Tai Nichols

Startup company Pocket Spacecraft recently created a Kickstarter campaign to offer the public a chance to send small disc satellites into space.

Eutelsat and SES are among companies that proceeded to a final round of bidding for Singapore Telecommunications’ Australian satellite unit, Optus Satellite

In the search for clues about the deadly Yarnell Hill wildfire in Arizona, the University of Wisconsin's Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies turned to NOAA’s GOES 15 satellite

DISH announced “TV Flies Free,” marking the first time TV entertainment is free for passengers aboard Southwest Airlines

ISRO launched India's first navigation satellite. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV C22) took off at 11:41 p.m. from the Satish Dawan Space Centre in Sriharikota

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of sci-fi TV show “Doctor Who,” a father-daughter pair built a tiny TARDIS-replica satellite

Eutelsat Communications announced the extension of agreements with the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) for capacity on future RSCC satellites designed to serve Russia's market for digital broadcasting and broadband services

Northrop Grumman conducted the Enhanced Polar System (EPS) Control and Planning Segment (CAPS) preliminary design review and software requirements and architecture review

Planetary Resources, the asteroid mining company, successfully completed its crowd funding campaign yesterday to launch ARKYD in 2015

The U.S. Air Force has taken delivery of the third Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO) satellite payload as part of its Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) program

Tata Sky, a direct-to-home satellite television provider in India, has selected Broadcom Corporation’s integrated system-on-a-chip (SoC) devices for set-top boxes (STB) to enable Tata Sky's first MPEG-4 standard definition (SD) STB

Gilat Satellite Networks announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Spacenet, a provider of managed network and data security services, has introduced an enhanced suite of integrated Wi-Fi services

UTC Aerospace Systems announced that the ORS 1 satellite has celebrated its second anniversary in space. ORS 1, the first Operationally Responsive Space satellite specifically designed to support combatant command operations was launched from Wallops Island Flight Facility aboard a Minotaur 1 launch vehicle on June 29, 2011

Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) and Ghalam LLP signed a contract for the collaborative design and development of the Kazak Science and Technology satellite system

Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) and Ghalam LLP signed a contract for the collaborative design and development of the Kazak Science and Technology satellite system

CPI International and its wholly owned subsidiary Communications & Power Industries (CPI) have acquired M C L, a manufacturer of power amplifier products and systems for the satellite communications market and a wholly owned subsidiary of MITEQ

United Launch Alliance (ULA) announced the selection of RUAG Space AG of Zurich, Switzerland as its strategic partner for Dual Launch Capability development

NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) spacecraft launched Thursday at 7:27 p.m. PDT from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The mission to study the solar atmosphere was placed in orbit by an Orbital Sciences Corporation Pegasus XL rocket.

Software designed for processing satellite pictures is now helping medical researchers to establish a simple method for wide-scale screening for Alzheimer’s disease.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has selected Colorado-based Surrey Satellite Technology US (SST-US) for the flight of the Deep Space Atomic Clock (DSAC) payload under the sponsorship of NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD)

After meeting and bonding at the NASA Ames facility in Mountain View, Calif., Chris Boshuizen, William Marshall and Robbie Schingler have unveiled their new CubeSat company, Planet Labs. The company plans to send 28 CubeSats into orbit in early 2014

Thales Alenia Space has signed a study contract with the French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) to enhance communications between ground and military mission aircrafts through a telecommunication satellite without interruption during extreme flying conditions

Inmarsat announced that the first fully-assembled Inmarsat 5 satellite has successfully completed mechanical testing at Boeing’s manufacturing facility in El Segundo, Calif.

Google unveiled a new batch of satellite imagery for its mapping products, which eliminates clouds and provides clearer images

ITT Exelis has received a $3.2 million contract from Ball Aerospace & Technologies to design an advanced receiver chain for the U.S. Air Force Weather Satellite Follow-on (WSF) program

CPI International and its subsidiary Communications & Power Industries (CPI) have acquired MCL, a manufacturer of power amplifier products and systems for the satellite communications market and a wholly owned subsidiary of MITEQ.

Cobham has appointed Rob Mullins to the position of executive vice president, corporate strategy and mergers & acquisitions, succeeding David Johnston.

Intelsat and Ericsson announced the successful demonstration of a true 4K Ultra High Definition (Ultra-HD), end-to-end video transmission over satellite to Turner Broadcasting's facilities in Atlanta, Ga.

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is scheduled to launch the country's first dedicated Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS 1A) on July 1, 2013 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.

NASA’s Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) satellite, scheduled to launch on Wednesday from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, has been delayed due to a power outage and a subsequent fire.