Tag: Global
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US-India Civil Space Joint Working Group Advances Bilateral Space Collaboration
Officials from the United States and the Republic of India gathered, January 30-31, at the Department of State for the eighth meeting of the U.S.-India Civil Space Joint Working Group (CSJWG). The meeting was co-chaired by Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Jennifer R. Littlejohn and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Associate Administrator for International…
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Sener Aeroespacial will Supply Scanner Mechanisms for the Forum Mission
Sener Aeroespacial has signed a contract to supply scanners, calibration mechanisms, and electronics for the Forum mission (Far-Infrared Outgoing Radiation Understanding and Monitoring), which will be the ninth Earth Explorer mission by the European Space Agency (ESA). By measuring the radiation emitted into space by the Earth, this mission will provide new insights into the…
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AST SpaceMobile to Increase the Scope of Cellular Connectivity in Brazil with Space-Based Cellular Broadband
AST SpaceMobile, the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by standard mobile phones, announced the signing of a non-binding memorandum of understanding (“MoU”) with TIM, one of Brazil’s leading mobile network operators, with the aim of increasing the scope of cellular connectivity and bringing space-based coverage to Brazil. AST…
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Xplore Multi-Sensor Satellite to offer Space Data Products under NOAA Imagery License
Xplore Inc., a space company providing space data products, data fusion, and on-board computing from its multi-sensor XCRAFT announced it has been granted a remote sensing license from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for the company’s first mission to low Earth orbit (LEO) scheduled for launch later this year. Lisa Rich, Xplore Founder,…
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Orbit Awarded Contract to Supply Navy with SATCOM Systems
Orbit Communications Systems, one of the leading global providers of maritime and airborne SATCOM terminals, tracking ground station solutions, and mission-critical airborne audio management systems – has been awarded a multi-million contract by a leading integrator in South East Asia – for the supply of OceanTRx 7MIL satellite communication systems for new naval military platforms.…
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General Atomics GAzelle Satellite Successfully Completes Post Launch Acceptance Review
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced that the recently launched GAzelle satellite hosting the Argos-4 and RadMon payloads has successfully completed its on-orbit Post Launch Acceptance Review (PLAR). All components are confirmed in good health and satellite operations are functioning nominally. The RadMon payload commissioning phase has been completed and can begin mission operations. …
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ESA Chooses DCUBED Lead Consortia to Create Deployable Reflectarray Antenna for NanoSats
The Mechanical Assembly for Reflectarray Antennas of SmallSats (MARAS) project funded through ESA ARTES 4.0 will enable small telecommunications satellites to take their antenna capabilities to the next level with a multi-panel Ka-Band reflect array antenna developed by DCUBED (Deployables Cubed GmbH), Celestial Space Technologies GmbH, German Orbital Systems GmbH and Blackwave GmbH. The satellite…
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HENSOLDT and Fraunhofer Collaborate on Space Surveillance Radar
Sensor specialist HENSOLDT has agreed to cooperate with the Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Technology FHR with the aim of transforming the technology demonstrator GESTRA (German Experimental Space Surveillance and Tracking Radar) into a series-production ready, operationally deployable system called Custodian. To this end, HENSOLDT has acquired the necessary licenses from the…
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AWS Announces the AWS Space Accelerator 2023 Program
Now in its third year, the AWS Space Accelerator is a hybrid technical, business, and mentorship opportunity open to space startups from around the globe who are looking to power their space missions using Amazon Web Services (AWS). In 2023, the AWS Space Accelerator will call on teams and resources across Amazon to help emerging…
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Isar Aerospace and Spaceflight Signs a Multi-Launch Services Agreement
European launch service company Isar Aerospace and U.S.-based Spaceflight, the leading global launch service provider, have announced they have signed a multi-launch services agreement. Under the agreement, Spaceflight secured one dedicated launch in 2026 to a sun-synchronous orbit taking off from Andya, Norway, and an option to add an additional dedicated launch to occur in…