Technology

Seven space companies joined the Digital IF Interoperability Consortium (DIFI) on Monday, bringing the independent industry group’s membership to more than 50 companies. DIFI named CesiumAstro, Communications & Power Industries...

Rocket Lab will supply solar cells for three missile warning satellites Lockheed Martin is building for the U.S. Space Force. Rocket Lab announced July 27 it will supply Coverglass Interconnected...

Thales Alenia Space is partnering with Italian startup Miprons to develop a satellite propulsion system that uses water as fuel. Miprons, based in Rome, has a proprietary technology for a...

Ball Aerospace signed an MoU with well-known data storage company Seagate Technologies to collaborate on data processing and storage technology in space, the company announced July 26. Through this collaborative...

Intelsat ordered two additional VSAT hubs from Gilat Satellite Networks to support in-flight connectivity (IFC) services in Japan. Gilat said the order will help Intelsat address demand for IFC in...

As the missions and business cases for smallsats evolve and grow, smallsat propulsion is innovating to keep up. Smallsats need more flexibility and maneuverability, and access to multiple orbits. How...

The U.S. Army Future Command awarded Kratos Defense & Security Solutions a contract to develop a virtualized satcom ground system based on its OpenSpace Platform. Kratos received the contract from...

Millennium Space Systems shared details of a previously unknown small satellite mission for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) that tested crosslinks and on-orbit processing. Millennium Space Systems began...

Portuguese startup Neuraspace rolled out its space traffic management platform this week, aimed at satellite operators, insurers, regulators and policy makers. The Neuraspace platform is an automated solution designed to...

The European Space Agency gave Thales Alenia Space and QinetiQ a study contract to pave the way for small multi-mission satellites to operate in Very Low-Earth Orbit (VLEO). In the...