Technology

[Via Satellite 04-15-2016] The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) plans to implement a $2 million award to UrtheCast from the Space Technologies Development Program STDP. The Contribution Agreement (CA) is to...

[Via Satellite 04-15-2016] DEV Systemtechnik, a Quintech company, announces that its Archimedes L-band Matrix Switch now comes with an Integrated Spectrum Analyzer (ISA) option, which offers cable head-end operations managers...

[Via Satellite 04-14-2016] The Central American Association for Aeronautics and Space (ACAE) is crowdsourcing $75,000 to complete what it hopes will be the first privately funded satellite built in Central...

[Via Satellite 04-14-206] Alpha Satcom Inc. (ASI), a provider of satellite ESA solutions, has selected Walton De-Ice, a designer and manufacturer of satellite Earth Station Antenna (ESA) weather protection solutions,...

[Via Satellite 04-14-2016] Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) has unveiled SSC Infinity, the company’s new ground operations service designed for small satellites and constellations. SSC Infinity consists of a range of highly automated...

[Via Satellite 04-14-2016] Wolfspeed, a Cree company, has completed testing of its Gallium Nitride on Silicon Carbide (GaN-on-SiC) Radio Frequency (RF) power transistors to demonstrate compliance with NASA reliability standards...

[Via Satellite 04-13-2016] Intelsat and Orbital ATK have announced a new satellite life extension service agreement where Orbital ATK will extend the life of an Intelsat satellite by five years...

[Via Satellite 04-13-2016] Blue Origin will not make satellites, though the company’s orbital vehicle will be available to launch such spacecraft, founder Jeff Bezos said Tuesday, April 12 at the...

[Via Satellite 04-13-2016] Boeing has completed, and delivered to storage, the last in a series of communications satellites for NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) constellation. TDRS M is...

[Via Satellite 04-11-2016] Small satellites could open up new business models for governments and other interested parties. This was one of the key findings of the “Data from Satellite Constellations”...