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Gogo Unveils Hughes-Built Antenna for LEO Broadband for Business Aviation
Gogo is rolling out a new electronically steered antenna (ESA) for business aviation to enable broadband from Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites, FDX. It is the second antenna in its Gogo Galileo product line and will be manufactured by Hughes Network Systems. Gogo designed and engineered both antennas in close collaboration with Hughes. This follows after…
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NASA and its Partners Achieve a Major Milestone in Space-to-Ground Laser Communications
NASA and its partners have achieved another major milestone in the future of space communications – achieving 200 gigabits per second (Gbps) throughput on a space-to-ground optical link between a satellite in orbit and Earth, the highest data rate ever achieved by optical communications technology. These data rates are made possible by using laser communications,…
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South Korea launches research satellites on third Nuri flight
On the southern coast of South Korea, the first entirely home-grown launch vehicle in the country’s history conducted its third flight from the Naro Space Center. Launch occurred at 09:24 UTC on Thursday, May 25, from Naro’s Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), following a scrub on Wednesday. The Nuri rocket, also known as KSLV-2, pioneered the…
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Space Investment in 2023: Better Than Expected?
The space investment environment could not be worse than 2022, right? Halfway through 2023, we can start to draw some conclusions. There have been plenty more challenges, not least the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the bank for many new space companies. However, SpaceX is still being SpaceX, i.e. impressively successful. Heavy-hitters like Apple,…
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DARPA Awards 4 Contracts for SAR Collection and Processing Under the Drift Program
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded four contracts aimed at flying synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites in formation to demonstrate novel imagery collection techniques and enable the development of new algorithms to process the radar data from multiple satellites. The awards to Umbra, Terran Orbital’s PredaSAR unit, Northrop Grumman and Jacobs were made in late 2022 and…
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ICEYE Announces First-in-Market SAR Satellite Dwell Imaging Mode
ICEYE, a global company in radar satellite persistent monitoring of the planet and an expert in natural catastrophe solutions, announced a new imaging mode known as Dwell. With Dwell, ICEYE synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites remain focused on a specific point on the ground for an extended collection time. This unique long-duration imaging mode allows…
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FCC Approves Viasat/Inmarsat Merger
The Viasat and Inmarsat merger has secured another regulatory approval to move forward, this time from the FCC. The FCC issued an order on May 19 approving the transaction, stating that it will serve the public interest. The FCC’s approval stated the commission does not think the merger will harm competition in government satellite services,…
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HAKUTO-R impact crater on the Moon found by NASA’s LRO
LRO found the impact crater the next day The HAKUTO-R lander attempted to make its landing on April 25. During ispace’s livestream, it was announced that the team had lost communication with it just before the expected touchdown. You could tell that the vibe in the room was not of pending excitement or anxiety but…
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Will Arab Countries Become the New Space-Tech Powerhouse?
The revolution of the space industry has made access to space affordable and attractive. Emerging countries in particular see space commercialization as a huge opportunity. Launching small satellites can improve their economy, utility systems, infrastructure, scientific research, environment and living standards. Among those emerging space nations are the Arab countries. Already excelling in the space…
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ENPULSION Introduces New Field Emission Electric Propulsion Thruster for Small Satellites
ENPULSION GmbH a space tech company developing one of the most advanced propulsion solutions for small sats to a large number of worldwide satellite platform integrators has introduced a new electric propulsion thruster for small satellites. The ENPULSION NANO has a dynamic thrust range of 10 to 350 µN and a nominal thrust of 330…