Tag: Global
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AST SpaceMobile Achieves First-Ever Space-Based Voice Call with Unmodified Smartphones
AST SpaceMobile Inc., the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by standard mobile phones, announced the successful completion of the first-ever two-way voice calls, directly to everyday unmodified smartphones using the BlueWalker 3 satellite. This is the first time anyone has ever achieved a direct voice connection from space…
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ST Engineering Debuts its Inaugural SAR Satellite Launch
ST Engineering announced that it has launched its first polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (PolSAR) satellite, TeLEOS-2. Developed in partnership with Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency (on behalf of the Government of Singapore), TeLEOS-2 features a made-in-Singapore SAR payload and is able to capture both day and night images under all-weather conditions in high resolutions,…
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Fleet Space Technologies Secures Australian Defence Space Command Contract
Fleet Space Technologies has signed a AUD$6.4 million contract with Australia’s Defence Space Command, marking their first defence contract. The agreement will see Fleet’s next-generation of Centauri satellites used to develop and demonstrate a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communications system focused on tactical communications and data transmission where connectivity is limited. The program, named…
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Norwegian Space Agency Launches NorSat-TD Satellite with Iodine Electric Propulsion System
The Norwegian Space Agency’s NorSat-TD satellite was successfully launched onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The satellite is fitted with a ThrustMe NPT30-I2 iodine fueled electric propulsion system. Extending the satellites’ lifetime through collision avoidance and end-of-mission deorbiting soon will not be an option but the only…
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Rocket Lab Launched New Constellation-Class Star Tracker for Satellite Navigation and Control
Rocket Lab USA, Inc., a global operator in launch services and space systems, announced a new class of star tracker, the ST-16HV, which is now available for commercial use, expanding the Company’s Space Systems catalog of products for the global satellite market. The new ST-16HV star tracker is an attitude determination sensor based on Rocket…
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Exolaunch Successfully Deployed 21 Satellites on Transporter-7 Mission
Exolaunch, a global company in small satellite launch services, mission management and deployment technologies has successfully deployed 21 satellites on SpaceX’s Transporter-7 mission. The mission was launched using a SpaceX Falcon 9 on April 14 at 11:48pm PT from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, USA. This is the 19th mission in Exolaunch’s flight heritage,…
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MediaTek and Inmarsat Partner to Enable Two-Way Satellite Communications for Smartphones and IoT Devices
MediaTek and Inmarsat have expanded their collaboration to bring ultra-reliable, two-way satellite services to smartphones, IoT devices, automotive and other industries. The two industry leaders are focused on enabling mobile operators, smartphone and other device manufacturers to offer satellite services, such as two-way text messaging, emergency communications, device tracking and monitoring, among other capabilities, without…
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Thuraya and Astrocast Partner for Strategic Investment in LEO IoT Network
Thuraya Telecommunications Company, the mobile satellite services subsidiary of the UAE’s flagship satellite solutions provider, Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PJSC, the UAE’s flagship satellite solutions provider listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, announced that it has concluded Heads of Terms for an investment agreement with Astrocast, whose functions are into Low Earth Orbit…
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SpaceX Transporter-10 Mission to Mark Apex’s Aries Spacecraft Maiden Flight
Apex, the Los Angeles-based spacecraft mass manufacturing company, announced its flagship product, the Aries satellite bus, will fly for the first time on SpaceX’s Transporter-10 mission, which is targeted for no earlier than January 2024. Apex builds productized satellite buses, starting with their flagship Aries spacecraft, capable of a maximum 200kg wet mass. Apex spacecrafts…
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China Deploys 4 InSAR Satellites and a New Yaogan Reconnaissance Satellite
China conducted a pair of launches sending interferometric synthetic aperture radar and reconnaissance satellites in orbit. A Long March 2D rocket lifted off from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 6:50 a.m. Eastern, March 30, carrying four PIESAT-1 constellation satellites.The satellites are named PIESAT-1 (A-01) and PIESAT-1-B (01 through 03). The four X-band interferometric synthetic aperture…