Tag: satellites
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British-Indian team puts in a winning $1B bid for OneWeb satellite broadband venture
An artist’s conception shows OneWeb’s satellites circling the globe. (OneWeb Illustration) Update for 12:20 p.m. Nov. 20: OneWeb has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy with a new CEO, Neil Masterson, who was formerly co-chief operating officer at Thomson Reuters. The British government announced the completion of OneWeb’s acquisition in partnership with Bharti Global. Previously: The…
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Amazon Web Services is creating its very own space force for cloud computing
AWS Ground Station makes use of satellite ground stations. (AWS Photo) Amazon Web Services today unveiled a new business unit devoted to developing data infrastructure and cloud services for the aerospace and satellite industry — and headed by someone who helped set up the U.S. Space Force. The Aerospace and Satellite Solutions business segment will…
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Relativity makes deals with Vandenberg AFB and Iridium for California launches
An artist’s conception shows Relativity Space’s Terran 1 rocket lifting off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (Relativity Space Illustration) Relativity Space, a startup that was born in Seattle but grew up in Los Angeles, says it has signed an agreement to develop launch facilities at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, and a…
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Tethers Unlimited delivers software-defined radios to Millennium Space for satellite constellation
The SWIFT-SLX radio is a compact, affordable software-defined radio designed to provide S-band and L-band communications for small satellites. (Tethers Unlimited Photo) Bothell, Wash.-based Tethers Unlimited says it has completed an on-time delivery of 15 S-band software-defined radios in support of a small-satellite constellation mission being developed by Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing subsidiary. In…
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LeoStella confirms delivery of BlackSky’s Earth observation satellites for SpaceX launch
In a photo from 2019, LeoStella technicians work on the first satellite to be produced by the Tukwila, Wash.-based joint venture. (GeekWire Photo) Tukwila, Wash.-based LeoStella cast a spotlight today on the delivery of its first two built-from-scratch satellites for the BlackSky Earth-watching constellation — with their launch on a SpaceX rocket set for Thursday.…
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SpaceX sends Starlink and Planet satellites to orbit in a new kind of piggyback launch
SpaceX today launched dozens more of its Starlink broadband internet satellites, plus three piggyback satellites for Planet — marking the first of the company’s in-house rideshare deliveries to orbit. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 5:21 a.m. ET (2:21 a.m. PT), just 10 days after the…
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Japanese firms finish acquisition of Spaceflight, with BlackSky satellite venture going its own way
One of Spaceflight’s most notable projects was the launch of 64 satellites aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in December 2018. (SpaceX Photo) Japan’s Mitsui & Co., working in partnership with Yamasa Co. Ltd., has completed the acquisition of Seattle-based Spaceflight Inc. from its parent company, Spaceflight Industries. Today’s announcement of the transaction’s completion follows…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches eighth batch of 60 Starlink satellites and makes its ‘first fifth’ landing
Less than a week after sending two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station, SpaceX sent 60 more of its Starlink broadband internet satellites into low Earth orbit tonight, boosting the constellation to 480 satellites. The reusable Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 9:25 p.m. ET (6:25…
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Bankrupt OneWeb files with FCC to put 48,000 broadband satellites in orbit
An artist’s conception shows a constellation of satellites in orbit. (Credit: OneWeb) Even though the OneWeb satellite venture is going through bankruptcy and a potential sale, it filed an application overnight with the Federal Communications Commission to expand its planned broadband internet constellation to as many as 48,000 satellites. OneWeb has launched 74 satellites into…
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New rules streamline procedures for licensing commercial space imaging systems
An artist’s conception shows BlackSky’s Global satellites in orbit. (BlackSky Illustration) The Commerce Department has released a new set of rules aimed at making the procedure for licensing Earth-imaging satellite systems more in tune with what’s technically possible and commercially available on the global market. The regulatory streamlining effort was one of the initiatives sparked…