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Satlantis

Satlantis adds thermal imagery following UK investment

Satlantis, a provider of Earth observation satellites based in Spain, has purchased a majority stake in SuperSharp, a spin-out company from a British university. The acquisition is intended to help Satlantis expand into the thermal…
Maxar

Maxar considering a summer launch for its imaging satellites

Maxar Technologies is finally preparing to launch its next-generation imaging satellites, WorldView Legion, this summer after experiencing years of delays. The first two high-resolution imaging satellites are ready to be launched into orbit…
Satellogic

Satellogic set to sell its Earth-imagery satellites

Satellogic is a South American company known for high-resolution multispectral imagery. They are selling Earth-observation satellites for $10 million or less. Satellogic has introduced a new Space Systems product that targets customers…
NanoAvionics

NanoAvionics to construct 3 more IoT satellites for OQ Technology

NanoAvionics received an order for three additional satellites from OQ Technology of Luxembourg, which raised $13 million in September to build out a small constellation of 5G narrowband nanosatellites for Internet of Things (IoT)…
Manufacturers

Manufacturers keep expanding their range of products and services

Manufacturers who previously focused on producing big geostationary satellites have successfully broadened their product lines to attract new customers. At the Satellite 2023 conference, Cyrus Dhalla, the senior vice president and general…
Open architectures

Open Architectures in-ground systems are getting implemented fast

The use of secure open architectures, flexible data frameworks, and DevSecOps has allowed space agencies to become more scalable and adaptable. Open architectures allow for open data to be processed, analyzed, and shared, while DevSecOps…
Ligado Networks

Ligado Networks to enter the direct-to-device market with Viasat

Viasat said March 2 it is partnering with Ligado Networks to break into the emerging market for providing satellite services directly to consumer smartphones and other devices. Viasat is primarily known for using satellites to provide…
Apple

Apple gives $252 million to Glpbalstar for satellite-enabled iPhones

According to Globalstar, Apple is providing the company with $252 million to support and cover upfront costs for replenishing its low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation. Apple is giving the funds as a prepayment for using the network to…
Eutelsat

Eutelsat & OneWeb set to build the second generation constellation

During financial results, Eutelsat CEO Eva Berneke stated that a search for companies to construct OneWeb's second-generation constellation would most likely commence by the end of June. The RFP (request for proposals) is anticipated to…
Satellite imagery

Satellite imagery | A coming of age for commercial imagery

Satellite imagery can help the public be in the loop better than previously for different world events. On the day before the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces, Jeffrey Lewis, a well-known figure on social media under the handle @ArmsControlWonk,…
Cubesats

Cubesats to face big challenges in deep space

LunaH-Map is one of 10 cubesats that hitched a ride on SLS as secondary payloads. The six-unit (6U) smallsat carried a neutron spectrometer designed to map water ice concentrations at the moon’s south pole. In the months leading up…
Viasat

Viasat to use direct-to-smartphone services on GEO and LEO

Viasat is seeking to create hybrid narrowband direct-to-smartphone services using satellites in geostationary and non-geostationary orbits according to its CEO, Mark Dankberg, who spoke at the SmallSat Symposium in California on Feb. 8. Viasat…
AWS

AWS partners with Atlas to expand the network

AWS ground stations in Oregon, Ohio, Bahrain, Stockholm, Sydney, Ireland, Cape Town, Hawaii, Seoul, Singapore and Punta Arenas, Chile According to Atlas chief technology officer and co-founder Brad Bode, Atlas Space Operations are set to…
LuxSpace

LuxSpace plans to fly hosted payloads on Triton-X Genesis

LuxSpace which is an OHB subsidiary plans to fly DcubeD actuators and other hosted payloads on its upcoming Triton-X Genesis mission. Both, DcubeD and LuxSpace share the same goal of enabling missions to take their capabilities to the…
SpaceX

SpaceX launches Hispasat’s communications satellite

SpaceX launched the Amazonas Nexus telecoms satellite on Feb. 6, which will help Spanish operator Hispasat’s Americas expansion while carrying a payload for the U.S. Space Force. Amazonas Nexus was expected to lift off on Feb. 5, but…

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