E-letter: Briefs

Ball Aerospace revealed that Dr. Dave Kaufman has been named COO, effective Jan. 1, 2020. Kaufman joined Ball Aerospace in 2000 as senior program and capture manager, national security space....

The U.S. Air Force selected Lunar Resources and Rhea Space Activity (RSA) to further develop their new concept for the deployment of a variety of defense-focused, space-based, orbital platforms. A research...

Digital mapping and imagery company Soar revealed a strategic partnership with the China Siwei Surveying and Mapping Technology, a part of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). Soar, which...

Telesat and NSSLGlobal completed live testing with multiple government customers using Telesat’s Phase 1 Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite. During this testing, the companies confirmed the the ultra-low latency of Telesat’s...

Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) was selected by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) to support a combined initiative between the U.S. Department of the Navy and the U.K. Ministry of...

Women in Aerospace (WIA), a professional organization dedicated to expanding women’s opportunities for leadership, education, and visibility in the aerospace community, honored five women for their contributions to the aerospace...

KVH Industries introduced the TracVision UHD7, a 60 centimeter (cm) marine satellite TV antenna. It is designed to provide boat owners, charter yacht guests, and commercial vessel crews with access...

Eutelsat Communications reported financial results for the First Quarter (Q1) 2019, ended Sept. 30. The company saw Q1 revenues drop to $352.6 million (316.5 euros), or a 6.5 percent decrease,...

Astrocast and D-Orbit signed an agreement for the launch and deployment of ten Astrocast nanosatellites into Low Earth Orbit (LEO), through D-Orbit ‘s InOrbit Now Launch Service. The agreement calls...

Gilat Satellite Networks and China Satellite Communications will work in partnership to enable and deploy Gilat’s DVB-S2X technologies throughout China while supporting all business verticals. The companies had already established...