E-letter: Briefs

LeoLabs, a commercial provider of Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) mapping and Space Situational Awareness (SSA) services, revealed that its next space radar will be located in Costa Rica. According to a...

XipLink, a manufacturer of  Wide Area Network (WAN) acceleration technologies, and Galaxy Broadband Communications have integrated XipLink’s XipOS optimization software into the Galaxy Multi-Satellite, Microwave and LTE Hybrid Networks. The...

Orange purchased all available capacity on the Eutelsat KONNECT satellite from Eutelsat Communications, which covers the entirety of France. Orange’s customers will receive high-speed fixed satellite broadband service starting in...

Hispasat joined the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) — a global association that develops standards for mobile communications —  to work on the integration of satellites into the developing 5G...

The U.S. Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) selected Ball Aerospace to develop a prototype of a new multi-band, low-observable satellite communications antenna to be installed on the U.S. Navy‘s newest stealth...

Global Eagle has entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in order to facilitate a sale of its assets to a group of loan holders. The company, which provides In-Flight Connectivity (IFC)...

Lockheed Martin continues to see sales increases despite the COVID-19 pandemic. On Monday, the company reported Second Quarter (Q2) 2020 net sales of $16.2 billion, compared to $14.4 billion in...

The U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Air Force Research Lab have awarded geospatial intelligence analytics company BlackSky a contract to monitor COVID-19 mitigation efforts involving U.S. military bases and...

Arianespace has confirmed that it will launch its next three satellites on an expanded Ariane 5 rocket from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou at approximately 5:29 p.m. Tuesday, July...

Specialized satellite manufacturer LeoStella will build and integrate satellite buses for space infrastructure-as-a-service company Loft Orbital Solutions under the terms of a new contract announced July 21. LeoStella will produce...