Focus: Manufacturing

There’s no shortage of excitement about the coming new space decade, from the U.S. priority to get back to the moon, to the launch of the first Low-Earth Orbit (LEO)...

Reach, performance and flexibility augmenting the end-to-end fiber infrastructure – this is how SES Networks Executive Vice President Stewart Sanders describes the unique characteristics of the operator’s O3b mPOWER managed...

Amazon announced on Wednesday that it is leasing and renovating a new headquarters for its Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation initiative Project Kuiper in Redmond, Washington. According to Amazon, the new...

Inmarsat Government has ordered a Multi-Purpose Terminal (MPT) 46WGX from Orbit Communications Systems, the companies announced on Thursday. The order comes after the two companies signed a co-development agreement in...

GomSpace (GS) and Lockheed Martin Space will develop and deliver a GS 6U nanosatellite to Orbital Micro Systems (OMS) in the United Kingdom, the companies announced Wednesday, Dec. 18. The...

Lockheed Martin delivered the capsule-shaped aeroshell that will protect NASA‘s Mars 2020 rover to the Kennedy Space Center, in Titusville, Florida, on Dec. 12. The aeroshell will encapsulate the Mars...

Virtex, a vertically integrated electronic manufacturing services provider headquartered in Austin, Texas, has acquired Precision Technology (PTI). Located in Plano, Texas, PTI provides assembly and test of electronic assemblies to...

Sypris Electronics has received contract awards from Collins Aerospace to manufacture and test electronic assemblies for the environmental control and life support, and the power management and distribution systems of...

Thales Alenia Space will build the Nilesat-301 geostationary communications satellite for Egyptian operator Nilesat, the company announced December 4. Thales Alenia Space will be responsible for satellite design, production, testing...

Airbus, The European Space Agency (ESA), and Eutelsat presented the new multibeam active antenna payload today at Airbus in Madrid. Airbus’ ELSA+ (ELectronically Steerable Antenna+) is a first for commercial satellite...