Author: starpathwp-production
-
Motorola Expands Mission-Critical Communication and AI with T-Satellite
Motorola Solutions and T-Mobile announced a collaboration to bring satellite connectivity to Motorola Solutions’ APX NEXT smart radios. The radios, designed to intelligently unify networks including land mobile radio (LMR), 5G and Wi-Fi, can now operate leveraging T-Priority from T-Mobile – bringing first responders more capacity and faster speeds. They can also access T-Satellite with Starlink’s…
-
Spire Global Offers Integrated Soil Moisture Data and Weather Forecasts
Spire Global, a global provider of satellite data, analytics and intelligence, announced its expanded agriculture intelligence offering with integrated soil moisture data and weather forecasting capabilities. The solution delivers a continuous “past-present-future” soil moisture and weather intelligence framework, integrating more than 40 years of historical records with daily satellite observations, site-specific forecasts extending up to…
-
Italy and Argentina to Enhance Space Collaboration With Telespazio and VENG Deal
Italy and Argentina are to continue their collaboration in the space data arena. e-GEOS, a joint venture between the Italian Space Agency and Telespazio, has signed a multi-year co-operation deal with VENG, an Argentine company majority owned by the Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The deal is based on the distribution of data from the…
-
SpaceX continues refinements at Starbase Pad 2 ahead of Booster 19 return
SpaceX’s Pad 2 at Starbase is continuing to refine its preparations for the return of Booster 19, with deluge testing and even load testing the Ship Quick Disconnect (SQD) arm. This time, Flight 12’s booster will be sporting its full complement of 33 engines, with the subsequent Static Fire test the biggest milestone for the…
-
FCC to Vote on Order to Update EPFD Framework
The FCC is set to vote later this month to update satellite spectrum-sharing rules between Geostationary (GEO) and Non-Geostationary (NGSO) satellite systems. If adopted, the Report and Order would replace the currently equivalent power flux density framework. The FCC said in a statement that changes would “enable faster speeds, lower costs, and greater reliability” for…
-
With Orion still flying, NASA is nearing key decisions about Artemis III
NASA’s Artemis II mission has yet to return to Earth—it will do so on Friday evening, splashing down into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego—but the agency is already nearing some key decisions on the next Artemis mission. The US space agency announced six weeks ago that it was modifying its Artemis…
-
Northrop Grumman to Build HUGEO Satellite for Hungary’s 4iG
Hungarian company 4iG Space and Defense Technologies has signed with Northrop Grumman to develop the nation’s first communications satellite under a deal announced Tuesday. Northrop Grumman will build HUGEO — a Ka-band satellite based on its GEOStar-3 platform. 4iG said the satellite is set to be completed in 2030 and is a contract “worth several hundred…
-
True Anomaly Advances Autonomous Orbital Operations with Jackal Spacecraft Platform
True Anomaly is advancing next-generation spacecraft capabilities with the Jackal autonomous orbital vehicle (AOV), a platform designed to enable highly maneuverable, mission-adaptive and sensor-rich operations across contested orbital environments. Engineered to support a wide range of mission profiles, Jackal represents a new class of spacecraft focused on autonomy, agility and modularity for modern space operations.…
-
Littlebird and Lacuna Partners to Expand the Precision+ Safety Network for Families
Littlebird, the company building the screen-free safety wearable and connected safety operating system for families, announced a strategic partnership with Lacuna Space to expand the reach and resilience of its Precision+ safety network. Littlebird is pioneering a new model for family safety built on layered connectivity partnerships rather than reliance on any single network. Littlebird…
-
China’s Long March-8 rocket launches new internet satellites
China launched a Long March-8 carrier rocket on Tuesday in the southern island province of Hainan, sending 18 internet satellites into space. The rocket blasted off at 9:32 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site. It successfully placed the payloads, the 7th batch of networking satellites for the Qianfan Constellation, into preset…