Focus: Ground Systems
June 20, 2024
CesiumAstro raised a $65 million Series B+ funding round, the Austin-based satellite tech company announced this week. Trousdale Ventures led the round with backing from Development Bank of Japan and Quanta Computer. Kleiner Perkins, Lavrock Ventures, L3Harris Technologies, InMotion Ventures, Matter Venture Partners, MESH Ventures, and Assembly Ventures, also joined the round. The company previously…
June 12, 2024
Japanese ground segment as a service company Infostellar is deploying a company-owned network of satellite ground antennas throughout the Asia-Pacific region, Infostellar announced on June 10. Locations include Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand. Infostellar expects the stations to be available in the second half of 2025. The company said these locations will…
April 12, 2024
Satellite ground networks technology company Comtech successfully transitioned the State of Arizona's 911 services to Comtech’s Next Generation 911 (NG911) services this week in partnership with the Arizona Department of Administrations (ADOA). Comtech said the entire project took less than two years. With the upgrade in place, Arizona’s new statewide NG911 infrastructure aims to enhance…
April 9, 2024
TESAT, a German satellite company, has completed the construction of a brand new facility in the United States. A year after it set-up a US company, TESAT Government, to support military and commercial programs, the company now has a base in which to attack these lucrative markets in the US. TESAT Government announced the completion…