air Force Association virtual Air, Space, and Cyber (vASC) […]

Raytheon Intelligence & Space has been awarded a $13.1 million contract for a U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory program aimed at connecting military jets to emerging commercial satellite internet constellations […]

Hughes Network Systems announced Tuesday its Artificial Intelligence (AI) for IT operations (AIOps) solution for enterprise Wide Area Networks (WANs) is commercially available. The solution is integrated into the company’s […]

Viasat has expanded its residential internet service to 14 additional states in Brazil, the satellite operator announced Tuesday. This development comes after Viasat launched its Brazil residential service in seven […]

Dr. Fred Kennedy, the inaugural director of the Space Development Agency (SDA), has been appointed president of Momentus, the in-space satellite transportation company announced Tuesday. The appointment was effective Monday.  […]

The Scouting Mission for Luxembourg-based data-as-a-service company Kleos Space is set to launch on the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) PSLV-C49 Mission, targeted for early November. The PSLV-C49 Mission will […]

NovelSat and Spacecom have demonstrated high capacity satellite transmission with spectral efficiency of 10.5 bit/Hz over the AMOS-17 High Throughput Satellite (HTS) using NovelSat DUET CEC (carrier-echo-cancellation) band reuse technology, […]

Astra made its first orbital launch attempt on Sept. 12, and Rocket 3.1 failed to make it to orbit. Astra said it appears that that early in the flight, the […]

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has hired Peter Marquez as head of Space Policy. Marquez was the director of space policy on the National Security Council under President George W. Bush […]

The University of Colorado Boulder and Lockheed Martin are working on a smallsat mission called Janus to capture the first-ever closeup look at binary asteroids. In 2022, the Janus team […]

Satellite in-space transportation provider Momentus and LunaSonde on Thursday revealed a launch service agreement to fly a demo cubesat (Gossamer) to Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO) in Q1 2021, with further […]

GHGSat revealed Thursday that it has successfully completed the first portion of Series B funding, raising $30 million. This brings the company’s total funding to $55 million. GHGSat is a […]

Jordan Noone, who co-founded Relativity Space with Tim Ellis, is transitioning from CTO to executive advisor in preparation for starting his next venture. Noone emailed Relaltivy Space employees on Tuesday […]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released a draft order to make the 3.45-3.55 GHz band available for commercial 5G use throughout the contiguous United States. The mid-band spectrum is […]

CropX has acquired New Zealand-based Regen, provider of cloud-based effluent and irrigation decision support tools, the company announced Thursday. Current Regen customers now have access to CropX’s in-soil data and […]

Comsat revealed on Wednesday the signing of a new distribution agreement with Orbit Communications Systems, a global provider of airborne and maritime satellite solutions. Through this agreement, Comsat expands its […]

Planet has landed a deal to supply its imagery to critical event management (CEM) company Everbridge. Planet’s satellite imagery will now be added to Everbridge’s Visual Command Center, through which […]

Viasat signed a reseller agreement with BCN, providing multi-location businesses the option to purchase Viasat’s business internet services as part of a total BCN solution. BCN serves business customers throughout North […]

Gilmour Space Technologies revealed on Wednesday that it has secured Space Machines Company as a customer for its maiden Eris rocket launch in 2022. The company has closed two commercial […]

Construction of the Indonesian telecommunications satellite project called the Satellite of Republic of Indonesia (SATRIA) is set to start this month, PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN) announced. Thales Alenia Space […]

R4 Integration revealed on Tuesday that Inmarsat has given type approval for R4 Integration’s R4 C-130 Multi-Purpose Hatch System (MPHS) for use over the Inmarsat Global Xpress network. Global Xpress […]

Exolaunch has signed a launch agreement with German university Technische Universität Berlin for the SALSAT nanosatellite. Exolaunch is providing launch, mission management, and integration services for the Technische Universität Berlin […]

GMV Innovating Solutions Limited has acquired NSL (Nottingham Scientific Limited), a British satellite navigation and critical applications company. GMV Innovating Solutions Limited is the U.K. aerospace company under Spanish technology […]