E-letter: Briefs

Iridium Communications added SKYTRAC as the newest aviation Value Added Manufacturer (VAM) for the Iridium Certus 9810 transceiver. SKYTRAC was already an Iridium Certus service provider, and will now be...

Thales Alenia Space has selected Anywaves as the prime contractor to deliver payload user antennas that will be embedded into the initial set of two satellites for Omnispace’s Internet of...

BridgeComm, a provider of Optical Wireless Communications (OWC) solutions and services, revealed Tuesday that its Managed Optical Communication Array (MOCA) hardware and software was validated by a partnership with an...

Inmarsat will extend its Fleet LTE coverage for offshore service vessels to the Gulf of Mexico, following successful trials with V.Ships Offshore in the North Sea area. The new Gulf...

Eutelsat Communications revealed on Thursday that it has formed a long-term agreement with Ovzon AB for the provision of satellite control services. Under the agreement, Eutelsat will control Ovzon-3 over...

SES Government Solutions and Isotropic Systems have received an antenna evaluation contract with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to test Isotropic Systems’ multi-beam terminal over SES’s O3b Medium Earth...

BlackSky is preparing for the next generation of its geospatial intelligence constellation. The company announced Thursday that Gen-3 satellites will be designed to provide 50 centimeter resolution and host multiple...

The European Space Agency (ESA) selected Airbus to develop and build the Copernicus Polar Ice and Snow Topography Mission (CRISTAL) — a contract worth approximately $350.4 million (300 million euros)....

Momentus signed two new launch service agreements with Pixxel and GP Advanced Projects. Momentus will deliver Pixxel’s second smallsat to Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) orbit in December 2021 onboard a SpaceX...

Spacebridge has received an order from Jar Electrónica Aplicada (Grupo Jar) to expand its Discovery Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) platform. Grupo Jar, a Mexico-based telecommunications system integrator, uses Spacebridge’s...