Tag: LEO
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Netcracker Unveils Digital Satellite Solution to Revolutionize LEO and GEO Satcom Ground Networks
Netcracker Technology announced the launch of its Digital Satellite Solution, a blueprint for multi-orbit IT that radically transforms how satellite operators manage, optimize, and monetize their business. With the new solution, operators can guarantee the best service quality at any time, deliver a premium digital engagement to their customers, and expand their business with any…
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Kepler Successfully Validates Optical Inter-Satellite Links for Space Data Relay Constellation
Kepler Communications, a company building Internet connectivity for space, has announced the successful validation of optical inter-satellite links (OISLs) between two data relay satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). During a commissioning and early operations phase, Kepler established optical inter-satellite links between two Pathfinder satellites equipped with Space Development Agency (SDA) compatible Tesat SCOT80 optical…
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Redwire to Develop Roll-Out Solar Arrays for Thales Alenia Space’s Space Inspire Satellites
Redwire Corporation, one of the leading companies in space infrastructure for the next-generation space economy, announced it will develop and deliver Roll-Out Solar Array (ROSA) wings for Thales Alenia Space’s Space Inspire satellites, the company’s newest product line of geostationary (GEO) telecommunications satellites. A joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), Thales Alenia Space…
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Airbus Selected by Yahsat for the Construction of Al Yah 4 and Al Yah 5 Satellites
Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PJSC (Yahsat), the UAE’s flagship satellite solutions provider announced that it has contracted Airbus Defence and Space, a leading satellite manufacturer, for its new geostationary telecommunications satellites, Al Yah 4 (“AY4”) and Al Yah 5 (“AY5”). The significant step follows the signing of an Authorisation-to-Proceed with Airbus in Q2 2023…
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Rivada Space Networks Commits to a Safe Space Environment by Signing Zero Debris Charter
Together with more than 40 companies, research centers and international organizations, Rivada Space Networks signed the Zero Debris Charter at the Berlin International Airshow (ILA). The Zero Debris Charter, unveiled at the ESA Space Summit in Seville in November 2023, is a world-leading initiative with the goal of making space missions debris neutral by 2030.…
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Vast and ESA Sign MoU to Collaborate on Future Vast Space Stations
During ILA Berlin, ESA and Vast signed a Memorandum of Understanding for future Vast space stations. The agreement outlines the parties’ intention to foster human spaceflight, science, technology, and commercialization development and explore collaboration in low-earth orbit destinations other than the International Space Station. The collaboration will initially focus on exploring opportunities for access to…
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SES Space & Defense Successfully Demonstrates Commercial LEO Space Data Relay Services
SES Space & Defense, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES, has announced the successful demonstration of the first multi-orbit, multi-band commercial space relay service in support of the NASA Communications Services Project (CSP). To demonstrate data relay services, SES Space & Defense partnered with Planet Labs, one of the leading providers of global daily Earth data…
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Slingshot Aerospace and DARPA Develop AI System for Anomalous Satellite Detection
Slingshot Aerospace, one of the leaders in AI-powered solutions for satellite tracking, space traffic coordination, and space modeling and simulation, announced it has worked with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to successfully create a new artificial intelligence (AI) system, called Agatha, to produce space domain awareness insights and find anomalous spacecraft in large…
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Eutelsat Group’s LEO Satellites Achieve Platinum Score in Space Sustainability Rating
Eutelsat Group, has announced that its first generation of more than 600 satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) has achieved a platinum rating in the Space Sustainability Rating (SSR), marking a significant recognition of the company’s commitment to responsible space utilization. First imagined at the World Economic Forum (WEF), the rating’s aim is to reduce…
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LEOcloud to Demonstrate its Space Edge Infrastructure as a Service Onboard the ISS
The Center for Advancement of Science in Space, who manages the International Space Station National Laboratory (through a cooperative agreement with NASA), has awarded LEOcloud a technology advancement and commercialization project to demonstrate its Space Edge Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offering onboard the orbiting outpost. LEOcloud’s “Cloud ENIAC” project scope includes the deployment and…