SpaceX successfully launched a Boeing-built 702 digital satellite called AMOS-17, using a Falcon 9 rocket. The satellite launched Tuesday from Cape Canaveral, Florida at about 7:00 p.m EDT. The satellite was built for Spacecom, the Israeli satellite operator, and it will enter service in a few months after on-orbit tests and moving to its final position…

OQ Technology, a Luxembourg-based satellite Internet of Things (IoT) company, has signed a contract with GomSpace to implement the Tiger mission. The Tiger mission represents a precursor mission to OQ Technology’s In-Orbit Demonstration satellite MACSAT. The objective of Tiger is to demonstrate the transmission and reception of OQ Technology’s IoT waveform using an existing satellite…

Orbcomm's Pro-400 fleet management solution was independently verified by FPInnovations (PIT Group) to be fully compliant with the Electronic Logging Device (ELD) Mandate issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). PIT Group is a provider of technology testing and validation services for the transportation industry. Orbcomm is a global provider…

What does it mean when people say that the satellite industry is becoming more “software-defined?” Does it mean that physical infrastructure is being replaced with more flexible, adaptive software? Does it mean that the satellite industry is becoming a lot more like the software industry? Or both?  In this episode of On Orbit, we interview Kratos…