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Millennium Space Systems reports it has completed a program design review (PDR) for a U.S. Space Force missile tracking satellite in just four months, the company announced Wednesday. The satellite is for Space Systems Command’s Missile Track Custody (MTC) program.  The MTC program is pursuing small satellites in Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) for missile warning. Millennium...

Keysight Technologies is working with Skylo Technologies to expand its cellular testing expertise to non-terrestrial networks (NTN). The companies announced an MoU on Wednesday to create a certification program for chipsets, modules, and devices using  narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) protocol over satellite.  Keysight offers 5G device test solutions, and will create a certification plan to validate...

Starlink will play a pivotal role in expanding connectivity throughout Australia. Optus, one of Australia’s leading telcos and satellite providers, signed a deal with SpaceX to deliver mobile connectivity using the Starlink satellite constellation to cover 100% of Australia. Optus said in a July 12 announcement that it will enable satellite direct-to-cell service with Starlink starting...

Marine enforcement company OceanMind is expanding its agreement with Spire Global for automatic identification system (AIS) vessel-tracking data. Spire has been providing AIS data to OceanMind since 2019. OceanMind supports fisheries enforcement officials, seafood buyers and non-governmental organizations to monitor compliance with fishing activities. Spire’s data helps the company identify suspected illegal fishing, with OceanMind...

Muon Space has been awarded an option to the company’s contract with Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLMC) to collect ionospheric data on the MuSat-2 satellite mission.  Under this contract option, the Department of Defense (DoD) will evaluate the commercial data from Muon Space’s MuSat-2 satellite to use in weather forecasting, ionospheric modeling, impact...

Astranis will build a satellite dedicated to broadband in the Philippines under a new deal announced Tuesday with satellite service provider Orbits Corp and the government of the Philippines. This will be Astranis’s first satellite program outside of the Americas.  The Astranis business model is to sell MicroGEO, or smaller satellites in Geostationary Orbit (GEO),...

GMV will provide a cybersecurity system for UAVs in Galacia, Spain. It has signed a 1.6 million euros ($1.7 million) contract with the regional government of Galicia’s Galacian Innovation Agency, the company announced July 10. Galacia is an autonomous community located in the Northwest of Spain. This cybersecurity system will consist of a network of...

Rivada Space Networks and has signed an MoU with satellite service provider IEC Telecom to work together on land and maritime communications. According to a Monday announcement, IEC Telecom plans to use Rivada’s future OuterNET satellite service for the humanitarian and maritime sectors.  OuterNET is Rivada’s planned network of Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites in a...

Maxar Technologies has a new Maxar Geospatial Platform (MGP) now available as an initial release, for access to Earth observation intelligence. The company said MGP was designed to simplify discovery, purchasing and integration for geospatial data and analytics. Maxar announced Monday during the Esri User Conference that select customers can access MGP now, and it...

Propulsion company Phase Four received a funding increase from the Air Force Research Laboratory and its innovation arm AFWERX. The $4.26 million funding increase is focused on developing a propellant decomposition chamber for propellant-agnostic electric propulsion.  This contract is a tactical funding increase (TACFI) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology...