Focus: Software

Kayhan Space released details on new capabilities in the latest release of its Pathfinder space traffic management platform, on Tuesday, March 14, to help operators coordinate safe space operations and avoid collisions.   Pathfinder is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform providing end-to-end operational services for conjunction risk assessment, maneuver planning, and operator coordination and maneuver verification in...

Atlas Space Operations is joining the Amazon Web Services (AWS) solution provider program to resell AWS Ground Station.  The solution provider program is an official AWS program across many industries in which AWS partners resell AWS service to end customers. Atlas said in a Wednesday announcement that it will be the first partner to resell...

The Space Dynamics Laboratory at Utah State University and the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) space vehicles directorate at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, want industry input on new mission planning tools for satellites. AFRL’s space vehicles directorate has been exploring how to integrate a network of U.S. military, allied, and commercial satellites that...

Bright Ascension reports a record number of its software deployments were on the SpaceX Transporter 6 mission on Tuesday, taking the company’s current total to software on 39 spacecraft in orbit. The company announced, Jan. 4 that six of its GenerationOne flight software deployments were launched onboard the Falcon 9 mission. The satellites, developed by...

MetTel shared details on Wednesday of deploying its software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) service using the VMware SD-WAN solution over SpaceX‘s Starlink satellite service. MetTel is a networking company for enterprise customers.  MetTel said that it collaborated with multiple enterprise clients to deploy SD-WAN technology over the Starlink satellite network to bring high bandwidth communications...

Over the past 10 months, Amazon Web Services (AWS) ran AWS compute and machine learning software on a satellite in orbit in a first-of-its kind experiment. AWS collaborated with D-Orbit and Unibap, and ran the experiment on D-Orbit’s ION satellite. AWS detailed the experiment in a blog post published Tuesday. The AWS software prototype was...

ST Engineering iDirect is set for a busy year in 2023 as it aims to bring more of its technology to some of the satellite network business plans developing around the world. However, it has been an interesting time for the company. Its former CEO Kevin Steen recently left to join OneWeb Technologies, and Ka...

Lockheed Martin will work with computing company NVIDIA to build a digital twin of global weather events for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which the companies say will help NOAA address scientific challenges.  Lockheed Martin received a contract to develop an Earth Observations Digital Twin which will help NOAA monitor current global environmental...

Airline JetBlue has selected Tomorrow.io as its end-to-end weather forecasting technology for global operations, after a process to evaluate weather and climate solutions.  Tomorrow.io and JetBlue have been working together for five years, starting on ground operations at the Logan Airport in Boston. JetBlue Ventures also participated in the company’s Series A funding round.  The...

Bright Ascension, a U.K. space software company, is seeing strong interest in recently launched partner program which will target both software and hardware technology providers to support its on-going product expansion stage. Bright Ascension revealed details about the program, Oct. 10. The program is designed to offer collaboration and create multiple new pathways for commercial...