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Satellite Executive of the Year Nominees for 2024
Since 1988, the Via Satellite Executive of the Year award has recognized outstanding leadership in the industry. This award honors an executive that has led a company to financial success, executed an innovative project, or furthered the conversation on a crucial issue facing the industry within the past year. Recent winners include Mike Greenley, Melanie…
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Satellite Technology of the Year Nominees for 2024
The Via Satellite Technology of the Year award recognizes breakthrough technology achievements and the impact they have on the satellite industry. This award is now in its seventh year, and has recognized technology achievements like the integration of satellite into 3GPP standards; Apple’s emergency messaging via satellite; and Astroscale’s ELSA-d mission. These technologies are evaluated…
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Turning the Moon into a fuel depot will take a lot of power
If humanity is ever to spread out into the Solar System, we’re going to need to find a way to put fuel into rockets somewhere other than the cozy confines of a launchpad on Earth. One option for that is in low-Earth orbit, which has the advantage of being located very close to said launch…
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Space42 Forms JV to Boost EO Capabilities
Space42 has set out some ambitious plans in the Earth Observation (EO) arena. It is establishing a joint venture (JV) with Edge Group to develop a fully integrated EO ecosystem. The JV will be with FADA, an EDGE Group entity, established to develop the UAE’s sovereign space capabilities. The two companies announced the JV on…
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Synergy Quantum Introduces Hybrid Quantum Security for Future-Proof Encryption
Synergy Quantum has introduced a groundbreaking hybrid quantum security solution, combining Satellite-Based Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) and Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC). This next-generation encryption system is designed to future-proof global communications, ensuring that sensitive data remains secure against current and emerging quantum cyber threats. Synergy Quantum is transforming secure communication by integrating Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) with…
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By the end of today, NASA’s workforce will be about 10 percent smaller
Spread across NASA’s headquarters and 10 field centers, which dot the United States from sea to sea, the space agency has had a workforce of nearly 18,000 civil servants. However, by the end of today, that number will have shrunk by about 10 percent since the beginning of the second Trump administration four weeks ago.…
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Frontgrade Introduces Industry’s First Class L GaN DC-DC Converter and EMI Filter
Frontgrade Technologies, a leading provider of mission critical electronics for aerospace and defense, has become the first company to successfully qualify its Gallium Nitride (GaN)-based DC-DC converter and complementary electromagnetic interference (EMI) filter to Class L standards. Under the Defense Logistics Agency’s MIL-PRF-38534 specification, Class L qualification verifies these devices’ ability to meet the most…
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Thales Alenia Space and ESA Partner to Develop HydRON Multi-Orbit Optical Network
Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) for Element #2 of the HydRON (High-thRoughput Optical space Network) Demonstration System (DS) for the design, development, deployment and in-orbit demonstration of a full end-to-end optical system to verify and validate the world’s…
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Rocket Lab launches BlackSky Gen-3 satellite on 60th Electron flight
Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket stands at Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand, ahead of the launch of BlackSky’s first Gen-3 satellite. Image: Rocket Lab Update 7:16 p.m. EST (0016 UTC): Rocket Lab confirms a successful payload deployment. Rocket Lab (Nasdaq: RKLB) completed its second Electron rocket of the month and its 60th to date.…