Focus: Smallsats

By design, every global project brings opportunities and threats, even for strong aerospace players like Russia. The biggest opportunity lies in revenue increase across several aerospace segments: Launch services and...

After my recent visit to SATELLITE 2018, the most important event of the satellite communications industry, I would like to highlight the main challenges and focus of the industry going...

The first Kenya University Nano Satellite Precursor Flight (1KUNS-PF), Kenya’s first satellite, was successfully deployed from the Japan Space Agency (JAXA) KIBO deployment module aboard the International Space Station (ISS). 1KUNS-PF...

SSL, a Maxar Technologies company, has announced two executives have joined its leadership team to develop growth opportunities for the company’s spacecraft systems, and expand its focus on small satellites...

NanoRacks has been awarded the launch services and deployment contract for the Canadian CubeSat Project — a nationwide small satellite development program sponsored by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). The...

Concerned that large, high-value satellites are vulnerable to growing threats from potential enemies, the U.S. House Armed Services Committee (HASC) wants the Department of Defense (DOD) to consider making greater...

China launched its fourth Long March-11 (LM-11) rocket on Thursday, carrying multiple small satellites into orbit. The launch took place from a mobile launch platform at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch...