E-letter: Briefs

NASA has set a goal to update its climate modeling to improve data on Earth’s water and energy cycle to combat climate change, the agency detailed in a climate action...

OneWeb is exploring launching future satellites in its constellation from India, the home of its chairman, Sunil Bharti Mittal. The company signed letter of intent with NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), the...

Hispasat has signed a new deal with Greenland’s state-owned communications company, Tele Greenland, to bring satellite connectivity to remote communities. The telco will lease capacity on the Amazonas Nexus satellite...

Viasat launched a direct and customizable Ka-band In-flight Connectivity (IFC) service for business aviation on Monday called Viasat Select. The Carlsbad, California-based satellite and telecommunications operator said that Viasat Select’s...

The U.S. Space Force and a number of commercial companies have joined a satellite industry group working for interoperability in satellite and ground system networks.  The Digital IF Interoperability Consortium...

ST LOUIS – Competition in commercial remote sensing reached an inflection point in 2016 in the number of satellites on orbit, a number that doubled in 2017, and another milestone...

Rick Ambrose, the executive vice president for Space at Lockheed Martin, has decided to retire on March 1 next year, the company said on Oct. 7. After joining Lockheed Martin...

Eutelsat has signed a broadband deal with a major European telco. The company announced Oct. 7 that Deutsche Telekom, Europe’s biggest telco, will provide high-speed satellite broadband via the Eutelsat...

The U.S. Space Force plans to launch its Infrastructure Asset Pre-Assessment Program (IA-PRE) in January 2022, Jared Reece, cybersecurity lead in the Commercial Satellite Communications Office (CSCO), announced Thursday at...

Japanese satellite company Synspective has begun a demonstration for a disaster prevention management system in Guatemala. Synspecitve is working with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on this pilot project,...