Intelsat expands OneWeb LEO partnership Original Publication Date: 2024-03-20 02:46 Intelsat has bought at least five times more capacity from Eutelsat’s OneWeb constellation. The companies announced March 19 that Intelsat has made a firm commitment to buy $250 million worth of LEO capacity ...

SpaceX testing ruggedized terminals for self-driving tractors Original Publication Date: 2024-01-16 23:35 John Deere has picked SpaceX to provide connectivity for farming machines. Terminal would be about the size of a pizza box and based on SpaceX's Starlink satellite broadband network. ...

China is working on a design for a reusable air-launched orbital rocket Original Publication Date: 2023-11-30 10:49 Chinese launch vehicle maker is working on designs for an air-launched rocket. System is designed to provide “flexible, affordable and dedicated launch” for small satellites. It ...

Textron Systems selected by U.S. Army for FTUAS Program Option 2 – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2023-10-19 00:00 Textron Systems Corporation has been selected by the U.S. Army for the Future Tactical Uncrewed Aircraft System (FTUAS) Program of Record Option 2 award. Textron Systems’ ...

Omnibus includes budget increases for Office of Space Commerce and FAA commercial space office Original Publication Date: 2022-12-21 12:21 The omnibus spending bill includes $70 million for the Office of Space Commerce. The administration requested $87 million for the office in its budget ...

NASA loses contact with ICON spacecraft Original Publication Date: 2022-12-08 13:02 NASA's Ionospheric Connection Explorer has not communicated with ground stations since Nov. 25. Engineers believe the problem is with the spacecraft’s avionics or communications subsystems. NASA has ruled out ...

Defense Innovation Unit seeks commercial options to deploy satellites in deep space Original Publication Date: 2022-12-07 23:51 Defense Innovation Unit seeks commercial services to deploy and operate payloads. Area known as cislunar space begins at geosynchronous Earth orbit and extends out. ...

AST SpaceMobile plots $86 million share sale Original Publication Date: 2022-12-01 14:23 AST SpaceMobile agrees to sell shares in a public offering for $5.50 each. Underwriter has a 30-day option to buy additional shares that would bring this amount to $86.25 million. AST SpaceMobile became a ...

Artemis 1 mission reaches halfway point Original Publication Date: 2022-11-29 12:07 NASA managers are adding additional test objectives for the Orion spacecraft. Orion spacecraft orbits the moon in the middle of the 25.5-day Artemis 1 mission. Controllers have dealt with only minor issues ...

Space Perspective acquires ship for ocean-based balloon launch platform Original Publication Date: 2022-11-15 11:07 Space Perspective is buying a ship it plans to use as an oceangoing launch platform for its balloons. Florida-based company announced Nov. 15 it acquired a ship called MS Voyager. ...