E-letter: Briefs

Thaicom will migrate customers from the Thaicom 5 to other satellites because has not been able to restore its satellite system, the company announced Friday. There was a technical anomaly...

The Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded Raytheon a cost-plus-incentive-fee undefinitized contract action for the force element terminal (FET) development effort worth $442 million. This contract provides for the design,...

Eutelsat Communications has requested that Moody’s Investors Service withdraw all of its ratings on the company. According to Eutelsat, the decision was made in the context of ongoing cost rationalization....

Virgin Galactic Holdings has appointed Enrico Palermo, the current president of The Spaceship Company (TSC) as its first COO, the company announced Wednesday. Palermo will be responsible for helping maintain...

Gogo has signed an agreement with Hispasat for capacity on Amazonas Nexus satellite in order to meet the growing demand for high-speed in-flight connectivity services. Gogo, a provider of in-flight...

Lockheed Martin is now in-orbit testing space computing that could enable artificial intelligence, data analytics, cloud networking, and advanced satellite communications in a new software-defined architecture. The experimental nanosat payload...

Farmers Edge and Fairfax Brasil have partnered to bring customized, data-driven crop insurance to growers in Brazil. This agreement connects the Farmers Edge risk management platform, powered by field-centric data...

BridgeComm and Boeing HorizonX are working together to pioneer the development of applications of One-to-Many (OTM) technology, calling it a breakthrough in optical wireless communications (OWC) that provides bi-directional, ultra-high-speed...

Lockheed Martin has shipped JCSAT-17, its third satellite based on the modernized LM 2100 bus, to French Guiana for launch. JCSAT-17, built for Sky Perfect JSAT (SJC), will provide flexible...

  The first-ever plant-powered sensor, developed by Plant-e and Lacuna Space, has been transmitted to a satellite in space, the companies announced Tuesday. The Internet of Things (IoT) prototype device...