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Kernow Sat 1 aims to bring the value of space close to home by engaging audiences across Cornwall — from academia to local businesses to charities and school children. Cornwall’s […]
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Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq: GILT, TASE: GILT) has been awarded a contract to supply satellite communication equipment for military usage — the company was selected as the sole provider […]
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Acting Air Force Secretary John Roth, joined by the Air and Space Forces’ highest-ranking officers, told a Senate subcommittee on June 8 the department’s budget proposal recognizes challenges posed by […]
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The first ever Mauritian smallsat — MIR-SAT1 — has docked at the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the SpaceX CRS22 Dragon mission on Saturday, June 5, 2021. The spacecraft traveled […]
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Kepler Communications has raised an oversubscribed $60 million Series B to provide the firm with a capital injection for the continued scaling of their on-orbit satellite communications network. This Series […]
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Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) and Airbus have successfully completed a key milestone in the construction of the Thuraya 4-NGS — the Preliminary Design Review (PDR). Thuraya 4-NGS is […]
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Thales Australia has signed a major research extension with the SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for the development of Advanced Optical Communications technologies for transmission through the Earth’s turbulent atmosphere. […]
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General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) Laser Interconnect and Networking Communication System (LINCS) satellites have arrived at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, to prepare for launch. Using LINCS, GA-EMS, in […]
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Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) has announced that the first satellite in their ViaSat-3 global constellation, which will serve the Americas and the surrounding oceans regions, has reached a major milestone […]
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Spaceflight Inc. will debut newly developed technical innovations used for the company’s next-generation Sherpa program, enabling smallsat transportation throughout cislunar space in a way that has never previously been accomplished. […]
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