Tag: Satellite
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Kleos’ Fourth Cluster Manifest Satellite to Launch on SpaceX Transporter 6 Mission
Kleos Space S.A., a space-powered defense & intelligence technology Company, advises its four Observer Mission (KSF3) satellites are manifested to launch on 3rd January aboard the Transporter-6 SpaceX mission. The launch window opens at approximately 09:56 a.m. EST (14:56 UTC or 15:56 CET). The Observer Mission satellites will launch into a 525km sun-synchronous orbit under…
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Mitsubishi Electric Announces Two New GaN High Electron Mobility Transistors for SATCOM
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced that two new 12.75-13.25 GHz (Low-Ku band) 70W (48.3dBm) gallium-nitride high-electron-mobility transistors (GaN HEMTs) will be added to the company’s GaN HEMT lineup for satellite-communication (SATCOM) earth stations. The two GaN HEMT products, one for multi-carrier1 communications and the other for single-carrier2 communications, support increased data-transmission capacity and smaller earth stations…
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AST SpaceMobile Signs an Agreement with NASA to Improve Spaceflight Safety
AST SpaceMobile, the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by standard mobile phones, announced that its subsidiary, AST & Science, LLC, and NASA recently signed an agreement to formalize both organizations’ dedication to maintaining and improving safety in the shared environment of space. The Space Act Agreement formalizes the…
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Unseenlabs to Launch its Eighth Space based RF Detection Satellite for Maritime Surveillance
Unseenlabs, a world leader in space-based RF detection for Maritime Domain Awareness, has announced the launch of its latest satellite, BRO-8, number eight in its satellite constellation. BRO-8 will be launched NET January 2023 by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, as part of the Transporter-6 Mission. Since the launch of its first…
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Saturn Satellite Networks Selects CesiumAstro’s RF Payload for the Broadband Networks-1 Program
Saturn Satellite Networks has selected CesiumAstro’s Vireo-GEO active phased array RF payload for Saturn’s Space BroadbandNetworks-1 (SBN-1). The SBN-1 program consists of 6 high-throughput geostationary satellites (HTSs) that will provide satellite-based internet access services to satellite operators, capacity resellers, internet service providers, and end users. Using CesiumAstro’s direct radiating array, the SBN-1 satellites provide high-performance…
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Momentus Announces Services Agreement with CUAVA for Transportation of CubeSat to LEO
Momentus Inc, a U.S. commercial space company that plans to offer transportation and other in-space infrastructure services, announced an agreement with the Australian Research Council Training Centre for CubeSats, Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles, and their Applications (CUAVA) for the transportation of the Waratah Seed WS-1 CubeSat to low-Earth orbit in October 2023. The Waratah Seed WS-1…
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Virgin Orbit Receives UK’s First Orbital Launch License
The U.K. Civil Aviation Authority has issued launch and range control licenses to Virgin Orbit to undertake the first satellite launch from UK soil. The granting of these licenses represents a major step forward for the historic Start Me Up mission, and reflects the CAA’s concurrence that all reasonable steps have been taken by Virgin…
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Airbus Achieves Milestone on European Satellite-based Navigation Augmentation System
Airbus has successfully achieved the System Critical Design Review (CDR) on the EGNOS V3 satellite-based augmentation system. The EGNOS V3 (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service) is designed to add key security features for the most safety-critical applications such as aircraft navigation and landing and will provide entirely new services for maritime and land users. EGNOS…
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Spacecom Completes Successful Testing Campaign of Telesat’s LEO Demonstration Satellite
Spacecom, the satellite services provider and owner-operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, and Canada’s Telesat, one of the world’s largest and most innovative satellite operators, announced the completion of Spacecom’s successful testing campaign with Telesat’s Phase 1 LEO (Low Earth Orbit) demonstration satellite. The tests, conducted from Spacecom’s Teleport and labs facility located in the…
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Iridium Introduces its Next Generation Satellite IoT Data Service
Iridium Communications Inc. has announced the service introduction of Iridium Messaging Transport (IMT), a two-way cloud-native networked data service optimized for use over Iridium Certus® and designed to make it easier to add satellite connections to existing or new IoT solutions. IMT provides an IP data transport service unique to the Iridium® network, designed for…