Tag: Satellite
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AST SpaceMobile Confirms Successful Placement of BlueWalker 3 Satellite Into Orbit
AST SpaceMobile, the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by standard mobile phones, has confirmed the successful placement of BlueWalker 3 into space. The BlueWalker 3 test satellite successfully launched on Saturday, September 10, 2022, at 9:20 pm EDT from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Engineers made contact with BlueWalker 3…
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Marlink and OneWeb to Conduct First at Sea Trial of OneWeb’s LEO Maritime Service
Marlink, the smart network solutions company, and OneWeb, the global space-based communications company, have announced plans to conduct the first at-sea trial of OneWeb’s Low Earth Orbit (LEO) maritime service. Marlink’s 30 years of technical experience in developing and managing high-quality broadband services for the maritime sector makes them the ideal partner for OneWeb, contributing…
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Astrobotic Announces the Acquisition of Masten Space Systems
Astrobotic has announced the acquisition of Masten Space Systems, a pioneering space technologies company with industry-unique suborbital payload testing services, which include a heritage of more than 600 vertical takeoffs and landing (VTVL) rocket flights. The acquisition also includes Masten’s portfolio of advanced space technology development programs advanced over 18 years of operations. Astrobotic and…
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Iridium Partners with SpaceX to Launch 5 Ground Spare Satellites on Falcon-9 Rocket
Iridium Communications has announced that it has reached an agreement with SpaceX to launch up to five of the company’s remaining ground spare satellites from the Iridium NEXT program, on its Falcon 9 rocket. Known as Iridium-9, the launch is planned to take place at Vandenberg Space Force Base in mid-2023. Earlier this year, Iridium…
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Nara Space Partners with Syrlinks to Integrate X-Band Transmitter into BUSANSAT
Syrlinks, one of the leaders in the design of RF Communication systems for Space, and Nara Space, a new space startup in South Korea that builds nanosatellite constellations, have announced their partnership in the integration of Syrlinks’s compact X-Band Transmitter – EWC27. Nara Space has developed a unique range of 12U satellites called BUSANSAT which…
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Microsoft Azure ramps up access to cloud computing via SpaceX’s Starlink satellites
A SpaceX Starlink satellite antenna is connected to Microsoft’s Azure Stack Edge device. (Microsoft Photo) With SpaceX’s help, Microsoft is taking the next step toward merging cloud computing with available-anywhere satellite connectivity. Today Microsoft announced the start of a private preview for Azure Orbital Cloud Access, which lets users link up with the cloud in…
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Omnispace and GateHouse SatCom Demonstrate the Performance of 5G Non-Terrestrial Network
Omnispace, the company redefining mobile connectivity, and GateHouse Satcom, one of the market leaders and software developer for the satellite communication industry, has announced that they have successfully modeled the performance of 5G new radio (NR) non-terrestrial network (NTN) waveform in an NGSO environment. The Omnispace 5G NTN system, operating in low-earth orbit (LEO), will…
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Spaceflight Partners with NewSpace India to Launch Astrocast IoT Constellation to Orbit
Spaceflight, the leading global launch services provider, has announced it will launch four Astrocast 3U spacecraft aboard India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) mission under a commercial arrangement with NewSpace India Limited (NSIL). This mission, scheduled for October 2022, will launch from Sriharikota, India’s Satish Dhawan Space Center, carrying the Astrocast spacecraft as a co-passenger…
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NASA Selects SiFive to Provide Core CPU for HPSC Processor
SiFive, the founder and leader of RISC-V computing, announced that it has been selected by NASA to provide the core CPU for NASA’s next-generation High-Performance Spaceflight Computing (HPSC) processor. HPSC is expected to be used in virtually every future space mission, from planetary exploration to lunar and Mars surface missions. The HPSC will utilize an…
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hiSky Receives FCC Certification for its Smartellite Ku Dynamic terminal
hiSky, a company that brings innovative technology to the field of voice and data satellite communications, has announced that it has received Federal Communication Commission (FCC) certification for its Smartellite Ku Dynamic terminal. The certification process done by CTC advanced’s laboratories in Germany marks the end of a painstaking process to ensure the safety and…