Tag: Satellite
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BlueBird Block-2 Mission: ISRO Successfully Launches LVM3-M6 Rocket
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully executed the LVM3-M6 mission, placing AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird Block-2 communication satellite into its intended orbit. Conducted aboard ISRO’s LVM3 launch vehicle, this dedicated commercial mission underscores the growing collaboration between ISRO and international partners. The flight also marks the sixth operational mission of the LVM3, further cementing…
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Kratos Space Highlights Satellite Solutions for Command Control and TT&C Operations
Kratos Space, a division of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, is highlighting the comprehensive portfolio of satellite solutions designed to support modern spacecraft operations across government, defense, commercial and institutional missions. The company’s satellite product line focuses on command-and-control software, telemetry tracking and command (TT&C) devices and secure network-edge systems that enable reliable satellite operations…
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Kayhan Space Provides Spaceflight Safety and Operations Software Portfolio for Satellite Missions
Kayhan Space, a spaceflight safety and mission-operations software company, is highlighting the portfolio of operational tools designed to support satellite operators, mission planners and regulatory stakeholders across the full spacecraft lifecycle. The company focuses on improving safety, compliance and operational efficiency in increasingly congested orbital environments by providing software platforms that integrate orbital data, regulatory…
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Viasat Launches Next-Generation Global Ka-Band Network for Resilient Government SATCOM
Viasat Inc., a global leader in satellite communications (SATCOM), has announced a significant evolution of its network for government customers by unifying Viasat Ka-band satellites, the Global Xpress satellite fleet, and select partner satellites into a fully integrated global Ka-band satellite communications network. Fully interoperable with MILSATCOM Ka-band networks, this evolved Ka-band network capability will…
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How Satellite Imagery Is Transforming Greenhouse Gas Monitoring and Carbon Crediting?
Satellite imagery helps in monitoring of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and delivers credible carbon crediting by providing independent evidence for measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV). It moves climate action from estimates and self-reporting to observation-based accountability. Greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO₂) and methane (CH₄) are responsible for the majority of climatic changes. While CO₂…
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Axelspace Signs Multi-Launch Contract with Exolaunch to Launch New Satellites
Exolaunch, a global launch integrator and leader in launch mission management, satellite integration, and satellite deployment technologies, announced new launch contracts, including a Multi-Launch Agreement (MLA), with Axelspace Corporation, a leading Japanese microsatellite company committed to making “Space within Your Reach.” Under the new contracts, Exolaunch has secured launches for eight Axelspace satellites across upcoming…
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What are the different types of SAR Imaging techniques?
Several methods are used in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imaging, each of which is tailored for various applications such as terrain mapping, deformation monitoring, target detection, or change analysis. Stripmap SAR In stripmap SAR, the satellite travels along its orbit at a constant velocity. The radar antenna points at a fixed look angle relative to…
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Sidus Space Awarded SHIELD IDIQ Contract by US Missile Defense Agency
Sidus Space, an innovative space and defense technology company, is pleased to announce it is one of the contract awardees under the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract with a total IDIQ ceiling of $151 billion. This contract encompasses a broad range of work areas, allowing for…
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Inmarsat Maritime Unveils Enhanced NexusWave Connectivity Powered by Viasat-3 Network
Inmarsat Maritime, a Viasat company, has unveiled the next phase in the evolution of its NexusWave bonded connectivity service, following the successful launch of the ViaSat-3 Flight 2 satellite and in anticipation of the launch of the ViaSat-3 Flight 3 satellite. As the two ViaSat-3 satellites are scheduled to enter service in 2026, NexusWave customers…
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Rocket Lab Ends 2025 with 21 Launches and 100% Mission Success Following iQPS Mission
Rocket Lab, a global leader in launch services and space systems, successfully launched its 21st Electron rocket of the year to deploy the latest satellite into space for multi-launch customer Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS), a Japan-based Earth imaging company. ‘The Wisdom God Guides’ mission launched from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1…