Tag: GNSS
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Exolaunch Deploys Satellites on Ariane 6 Inaugural Launch to Enhance European Space Access
Exolaunch, a global company in launch mission management, integration, and satellite deployment services, proudly announced the successful deployment of four satellites aboard Arianespace’s Ariane 6 maiden flight. The liftoff occurred on July 9 at 1600 GFT from the Guiana Space Centre, also known as Europe’s Spaceport, in Kourou, French Guiana. Representing customers ESA, NASA, and Spacemanic,…
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Thales, Spire, and ESSP Sign MOC to Develop Satellite-Based Surveillance for Aviation Market
Thales, Spire Global, and European Satellite Services Provider (ESSP) have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the goal of introducing a range of innovative global satellite-based surveillance services to the air traffic management (ATM) industry and broader aviation market. These services will be powered by a specialized constellation of over 100 satellites collecting Automatic Dependent…
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Xona Space Systems Secures $19M in Funding for its Cutting-Edge Satellite Navigation Service
Xona a company developing a network of small satellites to provide high-precision navigation services announced an oversubscribed $19 million Series A funding round led by Future Ventures and Seraphim Space. New investors NGP Capital, Industrious Ventures, Murata Electronics, Space Capital, and Aloniq also joined the round. This funding will be used to accelerate the deployment…
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Neuraspace Launches Free SYNC and PRO Tiers for its Space Traffic Management Platform
Neuraspace, a European-born global leader in space traffic management (STM), has launched SYNC, a free version (tier) of its end-to-end STM platform, and the subscription-based PRO tier. Both tiers are software-as-a-service (SaaS) and feature a new real-time and collaborative exchange between satellite operators. This enables them to better manage their STM operations and instantly discuss…
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Quectel Launches Versatile BG95-S5 3GPP NTN Satellite Communication Module
Quectel Wireless Solutions, a global IoT solutions provider, announced the launch of the Quectel BG95-S5 3GPP non-terrestrial network (NTN) satellite communication module. The module supports 3GPP Release 17 IoT-NTN in the S-band and L-band frequencies for satellite communications. In addition, the multi-mode BG95-S5 supports LTE Cat M1, Cat NB2, eGPRS, and integrated GNSS. With a…
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Muon Space Confirms Successful Deployment and Operational Status of Weather Satellite
Muon Space, an end-to-end Space Systems Provider revolutionizing the way Earth is monitored from space, announced the successful deployment and operational status of its second ESPA-class satellite, MuSat2. Launched aboard SpaceX‘s Transporter-10 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on March 4, MuSat2 is equipped with advanced software-defined radio frequency instrumentation to gather new…
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Rohde & Schwarz and MediaTek to Demonstrate 5G NTN-NR Rel.17 Connection at MWC 2024
Rohde & Schwarz and MediaTek have teamed up to demonstrate a 5G non-terrestrial network (NTN) new radio (NR) connection based on the latest 3GPP Release 17 specifications. This technological advancement will be presented at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona using the state-of-the-art R&S CMX500 one-box signaling tester (OBT) from Rohde & Schwarz and…
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Safran to Equip LeoStella’s Satellite Platform with High-Performance GNSS Receiver
LeoStella is pursuing its partnership with Syrlinks, a Safran Electronics & Defense company. The Rennes, France-based company will equip LeoStella’s latest-generation of LS-300 satellite buses with its high-performance, resilient N-SPHERE GNSS receiver for low-Earth orbit applications. This latest contract further strengthens the collaboration between Syrlinks, a global leader in radiocommunication and geolocation systems for the…
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Quectel’s Satellite Communication Module Achieves Certification on the Skylo Network
Quectel Wireless Solutions, a global IoT solutions provider, announced the successful certification of Quectel’s NTN-enabled module, the CC660D-LS, for use on the network by Skylo, the leading non-terrestrial network (NTN) service provider. The module is the first to be certified by Skylo for use on its network and enables seamless and reliable IoT-NTN connectivity for…
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NOAA Awards Spire Global $9.4 Million Contract for Satellite Weather Data
Spire Global, a global provider of space-based data, analytics, and space services, has been awarded $9.4 million by the National Oceanographic and Oceanic Administration to provide radio occultation (RO) data for 8 months. The award is part of an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for NOAA’s Commercial Weather Data Program’s Radio Occultation Data Buy…