Focus: Manufacture
July 2, 2020
Optus has awarded Airbus Defence and Space a contract for a fully reconfigurable telecommunications satellite based on Airbus’ new OneSat product line. This is Airbus’ first satellite order from Optus, the leading Australian satellite operator, and the company’s fourth OneSat order. Airbus said in a Thursday release that the Optus 11 spacecraft will include an…
July 1, 2020
Relativity Space and 6K, which develops microwave plasma technology, have launched a sustainability partnership to create a closed-loop supply chain to process scrap materials. In a Tuesday announcement, the companies explained how the supply chain will work — 6K will use itsUniMelt proprietary process Relativity scrap materials into a certified powder that Relativity can then…
June 29, 2020
MDA and Burloak Technologies, a division of Samuel, Son & Co., on Monday revealed a five-year agreement to partner for additively manufactured parts and components for space-bound satellite antenna applications. Under the terms of this agreement, Burloak and MDA will collaborate to optimize the design and manufacturability of a range of antenna technologies. The joint…
June 22, 2020
LeoStella reports that it has delivered the first two satellites fully manufactured from its production line. The satellites are the fifth and sixth of an ongoing Earth Observation (EO) constellation program for BlackSky. The satellites weigh approximately 50 kg and are designed to be operated in a variety of Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) altitudes and inclinations.The…