Proba-3 complete: Formation-flying satellites fully integrated
Monday, 27 March 2023 12:31
The two spacecraft forming ESA’s Proba-3 mission for precise formation flying in orbit are now complete. All the instruments and sensors allowing them to manoeuvre to millimetre scale precision relative to one another have been integrated aboard, and the pair are fully wrapped in multi-layer insulation – ready to be tested in simulated space conditions.
Council approves senior management changes
Monday, 27 March 2023 12:00
At its 315th session on 22 and 23 March 2023, the ESA Council approved a series of nominations and extensions of contracts for ESA directors:
OQ Technology to become world's largest 5G NB-IoT LEO-satellite operator
Monday, 27 March 2023 07:39
OQ Technology, the world's first and only satellite operator of a 5G NB-IoT constellation, plans to grow its constellation from three to ten satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) this year. The move will turn the company into the largest 5G NB-IoT satellite operator in the world.
The seven satellites that will be added to OQ Technology's constellation, are the previously announced "MACSAT" a Guerrilla RF achieves rapid verification of designs for high-growth markets
Monday, 27 March 2023 07:39
Guerrilla RF, Inc. (OTCQX: GUER), a leading provider of state-of-the-art RF and microwave communications solutions, has announced that its robust 2022 investments in research and development (R and D) produced a 33% increase in its number of engineering tape-outs-from 31 tape-outs in 2021 to 41 in 2022-all targeting the high-growth 5G, cellular booster, automotive, and satellite communications m Sidus Space to power maritime solutions with AIS integration in LizzieSat
Monday, 27 March 2023 07:39
Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIDU), a Space-as-a-Service satellite company focused on mission-critical hardware manufacturing; multi-disciplinary engineering services; satellite design, production, launch planning, mission operations; and in-orbit support, announced an agreement with SatLab to implement its second-generation automated identification system (AIS) technology into the Company's Lizzie Lynk selects Dawn Aerospace propulsion following an extensive industry trade study
Monday, 27 March 2023 07:39
Dawn Aerospace, a leading space transportation company, reports that it has been selected to provide satellite propulsion systems for Lynk, the world's leading satellite-direct-to-standard-phone telecoms company. The partnership will enable Lynk to enhance deployment, life extension, collision avoidance, and de-orbit capabilities as its satellite constellation of 'cell towers in space' grows. Kongsberg NanoAvionics to build more 5G Narrowband-IoT satellites for LEO constellation
Monday, 27 March 2023 07:39
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Smallsat mission integrator and bus manufacturer Kongsberg NanoAvionics (NanoAvionics) has received an order for three further satellites from 5G telecoms operator OQ Technology. They will be added to OQ Technology's existing constellation, turning the company into the largest 5G NB-IoT (narrowband Internet of things) satellite operator in the world.
It is Dhruva and Kineis to offer satellite-based services
Monday, 27 March 2023 07:39
India-based full-stack space-engineering solutions provider Dhruva Space and France-based satellite operator and global connectivity provider Kineis have inked a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA), marking a partnership where both companies will collaborate to establish space and ground infrastructure to scale the diversity and impact of satellite-based solutions.
With 9 satellites in orbit, Ki Comtech validates 5G connection over satellite
Monday, 27 March 2023 07:39
Comtech has announced in collaboration with three global technology leaders: Cloud Signals, Hellas Sat, and a leading Mobile Network Operator (MNO), that the companies successfully tested and validated 5G connectivity over a satellite network in Greece.
During the demonstration, a commercial 5G node was connected to the leading MNO's 5G testbed network and relayed over a satellite link pro ISRO's LVM3 launches 36 OneWeb satellites in sixth consecutive flight
Monday, 27 March 2023 04:06
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched 36 satellites belonging to OneWeb Group Company into their intended 450 km circular orbit with an inclination of 87.4 degrees, using its LVM3 launch vehicle. This marked the sixth consecutive successful flight of the LVM3 and the successful execution of NSIL's contract to launch 72 OneWeb satellites to Low Earth Orbit.
The Inflation, high demand driving up launch prices
Monday, 27 March 2023 00:50
A tight launch market, coupled with high inflation, has driven up launch prices in the last year, putting a squeeze on customers.
Remote sensing companies try to capture bigger piece of satellite imaging market
Sunday, 26 March 2023 18:59
Maxar, Planet and BlackSky are working to expand their offerings beyond optical imagery.
Rocket Lab launches 35th Electron 7 days after previous launch
Sunday, 26 March 2023 10:08
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has launched its 35th Electron rocket, deploying two multi-spectral Gen-2 satellites to low Earth orbit for BlackSky (NYSE: BKSY) through launch services provider Spaceflight, Inc. The mission took place just seven days following the Company's previous Electron mission from Launch Complex 2 in Virginia, setting a new company record for fastest turnaround betwe NASA prepares for historic asteroid sample delivery on Sept 24
Sunday, 26 March 2023 10:08
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is cruising back to Earth with a sample it collected from the rocky surface of asteroid Bennu. When its sample capsule parachutes down into the Utah desert on Sept. 24, OSIRIS-REx will become the United States' first-ever mission to return an asteroid sample to Earth.
After seven years in space, including a nail-biting touchdown on Bennu to gather dust and rock The race is on for Ingenuity and Perseverance to stay the distance
Sunday, 26 March 2023 10:08
The Perseverance rover spent the first two Earth years of its mission on Mars driving and sampling within Jezero crater. As anticipated, Jezero was found to be rich with interesting geological features, and the rover used 21 of its precious 43 sample tubes in the region. The rover wrapped up this science campaign by dropping 10 of these samples in a backup depot area for retrieval by a future mi 