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Arianespace launches INTELSAT 39 and EDRS-C
Aug 07, 2019 (ESA)
The launch took place on August 6, 2019 at 4:30 p.m. (local time) from the Guiana Space Center (CSG), Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana (South America). With ...
ATLAS Space Operations extends global reach with nine new ground stations
Aug 02, 2019 (SPX)
These new stations have all become fully operational in the span of the last two quarters - a rapid and unprecedented broadening of ground communication capabil...
Space data relay system shows its speed
Aug 02, 2019 (ESA)
EDRS is a public-private partnership between ESA and Airbus. Evert Dudok, Executive Vice-President at Airbus, said: "The Space Data Highway and the EDRS service...
Next satellite in the European Data Relay System is fuelled
Jul 30, 2019 (ESA)
EDRS uses innovative laser technology to dramatically cut the time needed for Earth observation satellites to deliver information to the ground. It enables peop...
Communications satellite firm OneWeb plans to start monthly launches in December
Jul 24, 2019 (SPX)
"Those are the best rockets we could find for the quality, price and capability we were looking for," OneWeb founder and executive chairman Greg Wyler said. "We...
OneWeb and Airbus start up world's first high-volume satellite production facility in Florida
Jul 23, 2019 (SPX)
Historically, satellites are custom built, costing tens of millions of dollars to build, and taking more than a year to produce a single one. The OneWeb Satelli...
Why isn't Australia in deep space?
Jul 22, 2019 (The Conversation)
Those literally otherworldly images - beamed into countless schools, homes and workplaces - were at times routed through the Parkes Radio Telescope in New South...
Maintaining large-scale satellite constellations using logistics approach
Jul 17, 2019 (SPX)
However, the unprecedently large scale of these megaconstellations also brings numerous challenges, some of which are hidden and not well-explored. Researchers ...
Maxar begins production on Legion-class satellite for Ovzon
Jul 13, 2019 (SPX)
Ovzon selected Maxar in December 2018 to build its first satellite, Ovzon 3, which will provide extremely versatile mobile broadband communications for small ve...
To be a rising star in the space economy, Australia should also look to the East
Jul 05, 2019 (The Conversation)
Where exactly a spacecraft might land in Australia is still anyone's guess. Australia wants to become a bona fide space power in the emerging space economy - ex...
All-alectric Maxar 1300-Class comsat delivers broadcast services for Eutelsat customers
Jun 24, 2019 (SPX)
The satellite launched yesterday aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from the Arianespace launch base in Kourou, French Guiana. EUTELSAT 7C deployed its solar arrays on s...
Israeli space tech firm hiSky expands to the UK
Jun 19, 2019 (SPX)
The Israeli company hiSky has established a UK limited company - hiSkySat Limited - based in London, with an R and D centre at Harwell to develop a satellite co...
Newtec collaborates with QinetiQ, marking move into space sector
Jun 19, 2019 (SPX)
QinetiQ - a leading science and engineering company operating primarily in the defense, security, space and air markets - has chosen Newtec's Manufacturing Comp...
RBC Signals awarded SBIR Phase I contract by US Air Force
Jun 18, 2019 (SPX)
Awarded under the topic "Commercial Solutions for Innovative Space Data Analytics", the RBC Signals award is managed out of the Space Vehicles Directorate of th...
Apollo-era tech built foundation, but private industry now leads space innovation
Jun 18, 2019 (UPI)
Reusable rockets, commercialized by SpaceX and under development by others in the last few years, have dramatically lowered the cost of reaching space, along wi...
Luxembourg Space Agency approves EUR 1 million grant to Kleos Space
Jun 17, 2019 (SPX)
Currently, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is home to approximately 50 space companies and research labs. The space sector's contribution to the nation's GDP is a...
Space agencies come together
Jun 17, 2019 (ESA)
For decades, the European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, have worked in close collaboration to better understand our Universe. F...
American Astronomical Society issues position statement on satellite constellations
Jun 12, 2019 (SPX)
Some people, unaware that artificial satellites can be seen moving against the starry background every clear night, reported UFO sightings. Astronomers, on the ...
NanoAvionics gets 10 million euros for for global IoT constellation development
Jun 10, 2019 (SPX)
The funding is for the first demonstration of the pre-cursor stage of the Global Internet of Things (GIoT) nano-satellite constellation with one or more IoT/M2M...
ESA boost to new commercial space transportation services
Jun 10, 2019 (ESA)
ESA, tasked with growing and supporting European businesses, is proposing a Commercial Space Transportation Services and Support Programme (C-STS) beyond 2019, ...
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