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Hughes Network Systems was awarded a deal with SES Space & Defense for the company’s auto-PACE solution to support a military contract. The SES contract supports the Air Force Research Laboratory‘s (AFRL) Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet (DEUCSI) program, which evaluates commercial satellite internet networks for military use. The Hughes solution will operate in...

BICS is teaming up with Skylo as its looks to improve its connectivity offerings to customers by bringing a satellite component to the mix. The partnership will allow BICS to leverage Skylo for its network made up of Geostationary (GEO) satellites for direct NB-IoT-to-satellite connectivity for its enterprise customers. Skylo will also use BICS’ IPX...

Space Tango received a $5 million award from NASA to support biological data collection for the planned crewed test flight to lunar orbit in the Artemis II mission. Space Tango builds systems that support health and technology manufacturing in space.  Space Tango’s work on Artemis II will support the NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) over...

SpaceX successfully launched a telecommunications satellite for Indonesia, Merah-Putih-2, from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Tuesday, Feb 20. Merah-Putih-2, named after Indonesia’s flag colors, was designed to improve connectivity in the country.  Thales Alenia Space built the satellite, which was modeled after the Spacebus 4000B2 platform, and it provides at least 32 gigabits per second of...

Astroscale Japan has reached a milestone with the successful launch of its debris inspection demonstration satellite, ADRAS-J. Rocket Lab launched the satellite from Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand on Feb. 18. The ADRAS-J spacecraft was selected by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) for Phase I of its Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration...

Omnispace received regulatory approval to operate S-band mobile satellite service (MSS) in Brazil, the company announced Feb. 19. Omnispace reports it now has market access to reach more than 735 million people across Latin America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East.  Brazil’s National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL) approved subsidiary Omnispace Comunicações Brasil‘s request to operate the...

Singer, songwriter, actress, and MIT and Harvard graduate, Bridgit Mendler is now CEO of a new satellite ground tech startup Northwood. Mendler, who is known for her role as Teddy on “Good Luck Charlie,” announced on X Monday morning that Northwood secured a $6.3 million seed led by Founders Fund and Andreessen Horowitz with participation...

  Earth observation and geospatial technology company Nuview, acquired software service platform Astræa Tuesday. Nuview plans to use Astræa’s AI-driven distribution and analysis tools to develop a high-throughput Earth observation data channel to distribute data to Nuview’s partners and customers. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Nuview is building a satellite constellation to...

Eutelsat Group is seeing encouraging signs in its mobility business, but video revenues continue to decline. These are two of the highlights of the operator’s latest results, announced Feb. 16. Overall revenues remained largely flat. In the six months to the end of December 2023, the operator generated revenues of 572.6 million euros ($615.4 million),...

The Federal Communications Commission proposed a framework for licensing in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing (ISAM) activities at its most recent meeting on Feb. 15. All five commissioners voted in favor of proposing the framework.  The FCC said these proposed changes are meant to support the development of these space activities, which it described as an...