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SpaceX conducted a test fire Sunday at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California ahead of its fourth launch of the year. On Feb 17, the company will orbit the Paz satellite, […]

Carisbrooke Shipping has selected Marlink Group company Telemar to provide bridge system repair and maintenance services. The new contract further combines Marlink Group capabilities to enhance Carisbrooke Shipping’s operational efficiency […]

The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) unveiled the Arab world’s first interplanetary mission at the World Government Summit in Dubai. The agency discussed the Mars 2117 plan, which aims […]

SES has teamed up with Intelsat today on a proposal to the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) which seeks to protect the wide array of established satellite services in […]

Hispasat and Eurona, a provider of internet, voice, data and satellite television services, will join forces to help bridge the digital divide in Spain through the use of broadband connectivity […]

Mitsubishi Electric announced its development of the Rotational Element Electronically Scanned Array (REESA) antenna, which achieves high-precision beam scanning by electronically rotating antenna elements individually. According to the company, the […]

In a post-launch press briefing, SpaceX Founder Elon Musk revealed that the Block 5 iteration of the Falcon 9 rocket will be its last revision. The company intends to launch […]

The Center for Space Science Technology (CSST) is planning to use Spire Global’s Automatic Identification System (AIS) data collected from its constellation of satellites to drive multiple use cases in […]

CopaSat has acquired Eclipse Composite Engineering, a designer and manufacturer of military-grade satellite communication antenna components. Scott Bohnsack, CopaSat’s Chief Operating Officer (COO), will become president of Eclipse. Eclipse’s founder, Todd McNeil, […]

It has been a momentous week for the launch industry with SpaceX making headlines (not for the first time) well beyond the industry press. Its successful Falcon Heavy launch made […]

Viasat announced a new contract with United Airlines to bring its latest generation In-Flight Entertainment and Connectivity (IFEC) system to more than 70 aircraft, including at least 58 of United’s […]

Qtum Foundation announced a collaboration with the SpaceChain Foundation to launch a standardized CubeSat, which will carry Qtum‘s blockchain software technology on a Raspberry Pi device. The electricity required for […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Atos to deliver and operate Copernicus Data and Information Access Services (DIAS). The DIAS will combine real-time data from the Copernicus Earth Observation […]

Global ship manager E.R. Schiffahrt has chosen KVH’s new TracPhone V7-HTS antenna equipment and the AgilePlans subscription-based Connectivity as a Service (CaaS) program to bring global connectivity to its container and dry […]

The National Security Council official who lobbied for a U.S. government takeover of 5G deployment has been removed from his White House position, the Washington Post reported. According to an […]

The organizers of the annual Morocco Desert Challenge (MDC) rally raid have signed a three-year deal with Marlink for the provision of tracking and race management services based on the […]

A recent report in Seismological Research Letters suggests that researchers can use satellites to provide early warnings of earthquakes and tsunamis for Chile’s coastal communities. The module leverages ground motion […]

Iridium Communications announced the first Iridium Certus service providers for land-mobile applications, planned for commercial availability in mid-2018. This initial group of six service providers will play a pivotal role […]

Orbit Communications Systems announced that an undisclosed Ministry of Defense (MOD) in Asia ordered an aeronautical telemetry system for approximately $5 million. The customer will use the turnkey solution — including […]

Smallsat mission specialist ISISpace announced that it will use Kubos’ Major Tom mission control software to operate satellites from its ground station in Delft, Netherlands. With this partnership, ISISpace will […]

SpaceX conducted the first test flight of its Falcon Heavy rocket this afternoon, qualifying the launch vehicle as the most powerful in operation in the world today. At 3:45 p.m. […]

A year ago, we profiled the ambitions of Airborne Wireless Network (AWN), which has a goal of using airborne aircraft as signal repeaters that are capable of generating wireless internet signals. Throughout […]

At this week’s Singapore Airshow, GomSpace, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), and Singapore Technologies Electronics (ST Electronics) signed a research collaboration agreement to conduct a design study on space-based Very […]

NanoRacks announced that it has chosen Thales Alenia Space as the latest partner in its commercial airlock program. Thales Alenia Space will produce and test the critical pressure shell for […]

Mission Microwave Technologies, a manufacturer of Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPAs) and Block Up Converters (BUCs), announced it is has completed the initial delivery and acceptance testing of its 200 […]

Russia, Japan and China completed a series of back-to-back-to-back launches between Thursday, Feb. 1 and Saturday, Feb. 3. Russia’s launch was the first, carrying two Kanopus 5 Earth Observation (EO) […]

The U.K. Space Agency has awarded more than 4 million pounds ($5.59 million) to Spire Global to demonstrate space technology including parallel super-computing. The announcement gives the green light to […]

NBN Co and Speedcast have selected Gilat Satellite Network’s satellite platform for its Business and Enterprise Satellite Service (BESS) for businesses in Australia. The BESS network solution will use the […]

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions announced that its subsidiary, Kratos RT Logic, is among 14 organizations awarded a shared ceiling, multiple award Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract. The award, valued at $998 […]

NASA’s Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration (IMAGE) satellite has been floating around space for more than a decade after a loss of signal forced NASA to end its mission in […]