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Fleet Space has appointed Matteo Genna as its new CTO, the company announced July 5. Genna has been in the space industry for around 30 years. After gaining his PhD in Physics from University of California, Berkeley, Genna joined SSL (now part of Maxar), where he led teams designing and building high-power Geostationary Orbit (GEO)...

Australian telecommunications provider Telstra has a new deal with SpaceX to offer voice-only and voice plus broadband Starlink services to rural and remote customers in Australia. Telstra said in a July 3 announcement that it has been testing the Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite technology.  “We know that collaborating with the right partners is one of...

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has granted Rivada Space Networks request to waive the requirement to put 10% of its constellation into orbit this year.  The decision came from the ITU’s Radio Regulations Board, Rivada announced Wednesday.  The ITU Radio Regulations Board determined that Rivada can proceed to its second deployment milestone to place 144...

Hughes Network Systems’ long-awaited Jupiter 3 satellite is now at Cape Canaveral in Florida, ready to launch. SpaceX will launch Jupiter 3 on an upcoming mission, set for the night of July 23, according to Spaceflight Now. Manufacturer Maxar Technologies shipped the satellite from its facilities in Palo Alto, California, to Florida late last week....

Momentum is teaming up with OneWeb to better enterprise connectivity solutions to the oil & gas sector. The two companies announced the partnership, June 29. Momentum offers these solutions in remote areas throughout North and South America. Momentum hopes by using OneWeb’s global LEO satellite network, it’s oil & gas customers will be able to...

The U.S. Space Force has awarded iRocket $1.8 million in further funding on a Phase II SBIR contract to develop its reusable rocket engine. iRocket — Innovative Rocket Technologies Inc. — is developing the Shockwave launch vehicle for frequent reuse.  The award is funded through AFWERX, the innovation arm of the Department of the Air Force....

Cailabs will host Astrolight’s laser communications terminal on an upcoming satellite mission, the companies announced June 28. Astrolight’s lasercom terminal ATLAS-1 will demonstrate pointing, acquisition, and tracking capabilities at gigabit per second data rates between the spacecraft and and Cailabs optical ground station (OGS). Astrolight is developing a direct-to-Earth optical data downlink system for LEO...

The Space Development Agency (SDA) issued a solicitation for 100 satellites for its Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) on June 28. The SDA is looking for industry proposals for 100 “Alpha” satellites that will be part of the Tranche 2 Transport Layer (T2TL). The PWSA is a proliferated constellation architecture for beyond line of sight...

OroraTech is expanding its partnership with Spire Global to build, launch, and operate an eight-satellite constellation dedicated to global temperature monitoring. The two companies announced the partnership on June 28. Once operational, it will represent one of the first and largest constellation of satellites dedicated to tracking and monitoring wildfires. Each spacecraft in the eight-satellite...

Two satellites that will provide high-speed broadband in the Arctic for the Global Xpress service have completed vacuum testing. The two satellites are part of the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission, which was an Inmarsat mission, and is now part of Viasat following the acquisition. The mission, managed by Space Norway Heosat and will deploy the two...