Technology

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now part of everyday life and it is playing a larger role in the satellite industry. Recently, Slingshot Aerospace revealed details of working with Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in the U.S. to create a new AI system, called Agatha, that identifies anomalous spacecraft within large satellite constellations. It also...

Hughes Network Systems hit the milestone of shipping more than 5,000 electronically steerable antennas (ESA) for service with the Eutelsat OneWeb Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation.  The HL1120W terminal is a fixed terminal for outdoor installation with a phased array antenna and no moving parts. The terminal has been tested to support service via the OneWeb...

Eutelsat Group is in exclusive talks with a private equity firm to sell the majority of its ground network in order to form a new ground station as a service company.           Eutelsat first said it was considering such a sale in May. The operator announced Aug. 9 that it entered into an exclusive agreement with...

Aalto HAPS (AALTO) has broadened its reach into one of the largest markets in Asia. The company signed an MoU with PT Dayamitra Telekomunikasi Tbk (Mitratel), an Indonesian digital infrastructure telecoms company to explore how to provide commercial HAPS solutions in Indonesia. The companies said the combination of Mitratel’s digital infrastructure portfolio that includes more than 38,000...

Impulse Space has two new offerings to help satellites reach Geostationary Orbit (GEO). The company announced Tuesday it will offer a rideshare program to GEO for small satellites using its Helios kick stage starting in 2027. In addition, Impulse Space updated the design of its Mira orbital transfer vehicle to enable operations in GEO.  ...

Orbit Fab has received a critical approval from the U.S. Space Force that its refueling interface is approved for military services.  The company announced Monday that its RAFTI (Rapidly Attachable Fluid Transfer Interface) refueling port was designated by the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) as a refueling interface for in-space fueling of military...

Atlas Space Operations onboarded the NASA TROPICS mission to its ground segment network to improve data collection for the mission within a rapid timeline of four weeks, the company announced Aug. 1.  The TROPICS constellation of four satellites in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) provides data with space-based storm-sensing technology to inform weather forecasting. The satellites provide...

Orbit Communication Systems is working with Viasat on multi-purpose satcom terminals for airborne platforms, the companies announced Wednesday. The terminals will be designed for a range of mission aircraft, rotary wing and uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs). Orbit plans to introduce the next-generation of airborne satcom systems to integrate across Viasat’s global Ka-band networks, including ViaSat-3...

Planetary Systems AI (PSAI) has been selected to participate in the U.S. Space Systems Command’s Space Domain Awareness (SDA) Tools Applications and Processing (TAP) lab.  The SDA TAP Lab is a voluntary three-month tech accelerator that works on space domain awareness challenges.  PSAI is focused on cyber-first and AI/ML solutions for space and satellite operators....

Small satellite companies that have grown out of the New Space boom are retiring the cubesat platforms that made them to focus on larger, more powerful next-get small sats that promise to unlock new possibilities with advanced AI and real-time laser-based inter-satellite communications. Over the past 15 years, small satellites have revolutionized how things are...