Leaf Space is adding five new ground stations in West and South Australia, British Colombia, Iceland and Bulgaria, the company announced Oct. 14. The aim is to further increase Leaf Space's capability to provide GSaaS solutions to its customer base. Leaf Space, which is based in Lomazzo, Italy, will now operate 15 ground stations globally. The…

Honeywell is aiming to make a big impact in the small satellite market with the release of a new 3-Axis system designed to measure the Earth's magnetic forces. Honeywell said its newest 3-Axis Space Magnetometer is now fully qualified  and will be rolled out to meet the needs of the emerging new space segment, where…

Astroscale successfully demonstrated its ability to capture spacecraft during a key demonstration of its End-of-Life Services by Astroscale-demonstration (ELSA-d) satellite on Wednesday. The long-awaited magnetic capture test represents a significant step forward for the Japanese space company, which is looking to sign up government and private industry customers for its space debris removal service. Since…

A decade ago, commercial IT underwent a widespread shift under the theme of convergence — of hardware and software, networks, cloud, and more. Today those efforts underpin modern government IT operations, but the concept of convergence is re-emerging as digital transformation demands closer alignment of technologies, applications, and collaboration to achieve advanced functionality. This is…