E-letter: Briefs

Raytheon delivered the first Space Enabled Effects for Military Engagements (SeeMe), satellite to the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Assembled on the company’s missile production lines, the new SeeMe […]

RBC Signals, a multi-national company offering space communication services, and the Ecuadorian Civilian Space Agency (EXA) came to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for collaboration on an Optical Communication System […]

Spire Global, a space to cloud analytics company, and Indmex Aviation, a provider of surveillance solutions, will cooperate in the development of space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) for the development […]

RUAG Space signed a cooperation agreement with Italian space company Siatel as the two companies work together on a key European space program. RUAG Space will provide payload electronics for testing purposes that […]

Carr Astronautics selected Solace‘s PubSub+ Cloud platform to power its delivery of real-time weather satellite data for their WxLiveStream product. Chosen for its reliability, scalability and efficiency, the platform will […]

SSL, a Maxar Technologies company, was selected through the Space Enterprise Consortium, managed by Advanced Technology International, to lead the team developing a persistent space layer prototype concept to address […]

Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company (AsiaSat) formed an agreement with Mediapro, a producer and distributor of audiovisual content, to deliver live 4K top tier soccer matches on AsiaSat 9, AsiaSat’s most […]

Air France has awarded a long-term contract for In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) systems and services to a collaboration between Global Eagle Entertainment and Orange Business Services. The contract initially includes 113 […]

Cobham Aerospace Communications, a manufacturer of satellite communications solutions, and Inmarsat entered into a contract for the certification of the Aviator 300D satellite communication system on the Boeing 737NG aircraft. […]

In August 2018, NanoRacks was one of 13 companies selected by NASA to study the future of commercial human spaceflight in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), including long-range opportunities for the […]

Intelsat, SES, Eutelsat, and Telesat created a a consortium called the C-Band Alliance, or CBA, in a move that could accelerate making mid‐band spectrum available for 5G services. The CBA […]

SSL, a Maxar Technologies company, was selected by NASA for two separate public-private partnerships to develop two Tipping Point spacecraft technologies. NASA’s Tipping Point awards are designed to foster the […]

  Early demonstration of new quantum space technologies, through the latest collaboration between the U.K. and Singapore governments, could lead to more secure online activity for consumers in everything from […]

LeoLabs, a commercial provider of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) mapping and Space Situational Awareness (SSA) services, has agreed to build its next space radar in New Zealand. This establishes New […]

United Launch Alliance‘s (ULA) selected Blue Origin‘s BE-4 engine for Vulcan Centaur’s booster stage. The Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)-fueled booster will be powered by a pair of BE-4 engines, each producing […]

Orbital Insight, a provider of geospatial analytics, and RBC Capital Markets, the corporate and investment banking arm of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), formed a global partnership giving RBC Capital […]

Speedcast International, a provider of telecommunications and Information Technology (IT) solutions, achieved three global certifications: Occupational Health and Safety Management (OHSAS 18001), ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management, and ISO 14001:2015 Environmental […]

Comtech Telecommunications reported its operating results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended July 31, 2018. Net sales increased, as sales for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018 were $167.4 […]

Iridium Communications has joined the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN) and has been collaborating with AWS on the development of Iridium CloudConnect, a satellite cloud-based solution with global […]

Aviation broadband connectivity products and services provider Gogo Inc. has launched commercial service on the first two Air France aircraft outlined in its contract with the airline – an Airbus […]

Hughes Network Systems has completed the initial deployment and implementation of an approximately 260-site global managed network for an unnamed multinational organization. The network extends from the organization’s European headquarters […]

Ireland Minister for Training, Skills, Innovation, Research, and Development John Halligan revealed that Ireland’s first ever satellite, Educational Irish Research Satellite-1 (EIRSAT-1 ), successfully completed the first phase of the European […]

ThinkRF, a provider of software-defined spectrum analysis solutions, released the ThinkRF R5700 Real-Time Spectrum Analyzer with Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). The ThinkRF R5700 analyzer covers the 27 Gigahertz frequency […]

Capella Space, an aerospace and information services company providing on-demand Earth observation data, closed $19 million Series B funding led by Spark Capital and DCVC (Data Collective) and joined by […]

Lockheed Martin opened an innovation center at its Missiles and Fire Control (MFC) facility in Orlando, Florida. The company expects the center to aid in the creating new patents and […]

Boeing completed the acquisition of Millennium Space Systems, a provider of agile small-satellite solutions. Millennium Space Systems will operate under Boeing Phantom Works as a subsidiary called Millennium Space Systems, A […]

Ericsson received the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) certification for its CBRS portfolio. The 3.5 GHz CBRS band for LTE will be used to […]

ThinKom Solutions and Telesat will jointly develop a Ka-band enterprise user terminal for Telesat’s planned Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation of satellites. As an initial step in the process, ThinKom’s […]

SiriusXM will acquire Pandora Media in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $3.5 billion. The combination creates the world’s largest audio entertainment company, with more than $7 billion in expected pro-forma revenue in […]

Aeromexico will deploy Viasat‘s in-flight internet system across 18 new Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, with an option to extend up to 60 aircraft. First line-fit installations of Viasat’s equipment have already begun. Aeromexico […]