FCC adopts revised NGSO spectrum-sharing rules Original Publication Date: 2023-04-21 01:57 The FCC adopted new rules April 20 governing how fixed-satellite service operators share spectrum. Operators awarded licenses in different FCC application processing rounds must avoid interfering with ...

Space Force to propose plan to acquire high-capacity satellite communications Original Publication Date: 2023-04-12 01:10 Space Force to propose new plan to acquire high-capacity satellite communications. Senior members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are set to be briefed on this plan. If the ...

Report: U.S. military satellite antennas overdue for upgrades Original Publication Date: 2023-04-10 21:22 GAO auditors spent more than a year investigating the state of the Satellite Control Network. The network of 19 parabolic antennas, first established in 1959, is distributed around the ...

SpaceX launches Intelsat’s IS-40e high throughput satellite Original Publication Date: 2023-04-07 17:32 SpaceX successfully launched Intelsat's IS-40e communications satellite April 7. The satellite deployed solar arrays and is receiving and sending signals. It will take three weeks for the ...

NOAA seeks funding increases for next-generation satellite programs Original Publication Date: 2023-04-06 23:08 NOAA requests $417.4 million for next-generation geostationary weather satellites. That program received $285 million in the fiscal year 2023 omnibus spending bill. The agency is also ...

Original Publication Date: 2023-04-06 08:59 China has invited Venezuela to join its lunar research station project. Venezuela would be the first country to join China and Russia in the International Lunar Research Station. The station is planned to be constructed in the early 2030s using super ...

Apple executive Doug Beck tapped to lead the Defense Innovation Unit Original Publication Date: 2023-04-04 20:24 Doug Beck is the next director of the Defense Innovation Unit. DIU was established in 2015 to tap technologies from the commercial market for military applications. Beck is currently ...

Thuraya invests in Astrocast’s LEO constellation Original Publication Date: 2023-04-03 21:37 UAE-based Thuraya is providing Swiss small satellite operator Astrocast a $17.5 million financial lifeline. It is the Emirati company's first investment in a low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation. Thuraya ...

China’s Space Pioneer reaches orbit with liquid propellant rocket Original Publication Date: 2023-04-03 09:11 Space Pioneer has become the first Chinese private launch firm to achieve orbit with a liquid propellant rocket. The rocket used coal-derived kerosene instead of the fuel refined from ...

AST SpaceMobile discloses further satellite delays and cost increases Original Publication Date: 2023-03-31 21:53 AST SpaceMobile had planned to launch the first five BlueBird satellites by the end of this year. The company's cellphone-compatible broadband constellation has slipped into 2024. ...