Focus: North America

NASA has selected Ball Aerospace for two studies that will look at instrument architectures and designs for the next generation of Landsat. The Landsat program is a joint program between...

Kymeta and Comtech Telecommunications have integrated their technologies in a new business development partnership. The companies announced Aug. 25 that Comtech’s UHP-200 Universal Satellite Router and the Kymeta u8 terminal...

Telesat has reached an agreement with satellite service provider NSSLGlobal to collaborate on the commercial and technical aspects of Telesat’s Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation Lightspeed.  Under the agreement, NSSLGlobal will...

Planet and Google Cloud have expanded an existing partnership on data analysis. The companies announced Wednesday an agreement to create joint solutions with Planet satellite imagery and Google Cloud’s cloud-based...

The government of Canada has agreed to invest an additional $1.44 billion Canadian dollars in Telesat‘s Lightspeed constellation if the operator meets Canadian capital and operating expenditures requirements tied to...

OneWeb has signed an MoU with northern Canada telco Northwestel for broadband connectivity. Under the agreement announced Wednesday, the companies will work together to deliver new connectivity services to remote...

Hosted payload and communication relay services company Xplore Inc. will provide spacecraft hosting services to Accion Systems’ next-generation flagship ion thruster, TILE, under the terms of a new strategic partnership...

Another Canadian province is investing into Telesat’s Lightspeed network. The Ontario government announced Friday that it is investing $109 million Canadian dollars ($87 million) for dedicated capacity on the Low-Earth...

The Canadian Coast Guard has adopted Iridium Communications‘ Certus connectivity platform on dozens of new vessels and icebreakers for crew member internet and safety monitoring services, the operator announced Thursday....

L3 Harris‘ space and satellite communication business divisions reported modest revenue gains in is 2021 second fiscal quarter (Q2 2021). Its Space and Airborne systems revenue increased 3% over the...