Technology

Kacific Broadband Satellites and ST Engineering iDirect are extending their technology partnership, the two companies announced Feb. 14. ST Engineering iDirect will provide next generation ground infrastructure for Kacific’s expanding satellite internet services. Kacific is now working to expand its capabilities and coverage, adding capacity with services throughout the region. Kacific’s next-generation satellite aims to...

Rocket Lab is rolling out two new space systems products for small satellites, a new software-defined radio and reaction wheels. These new components add to the company’s line of products for manufacturing small satellites from solar power to mission software, separation systems, star trackers, radios, and reaction wheels.  The new Frontier-X radio is a radio...

Mynaric has delivered multiple lasercom terminals to Telesat for the operators’ satellites involved in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Blackjack Track B program. The company announced Wednesday that it delivered multiple Condor Mk2 optical communications terminals to Telesat’s government subsidiary, Telesat Government Solutions. This was Mynaric’s first delivery for space-based optical terminals. Blackjack...

SES, ThinKom and Hughes Network Systems reported a multi-orbit satellite service demonstration for government airborne missions which the company’s said shows multi-orbit resilience for critical missions.  The companies tested a ThinKom ThinAir Ka2517 airborne satcom terminal over SES’s Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) and Geostationary (GEO) satellite networks at ThinKom’s Hawthorne, California facilities and on an aircraft...

Telesat has won a deal to provide antennas and ground station infrastructure to Anuvu, the two companies announced, Feb. 7. The facilities will support Tracking, Telemetry and Control (TT&C) of Anuvu’s first two MicroGEO satellites built by Astranis Space Technologies. Anuvu and Astranis remain on track to launch the first two satellites for the constellation...

CACI has signed an R&D agreement with the U.S. Army to develop advanced payload technologies, space sensor applications, and resilient Positioning, Navigation & Timing (PNT). The agreement is a five-year cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Technical Center (USASMDC-TC), CACI announced Monday. There is no funding associated...

Hensoldt is going to partner with Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Technology (FHR) in the area of space surveillance radars. It is a significant partnership for the German space industry as they look to develop their capabilities in this area. The two companies announced the partnership Feb. 2. The two companies have...

Samsung announced the details of its new Galaxy S23 series of smartphones this week — and emergency messaging via satellite was not one of the features.  In Wednesday’s Galaxy Unpacked announcement, Samsung announced that the S23 Ultra will use Qualcomm’s new “Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy” chips, but did not mention any satellite messaging...

Gravitilab Aerospace Services, a U.K. space engineering company, has claimed a world first for microgravity research and testing. At a UAV testing site in Cornwall in the United Kingdom, the company engineered what it claims is the first ever commercial microgravity service using its UAV technology. The company announced the results of the test, Feb....

Atlas Space Operations is joining the Amazon Web Services (AWS) solution provider program to resell AWS Ground Station.  The solution provider program is an official AWS program across many industries in which AWS partners resell AWS service to end customers. Atlas said in a Wednesday announcement that it will be the first partner to resell...