E-letter: Briefs

Rezatec is working with the UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and UK Space Agency to establish how common threats to forests can be detected and addressed […]

Trimble announced that its Trimble Catalyst software-defined Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver for Android devices is now available through Trimble’s global distribution network. Customers can now access Positioning-as-a-Service to […]

As part of its Two-Stage-To-Orbit (TSTO) technology program, the European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded Orbital Access a 200,000 euro ($227,890) contract for the next stage of the development of the […]

Russia Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) has completed compression equipment upgrades at its Shabolovka Technical Center in Moscow. The compression system is part of the RSCC’s own technology platform, enabling the […]

  After two last-minute aborts over the holiday weekend, SpaceX successfully orbited a satellite for operator Intelsat on Wednesday evening, July 5. At 7:38 p.m. EDT, a Falcon 9 rocket […]

PacSci EMC successfully completed initial payload tests of new technologies on its on-orbit technology demonstrator satellite, PacSciSat, on June 30. After a one-week satellite commissioning period in a 515 km […]

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday, June 30, resurrecting the National Space Council, an organization originally established to coordinate the United States’ space policy between government agencies. […]

Deutsche Telekom is working with Zenterio, a TV technology and services provider, to modernize the TV subscriber experience in Germany with one of the market’s largest deployments of IPTV set top boxes. […]

Twice this weekend, once on July 2 and again the day after, SpaceX cancelled the launch of an Intelsat satellite with less than 10 seconds left on the liftoff countdown. […]

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions announced that its Modular System Division (MSD) recently received approximately $16 million in radar and system contract awards. MSD is a provider of specialized systems, […]

Airbus Safran Launchers, which became ArianeGroup on July 1, has begun construction of the combustion chamber of the first flight model of the Vinci engine at its Ottobrun site near […]

Yahlive announced that it will broadcast the region’s most popular children’s TV channel, Cartoon Network Arabic, on its Middle East and North Africa (MENA) beam. The new deal extends the […]

The Space Data Association (SDA), an international non-profit association of satellite operators, has expanded once again with the addition of Telebras. Telebras, a strategic provider of telecommunications infrastructure solutions in […]

Intelsat announced that Jose Manuel do Rosario Toscano will join the company to lead its efforts in international government affairs and asset management, effective September 4. Toscano will join the Luxembourg […]

Intelsat and Gilat Satellite Networks announced a joint managed services solution to provide 3G infrastructure in the most remote locations around the globe, where terrestrial services are not feasible. Mobile […]

The U.S. Air Force announced it has awarded United Launch Alliance (ULA) a contract to launch the Space Test Program-3 (STP-3) mission. This contract resulted from a competitive award under […]

Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) has signed an agreement with Prime Telecom of Brazil for Occasional Use (OU) capacity on the ABS 3A satellite for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup games […]

Rezatec, in conjunction with the University of Reading, is delivering its monitoring and prediction of pasture quality and productivity from satellites (PASQUAL) project to develop an Earth Observation (EO) satellite-based […]

Can a father-son duo successfully fly a Bell Helicopter 429 Global Ranger around the globe? At this point, the answer to that question is unknown. No duo of that description has circumnavigated […]

EchoStar Mobile announced that it is joining the European Space Agency (ESA) and other space industry leaders in a joint effort to develop and promote 5G services, and to demonstrate […]

Arianespace has successfully orbited the Hellas Sat 3-Inmarsat S EAN condosat, composed of two payloads for operators Hellas Sat and Inmarsat, as well as the GSAT 17 satellite for the […]

Italian ship owner d’Amico Group has selected Marlink’s Sealink Premium Plus VSAT service to enhance connectivity across its fleet of more than 50 dry cargo and product tankers. Sealink Premium […]

Swift Navigation, a San Francisco tech firm building centimeter-accurate GPS technology to power autonomous vehicles, announced that it has raised a $34 million Series B financing round led by Forest […]

Following an anomaly that occurred last week, SES’ AMC 9 satellite is drifting away from a fully synchronous orbit at a rate just under 0.2 degrees per day, Markus Payer, […]

ABS and Telcom Satellites TV (TSTV) signed a multi-transponder agreement to deliver a Direct-to-Home (DTH) broadcast service into Nigeria on the ABS 3A satellite. The new platform is scheduled to […]

IKO Media Group (iKOMG), an end-to-end service provider for broadcasters and content owners, announced it has signed a distribution agreement with Russian Television International (RTVi), a Russian-language television network whose […]

Orbital Micro Systems (OMS) announced the opening of its United Kingdom office at the Harwell Campus near Oxford, England. Home to the UK Space Agency and a growing number of […]

Thales Alenia Space has seen massive savings in time and cost for the manufacturing of its products thanks to 3D printing, said Florent Lebrun, who heads space antenna development at […]

OneWeb Satellites inaugurated its assembly line in Toulouse, France to begin end-to-end validation, testing, and integration of its first satellites set for launch in just over nine months. OneWeb Satellites is […]

In a specialized cleanroom designed to streamline satellite production, Lockheed Martin is in full production building GPS 3, the next-generation constellation of GPS satellites. The company’s second GPS 3 satellite […]