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AST SpaceMobile Achieves First-Ever Space-Based Voice Call with Unmodified Smartphones
AST SpaceMobile Inc., the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by standard mobile phones, announced the successful completion of the first-ever two-way voice calls, directly to everyday unmodified smartphones using the BlueWalker 3 satellite. This is the first time anyone has ever achieved a direct voice connection from space…
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Galapagos Islands Telco CNT Increases MEO Capacity Agreement with SES
CNT, a telecom provider for the Galapagos Islands, is increasing its capacity agreement with SES from 1.5 gigabits per second to 2.5 gigabits on the O3b constellation, with plans to migrate to O3b mPOWER. CNT and SES have a long term partnership and the satellite operator has been serving the island chain off the coast…
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ST Engineering Debuts its Inaugural SAR Satellite Launch
ST Engineering announced that it has launched its first polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (PolSAR) satellite, TeLEOS-2. Developed in partnership with Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency (on behalf of the Government of Singapore), TeLEOS-2 features a made-in-Singapore SAR payload and is able to capture both day and night images under all-weather conditions in high resolutions,…
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SpaceX conducts Starlink Group 3 deployment launch
SpaceX’s 27th launch of the year occurred Thursday, April 27, 2023, lofting another batch of 46 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit. Liftoff was at 6:40 AM PDT (13:40 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. This was the third launch attempt of this mission. The mission,…
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Thuraya Upgrades Maritime Terminals
Thuraya, a Yahsat owned company, has launched a new multi-language software for Thuraya MarineStar, its maritime voice, tracking and monitoring solution. The company announced the upgrade, April 25. Thuraya has so far sold over 29,000 MarineStar devices since its launch in 2019, across Asia, Africa and Europe. MarineStar’s new 2.0 ML firmware upgrades the terminal’s…
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Astra Received New Launch Task Order From US Space Force for Rocket 4
Astra Space announced that it has been awarded a launch task order for Rocket 4 through the United States Space Force’s Orbital Services Program (OSP)-4 contract. “The Space Force deliberately structured the OSP-4 contract to leverage emerging launch solutions for mission partners like the DoD Space Test Program,” said Lt. Col. Justin Beltz, chief of…
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US Space Force and DISA Awards Satellite Communications Contract to SES Space & Defense
SES Space & Defense, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES, will provide satellite communications capabilities in support of the U.S. Army Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WINT-T) training activities. The five-year Commercial Satellite Communications (COMSATCOM) Transponded Capacity (CTC) contract worth USD 27.54 million has been awarded by the U.S. Space Force’s Commercial SATCOM Communication Office (CSCO) through Defense…
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An Inside Look at Geospatial Intelligence With Ronda Schrenk
Ronda Schrenk has had a front-row seat to the evolution of geospatial intelligence in the United States. She started out as an imagery analyst for the National Photographic Interpretation Center (NPIC), just before it was combined into the new National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NEMA), which later became the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Now, she is…
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Sidus and SkyServe Signs an MOU for Real-time Onboard Analytics
Sidus Space has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with SkyServe. “We are very pleased to have signed this MOU with SkyServe at this year’s Space Symposium in Colorado Springs,” said Carol Craig, Sidus Space Founder and CEO. “We believe this agreement will expand our ability to leverage the latest advancements in artificial intelligence and…
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Blue Origin participates in a new round of collaborations with NASA on space tech
One of the modules for the New Glenn rocket sits outside Blue Origin’s Florida factory. (Blue Origin Photo) Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is among 12 companies chosen to collaborate with NASA on new technologies that could become part of future missions to the moon and Mars. Blue Origin has signed up…