Focus: Manufacturing

MethaneSAT has selected Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) to develop and build the spacecraft bus for its first mission, which is scheduled to launch in 2022. The donor-funded mission aims to...

MDA will design and manufacture space-based L-band navigation antennas as part of a hosted payload on the MEASAT-3d satellite, which is currently being built by Airbus. The navigation antennas will...

Defense contractor Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) will develop and build the State of Israel’s national communications satellite, “Dror 1,” the company announced on Thursday. Dror 1 built by the state-owned...

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has designated Mitsubishi Electric as the prime contractor of the new satellite for Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration-2, Mitsubishi Electric announced on Sunday.  Mitsubishi Electric aims...

The iteration of HTS systems promise big. Here’s a short list of high-profile developments in HTS from satellite manufacturers: Thales Alenia Space: Eutelsat Communications ordered a next-generation VHTS satellite system...

There’s no shortage of excitement about the coming new space decade, from the U.S. priority to get back to the moon, to the launch of the first Low-Earth Orbit (LEO)...

Reach, performance and flexibility augmenting the end-to-end fiber infrastructure – this is how SES Networks Executive Vice President Stewart Sanders describes the unique characteristics of the operator’s O3b mPOWER managed...

Amazon announced on Wednesday that it is leasing and renovating a new headquarters for its Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation initiative Project Kuiper in Redmond, Washington. According to Amazon, the new...

Inmarsat Government has ordered a Multi-Purpose Terminal (MPT) 46WGX from Orbit Communications Systems, the companies announced on Thursday. The order comes after the two companies signed a co-development agreement in...

GomSpace (GS) and Lockheed Martin Space will develop and deliver a GS 6U nanosatellite to Orbital Micro Systems (OMS) in the United Kingdom, the companies announced Wednesday, Dec. 18. The...