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Infostellar will support Panasonic’s ‘CURTIS’ satellite by providing multiple ground stations through the company’s StellarStation platform, the two Japanese companies announced Thursday. This includes providing a ground station in Gifu, Japan owned by Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI); a ground station in Azerbaijan owned by Azercosmos; and ground stations in South Africa and Bahrain owned by...

Cobham Satcom is unveiling a new range of advanced satellite safety terminals as its looks to boost its revenues in the maritime arena. Designed for the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS), Cobham Satcom’s two new terminals are prepared for new generation safety services from maritime satellite service providers, Inmarsat Maritime (SAILOR Fleet C)...

Arianespace launched the final mission for the original Vega rocket on Sept. 4, launching the Copernicus Sentinel-2C satellite.  Vega was in service for 12 years with 20 successful flights. It will be replaced by the upgraded Vega-C launcher, which is expected to return to flight by the end of this year. The rocket debuted in...

Satellite imagery company BlackSky will execute a reverse stock split to raise its share price, the company announced Wednesday.  BlackSky’s shareholders approved the 1-for-8 reverse split during an annual meeting on Sept. 4. The split will be effective at 4:15 p.m. ET on September 6. Over the past six months, BlackSky’s stock has traded between $1.50...

John Finney, who founded satellite terminal company All.Space, is stepping down from his role as CEO. All.Space announced Wednesday that Paul McCarter will succeed Finney as CEO, effective immediately.  Finney was previously the chief commercial officer of O3b Networks. He founded the company in 2013 as Isotropic Systems to design a multi-orbit antenna to match...

Telespazio will play a key role in an ambitious new space project in Italy which will see the creation of Italy’s first national center for the development of satellite navigation skills and technologies. It has won a new contract from the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to be the prime contractor on this project. The ‘National...

Nuview has selected Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) to develop the pathfinder satellite bus for its LiDAR demonstration satellite.  Nuview, which emerged from stealth mode in 2023, plans to build the first commercial LiDAR satellite constellation to provide continually updatedc 3D elevation data of the Earth’s land surface. The company says that space-based LiDAR can capture...

Telesat is selling satellite services business Infosat Communications to Canadian company Network Innovations. Infosat Communications is a satellite services company focused on serving remote business operations. Network Innovations, a technology integrator and cellular, satellite, and managed network solutions provider based in Calgary, Canada, announced the deal on September 3rd. Financial terms of the deal were not...

Eutelsat has signed a new, multi-year deal with SoftBank which will see the company integrate Eutelsat’s OneWeb LEO connectivity services into its offering and provide a new element to the company’s satellite communication services. Initially, the deal will focus on the Japanese market, but will expand to Japanese customers in other territories. Eutelsat announced the...

Clay Mowry will lead the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) as the organization’s next CEO, AIAA announced Tuesday. Mowry succeeds Dan Dumbacher, who is retiring and will leave AIAA at the end of September. Mowry will start in his role on Oct. 1.  AIAA is the largest aerospace technical society with nearly 30,000...