Technology

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded Atlas Space Operations a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract for ground station as a service. Atlas announced the indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract...

SpaceChain has completed the testing of the space node it created for Velas Network, which is hosted on Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite and independent of terrestrial networks. The company announced...

Two Australian startup space companies are partnering to create a software-defined space-to-ground capability. Antaris and Quasar Satellite Technologies announced the partnership July 7, that will see the two companies bring...

Inmarsat and hiSky have completed testing of hiSky’s Smartellite terminals with Inmarsat’s Global Xpress (GX) network. The two companies announced the successful testing July. 5. The move marks the first...

United Kingdom space startup Space Forge is partnering with space situational awareness (SSA) company Lumi Space on the upcoming Virgin Orbit launch from the U.K. later this year.  Space Forge,...

A NanoAvionics satellite equipped with a GoPro camera recently captured an image of itself using a selfie stick. NanoAvionics is calling it the first 4K resolution full “satellite selfie” in...

TMY Technology Inc. (Tmytek) recently debuted its antenna-in-package (AiP) solutions for 5G mobile and satcom applications. The solution is an 8×8 tile-based, dual-polarization phased array antenna.  Tmytek said its AiP...

Satellite Vu will use Orbit Logic’s collection planning software for the operation of its planned constellation of high-resolution thermal imaging satellites, the two companies announced June 21. Orbit Logic will...

Northrop Grumman successfully completed a demonstration of a secure, networked laser communications system for proliferated-LEO constellations using Mynaric’s Condor Mk2 optical communications terminals. The demonstration is part of a contract...

Satellite operator Eutelsat has just been granted ISO 14001 certification for its teleport in Turin, Italy, the company announced June 10. Issued by Bureau Veritas, a leader in certification services,...