Apple-backed Globalstar’s revenue jump underlines IoT opportunity
Original Publication Date: 2023-08-04 23:57
Globalstar, the operator behind Apple’s satellite-enabled SOS app, posted a 50% year-on-year jump in quarterly sales. Nearly half the $55 million Globalstar made in the three months ended June 30 came from wholesale capacity service revenues. Apple has been using its satellites for iPhone emergency messaging since November.
ISS partners seek to maximize use of station through 2030
Original Publication Date: 2023-08-04 18:21
The partners in the International Space Station have agreed to operate the station through at least the late 2020s. The extended use of the station still faces technical and budgetary challenges. The message that space agency officials and others at the conference was that the ISS was hitting its stride as a research platform.
NASA selects Axiom Space for fourth ISS private astronaut mission
Original Publication Date: 2023-08-04 11:45
NASA has selected Axiom Space to carry out the fourth in a series of private astronaut missions. The four-person mission, flying on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, will spend up to two weeks docked to the station. The private astronaut missions are part of NASA’s ISS transition strategy.
GTMaritime: Whitepaper explores shipping’s opportunities + challenges on LEO network integration – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2023-08-04 00:00
GTMaritime has released a new whitepaper that assesses the impact LEO networks are having on the maritime industry. Available to download free of charge, Opportunities and Challenges: Introducing New LEO Networks to the Maritime Industry, offers an insightful overview of commercial shipping’s first movers in LEO network service use.
Resolve Optics: Motorized version of radiation tolerant zoom lens debuts – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2023-08-04 00:00
The Model 357-004 provides true, HD quality images over an unrivaled 10x (12-120mm) zoom range. Offers full motorized control of zoom, iris and focusing. Uses specialised non browning glasses to produce clear sharp images.
NASA Helps Spot Wine Grape Disease From Skies Above California
Researchers have found that they can accurately spot the stealthy signs of a grape disease that inflicts billions of dollars in annual crop damage. The remote sensing technique could aid ground-based monitoring for this and other crops. Early detection can make the difference between a failed crop and a treatable one.
NASA’s Space-Based Quantum Science Lab Keeps Getting Better
Cold Atom Lab makes it easier to study the quantum behaviors of atoms. Atoms and particles are the building blocks of all known matter in the universe. Inside Cold Atom Lab, atoms float weightlessly for longer periods. Researchers can also manipulate the ultracold atoms into bubbles and other unique shapes.
Starship Booster 9 and launch infrastructure moving into critical testing phase
Original Publication Date: 2023-08-03 21:50
The Starship program is now moving into a critical testing phase where Booster 9 will begin static test firings of the Raptor engines with the water deluge in use. Large test windows have been posted, starting Friday – likely pointing to the dual events on separate days, from the Spin Prime test requirement – completed on Friday – ahead of a Static Fire test with an unknown number of engines, potentially as early as Sunday. The water deluge system that had been installed under the OLM had been tested at partial pressure earlier in the month, but now needed a full pressure test. The full pressure deluge test on July 28 appeared to be successful, with large jets of water coming out from the steel plates under the OLM.