E-letter: Briefs

MITRE has becoming the latest founding member of a major space cybersecurity initiative – Space ISAC. This follows on from a key announcement in April when the Space Information Sharing […]

The Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) Cartosat-3 cartography satellite, originally scheduled to launch in May 2019, will now be launched toward the end of the year in October or early November, according […]

Raytheon has been contracted by The University of New Hampshire to build the Geostationary Littoral Imaging and Monitoring Radiometer (GLIMR) sensor that will serve as NASA’s first hyperspectral imager in […]

Russian space agency Roscosmos has filed a patent for a satellite shield system that aims to protect spacecraft from colliding with dangerous objects in space. According to the patent, which was […]

In a public demonstration, Viasat and Jamaican operator ReadyNet successfully showed how Viasat’s high-speed satellite internet service could help connect communities and businesses across Jamaica. The demonstration took place in Portland, Jamaica, […]

The U.S. Air Force used Raytheon Company‘s GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System, known as GPS OCX, to support the launch of its second GPS III satellite into space. The ground […]

Rohde and Schwarz (R&S), in collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies, successfully verified an A-GPS control-plane LPP test session over 5G NR using a device powered by the Snapdragon X55 5G modem […]

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket carrying the second Global Positioning System III (GPS III) satellite for the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center lifted off from […]

Kleos Space entered into a binding term sheet for an approximately $2.03 million (1.82 million euros) debt instrument, to be issued in the form of secured convertible notes. The procurement of Kleos’ […]

In-soil agriculture analytics company CropX welcomed John Vikupitz to its executive team as president. Vikupitz will help drive the company’s global expansion with a focus on accelerating market adoption of the […]

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket is in final preparations to launch the second Global Positioning System III (GPS III) satellite, nicknamed Magellan, for the U.S. Air Force […]

The Aerospace Corporation received a sole-source nine-year follow-on contract with a total potential value of $621 million from NASA to provide NASA-wide Specialized Engineering, Evaluation and Test Services (NSEETS). The contract has […]

Capella Space, an information services company that provides on-demand Earth Observation (EO) imagery, is partnering with SpaceNet, a nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating open source, Artificial Intelligence (AI) applied research […]

Iridium Communications approved the first 10 beta partners developing new products based on the Iridium Certus 9770 transceiver. Each partner has received operational beta units, which have been undergoing extensive […]

MDA, a Maxar company, was awarded two contracts from the Canadian Space Agency for work on Phase A of the Gateway External Robotic Interfaces project. The Gateway External Robotic Interfaces […]

Hughes Network Systems, in partnership with Virtual Network Communications (VNC), revealed new joint solutions to extend mobile network connectivity using an integrated combination of VNC’s deployable LTE technology with Hughes […]

SolAero Technologies, a provider of  solar cells, solar panels, and composite structural products for satellite and aerospace applications, was awarded a contract by Maxar Technologies to power the Power and Propulsion […]

Planet, Salo Sciences, and Vibrant Planet partnered to develop the California Forest Observatory (CFO) — a new platform that aims to dynamically map forest structure and fuel loads down to […]

Small satellite manufacturer Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) was selected by Viasat to join its team supporting the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles XVI pilot program to test the first-ever […]

Orbital Micro Systems (OMS) revealed that data received from its payload on the IOD-1 GEMS satellite has proven the commercial viability of the company’s Earth Observation (EO) platform. OMS’ MINIRAD […]

Kuiper Systems (Kuiper), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amazon.com Services, joined the Satellite Industry Association (SIA) as its newest executive member. In July, Kuiper Systems filed a request with the Federal […]

Speedcast International won the 2019 ACOMMS Award for Vendor Innovation for the company’s Sigma Gateway platform, beating other fellow finalists Ericsson and Nokia. Hosted by the Communications Alliance of Australia, the […]

Speedcast International and the Australian Space Agency signed a statement of cooperation outlining Speedcast’s intentions to support the agency’s goal of tripling the nation’s space sector in size and creating 20,000 […]

NASA selected two proposals to demonstrate small satellite technologies to improve science observations in deep space, which could help NASA develop better models to predict space weather events that can affect […]

The U.S. Air Force’s Rocket Systems Launch Program Office, part of the Space and Missile Systems Center’s Launch Enterprise, released a solicitation for the Orbital Services Program-4 (OSP-4) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite […]

Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) selected United Launch Alliance (ULA) as the launch vehicle provider for the Dream Chaser spacecraft’s six NASA missions to the International Space Station (ISS). The Dream […]

Inmarsat revealed that Direction des Services de la navigation aérienne (DSNA), France’s primary Air Navigation Services Provider (ANSP), signed an agreement to join a consortium of European ANSPs supporting the modernization […]

PAR Technology revealed that its subsidiary, Rome Research Corporation (RRC), was awarded a five-year (base plus five options) firm-fixed-price contract with a potential and expected total value of $26.2 million. […]

Astrome, a space start-up, launched an Initial Coin Offering (ICO). Astrome’s French subsidiary created the SpaceWave (SPW) token — which tokenizes all of the data services from SpaceNet, Astrome’s upcoming satellite […]

ThinKom Solutions revealed a new solution for land-based gateways, designed to accommodate current and next generation Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) and Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) satellite constellations. The new gateway concept, which […]