Technology

Thales Alenia Space has won a contract from South Korean aerospace manufacturer and defense company LIG Nex1 to provide a digital processor for the GEO-Kompsat-3 (Geostationary Earth Orbit Korea Multipurpose...

Comtech Telecommunications has established two new business lines focused on satellite ground technologies. Comtech said these two businesses will serve growing opportunities in satellite ground station technology, and the company’s...

Astroscale has paused its ELSA-d mission after detecting a spacecraft anomaly, the company said in a statement late Wednesday.  Astroscale said that on Jan. 25, ELSA-d servicer spacecraft began operations...

While Tomorrow.io may have plans to deploy a satellite constellation, but didn’t start out as a space company. Instead, the weather forecasting software company looked at its path for growth,...

GMV has won a new contract for the Spanish Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico Industrial (CDTI) to develop a coordinated scheduling software for planning and tasking the activities of the...

Viasat has released a new large-aperture antenna class for space-to-ground communication. The company said this is its most advanced class of large-aperture antennas and capable of supporting missions including Earth...

The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) awarded Parsons Corporation a contract to develop a prototype ground operations center for the Blackjack. DARPA awarded the $11 million sole-source contract in...

CesiumAstro has released an S-band inter-satellite link for commercial, government, and defense applications called the CommPack, the company announced Jan. 11.  The CommPack communications payload includes the software-defined radio (SDR-1001)...

Hispasat has signed a new climate-related deal in Spain in the area of reforestation. The Spanish operator announced Jan. 12 that it is partnering with the Repsol Foundation to develop...

RS21 is a data science company targeting the space sector to improve predictive maintenance and remote monitoring of satellite systems and networks. RS21 has been recognized for its autonomous technology...