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Kymeta has been selected as a multi-orbit satellite communications capability provider in the U.S. Army’s Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) pilot with its Osprey u8 terminal. NGC2 is an Army command and control (C2) modernization effort to deliver a technology stack to commanders including transport, infrastructure, data, and applications. Kymeta’s u8 terminal provides multi-orbit…

The satellite industry is going through a digital transformation. In this episode of On Orbit, we’re joined by a group of experts representing RF manufacturing, and both parabolic and electronically scanned antennas for a look at digitization at the edge.  Guests include Simon Swift, engineering director of ETL Systems; Dave Nicoll, strategic business director of…

Hans Koenigsmann is one of SpaceX’s earliest, longest-tenured, and most-revered employees. When Elon Musk started the company in 2002, he was joined by two other “founding” employees, Tom Mueller in propulsion and Chris Thompson in structures. Koenigsmann was the next hire, brought on to develop avionics for the Falcon 1 rocket. Koenigsmann remained at the…

Tele2 is the latest telco to team up with a satellite player to launch a satellite-based IoT service. The Swedish telco is teaming up with Skylo to launch a new Global Satellite IoT Connectivity service. Tele2 said that this partnership makes the company the first Swedish operator to offer a commercial 3GPP-based direct-to-device satellite IoT…

Solstar Space and Momentus are partnering to combine the companies’ capabilities and jointly market in-space data relay/communications and in-space logistics.  The companies are preparing to launch a Solstar communications payload on the upcoming Vigoride-7 mission, planned for SpaceX’s rideshare mission this coming February. It will demonstrate Solstar’s Deke Space Communicator in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) for…