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Gilat Expands and Adds to ESA Antenna Portfolio on Eutelsat OneWeb LEO Network
Gilat Satellite Networks, a worldwide leader in satellite networking technology, solutions and services, announced the successful completion of a series of test flights featuring its ESR-2030Ku electronically steered antenna (ESA). Conducted in collaboration with Gogo, which will be the exclusive distributor of the antenna for the business aviation and defense markets, the tests demonstrated outstanding…
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Launches 26 Starlink Satellites to Orbit
SpaceX‘s Falcon 9, on May 12 at 6:15 p.m. PT, launched 26 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. This was the sixth flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched NROL-126, Transporter-12, SPHEREx, NROL-57, and one Starlink mission.…
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FCC Launches Inquiry into EchoStar After SpaceX Questions Its Use of MSS Spectrum
The FCC is questioning EchoStar about the status of its mobile satellite services (MSS) operations in the 2 GHz band after SpaceX accused EchoStar of “barely” using the band. The FCC opened two public notices on EchoStar Monday. One from the Space Bureau focuses on MSS utilization, seeking information on whether EchoStar’s use of the…
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Planet Labs: Pioneering the Future of Earth Observation with Satellite Imagery and Analytics
Planet Labs, founded in 2010 by a group of former NASA scientists, is headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company’s core mission is to make global change visible, accessible, and actionable by capturing daily satellite imagery of Earth. Leveraging one of the largest fleets of Earth-observation satellites, Planet specializes in satellite monitoring, geospatial intelligence, and…
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DIU Adds Satellite Operators to Hybrid Space Architecture Effort Ahead of Pilot
Building on its existing network of companies that are helping lay the foundation for a Hybrid Space Architecture (HSA), the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) on Monday said it has awarded additional contracts to new companies to help bring the effort to an operational pilot in 2026 that leverages commercial and government systems. The new awards…
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Capella Space Awarded Contract to Support the Hybrid Space Architecture
Capella Space, an American space tech company with data and satellite solutions for government and commercial applications, announced a partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), to develop new synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging acquisition modes to support the Hybrid Space Architecture (HSA). Backed by Capella Space’s fully automated Tasking system,…
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Square Peg Advances MilSat Readiness with RLS-2100 Radio Link Simulator
Square Peg Communications, a leader in satellite systems engineering and DSP-based satellite communication products, is enabling high-performance testing for MilSat communications through its advanced Radio Link simulator. The RLS-2100 enables users to model, simulate, and optimize mission-critical satellite links across a broad frequency range. In hostile environments, where failure is not an option and every…
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Tuesday Telescope: Taking a look at the next generation of telescopes
Welcome to the Tuesday Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light—a little too much pseudoscience and not enough science. We’ll let other publications offer you a daily horoscope. At Ars Technica, we’ll take a different route, finding inspiration from very real images of a universe that is…
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Iceye Expands Disaster Response Solutions for Utility and Energy Sectors
Iceye is now supporting the utility and energy sectors with its disaster response solutions. Iceye plans to offer utilities and energy organizations the ability to access near real-time natural disaster insights to better understand the impact on utility and energy customers. The company said Tuesday that existing clients include a U.S.-based water management district, a…