Technology

Thorium Space, a Polish space company, has signed a deal with Hellas Sat which will see the two companies to develop and build a fully flexible, software-defined payload working in Ku/Ka-band. It is Thorium Space’s most significant deal to date. This payload will be on a Hellas Sat satellite that will be placed in the...

Kepler Communications has validated optical inter-satellite links, transmitting data between two relay satellites in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO). The two Kepler satellites used in the test are equipped with Tesat SCOT80 optical terminals. Kepler announced the milestone on Tuesday.  The pair of satellites were launched in November of 2023 to demonstrate technology for the company’s space...

The Biden administration on Tuesday said it has reached a preliminary agreement with Rocket Lab to provide $23.9 million in federal investment to increase production of the company’s solar cells that power spacecraft and satellites. The preliminary memorandum of terms is non-binding and a final agreement will depend on the results of further due diligence and...

Netcracker Technology, an IT/telecoms solution company, is launching its Digital Satellite Solution, which it believes will create a blueprint for multi-orbit IT to transform how satellite operators manage, optimize, and monetize their business. With this solution, Netcracker aims to help operators guarantee the best service quality, deliver a premium digital engagement to their customers and...

Neuron has made a new breakthrough in the maritime arena. Service provider Tototheo Global will deploy Neuron’s AI-powered quality of experience management (QoE) platform to vessels contracted to Tototheo. The two companies announced the deal on June 7. The agreement follows proof of concept tests verifying that Neuron’s QoE analytics solution, Neuron 360, aims to...

An upcoming Planet imaging satellite will be equipped with an artificial intelligence chip from Nvidia, Planet announced Monday. Planet will leverage the Nvidia Jetson edge AI platform for its Pelican-2 satellite set to launch later this year. Nvidia builds AI chips, systems, and software and recently reached a $3 billion market cap. Planet said it...

MDA Space selected Tesat to provide the optical communication terminals (OCT) for Telesat’s Lightspeed Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation.  Tesat announced Tuesday that MDA Space selected its SCOT80 optical communications terminal (OCT) for the company’s Aurora software-defined product line, including its anchor customer, Lightspeed. MDA Space placed an order for 792 terminals. Financial terms of the...

Satellite operator Intelsat has signed with Northrop Grumman‘s SpaceLogistics to utilize its two Mission Extension Vehicles (MEVs) and service its satellites for at least another four years. The contract agreement, announced Thursday, is itself a life-extension of a six-year-long partnership between the two companies that has showcased how the MEV-1 and MEV-2 vehicles can extend...

NASA set a new optical data transmission distance record using technology from CACI International, the company announced Thursday. CACI said that NASA transmitted optical data over a distance of more than 200 million kilometers – from its Psyche spacecraft in orbit to the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. The test was part of...

Wireless communication technology companies Rohde & Schwarz (R&S) and Viavi Solutions signed an expansion of their joint wireless lab test solutions partnership. The two companies announced Wednesday that the partnership will include the roll-out of a non-terrestrial network (NTN) digital twin testbed they co-developed, covering Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) and Geosynchronous Orbit (GEO)....