Tag: Satellite
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EchoStar to Sell Spectrum Licenses to SpaceX in $17 Billion Cash and Stock Deal
EchoStar has entered into a definitive agreement with SpaceX to sell the company’s AWS-4 and H-block spectrum licenses for approximately $17 billion, consisting of up to $8.5 billion in cash and up to $8.5 billion in SpaceX stock, valued as of the date of the definitive agreement. Additionally, the definitive agreement provides for SpaceX to…
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ICEYE Secures Satellite Acquisition Contract with the Finnish Defence Forces
ICEYE, the global leader in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite operations, and the Finnish Defence Forces have officially signed a contract for the procurement of SAR satellites. This procurement decision follows the Letter of Intent signed with the Finnish Ministry of Defence in June and will significantly enhance the Finnish Defence Forces’ intelligence and surveillance…
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WISeKey’s WISeSat Subsidiary Extends its Ground Segment Network in Switzerland
WISeKey International, a leading global cybersecurity, blockchain, and IoT company, announces that its subsidiary WISeSat AG, which focuses on space technology for secure satellite communication, specifically for IoT applications, has successfully installed its third ground station, located near Ecublens, in the Lausanne region of Switzerland. This new antenna will serve as a control base for the…
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NanoAvionics Joins Thales Alenia Space in ESA’s SIRIUS Mission Study to Advance Urban Heat Monitoring
Kongsberg NanoAvionics (NanoAvionics), a leading smallsat bus manufacturer and mission integrator, has been selected by Thales Alenia Space to join a consortium studying the European Space Agency’s (ESA) FutureEO programme mission, SIRIUS (Space Based Infra-Red Imager for Urban Sustainability). NanoAvionics will contribute its small satellite expertise, including the flight-proven MP42H microsatellite bus and its flight…
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GHGSat Satellites to Monitor Methane Across ExxonMobil’s On-Shore Operations
Exxon Mobil and GHGSat, the global leader in emissions-monitoring technology, announced a groundbreaking partnership to monitor and mitigate methane at scale across ExxonMobil’s onshore operations in North America and Asia, including the United States, Canada, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia. This collaboration marks a significant investment by ExxonMobil in satellite-based emissions monitoring, reflecting the company’s…
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Gilat Receives $7 Million Order to Provide the U.S DoD with Transportable SATCOM Terminals
Gilat Satellite Networks, a worldwide leader in satellite networking technology, solutions and services, announced that Gilat DataPath was awarded a contract to provide Transportable SATCOM Terminals in support of the U.S. Department of Defense through a prime contractor. The award includes multiple units of Gilat DataPath’s popular DKET 3421 transportable terminals and support services totaling…
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Benchmark Secures NASA Phase II SBIR to Advance Aquila Hybrid Transfer Stage for High-Energy Missions
Benchmark has been awarded a NASA Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to advance development of our Aquila Small Spacecraft Transfer Stage (SSTS), a low-cost, small spacecraft compatible solution engineered for delivery of payloads to high-energy orbits, including lunar destinations. Designed to bridge the accessibility gap between common launch insertion points and mission-critical…
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Fly-Fi Moves Forward: JetBlue Becomes First Airline for Amazon’s Project Kuiper
JetBlue announced it will be the first airline in the world to sign on with Amazon’s Project Kuiper, an advanced low Earth orbit satellite broadband network, to bring even faster and more reliable connectivity to its popular onboard Wi-Fi known as Fly-Fi. JetBlue launched Fly-Fi in 2013 to become the first and still only major U.S.…
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Miniaturization in Space Technology: Rise of CubeSats and NanoSats
Miniaturization refers to the design and development of smaller, lighter and more power-efficient satellites and spacecraft systems without compromising their mission objectives. The approach provides advancements in microelectronics, materials science, and manufacturing techniques to pack significant functionality into compact designs. The miniaturization in space technology is a cost-saving trend and a strategic evolution, enabling faster…
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OHB Demonstrates Improved Monitoring of Grassland and Sugar Beets from Space
OHB System AG aims to demonstrate in the HyLAP project (Hyperspectral Products for Agricultural Practice) how grassland can be optimally managed through hyperspectral satellite data. These data provide insights into plant properties that are invisible to the naked eye – opening up new possibilities for more precise and resource-efficient farming. At the heart of the…