Tag: Ground
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Kacific Secures SIG 2025 Best Cooperation Award for Expanding Satellite Internet in Asia-Pacific
Kacific Broadband Satellites Group (Kacific) has won the Best Cooperation Award at the Satcoms Innovation Group (SIG) 2025 Awards for its work transforming the Asia-Pacific region by providing affordable, reliable, and high-speed internet to underserved areas. SIG promotes innovation in satellite communications to enhance efficiency, reduce operational impact, and save time and costs. In support…
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NASA SPHEREx Team to Ring NYSE Closing Bell with the New Space Telescope Mission
Members of the team behind NASA’s newest space telescope will ring the New York Stock Exchange closing bell in New York City at 4 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, April 22. The team helped build, launch, and operate NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) mission to explore…
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SSC and UK Space Command Collabs with First-Ever Civilian Exchange Program Space Position
The U.S Space Force’s (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) and the United Kingdom’s Space Command (UK Sp Cmd) has formalized a first-ever civilian exchange program agreement, leveraging the Administrative and Professional Exchange Program (APEP) to foster allied integration efforts and workforce development. APEP is a part of the overarching U.S. Defense Personnel Exchange Program (DPEP),…
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Comtech Delivers Next-Gen VSAT Systems for APAC Navy Fleet Modernization
Comtech Telecommunications Corp., a global communications technology leader, announced that Comtech Satellite Networks Technologies Corp., located in Montreal, Canada, recently completed initial deliveries of the Company’s next generation Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) systems to a strategically significant allied Navy partner in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. The initial deliveries of Comtech’s VSAT systems mark…
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Rohde & Schwarz Expands Testing Equipment Portfolio to Support Telesat’s Lightspeed LEO Network
Rohde & Schwarz, a global leader in mobile network testing services, has enhanced measurement options across its testing equipment portfolio to meet the unique requirements of advanced, next-generation satellite networks. Telesat, one of the world’s largest and most innovative satellite operators, has been leveraging Rohde & Schwarz’s advanced testing equipment to optimize service link design…
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NASA Science Launches to International Space Station on SpaceX CRS-32 Mission
Following the successful launch of NASA‘s SpaceX 32nd Commercial Resupply Services mission, new scientific experiments and supplies are bound for the International Space Station. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, carrying approximately 6,700 pounds of cargo to the orbiting laboratory for NASA, lifted off at 4:15 a.m. EDT Monday, on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Launch…
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Sidus Space Sets Little Place Labs Maritime Intelligence with LizzieSat-Enabled Vessel Detection
Sidus Space, an innovative, agile space mission enabler, announced the unveiling of near real-time vessel detection and classification capability to be enabled by its hybrid 3D printed LizzieSat satellite platform. Processing data directly onboard LizzieSat through Sidus Orlaith AI Ecosystem, which includes FeatherEdge edge computing hardware, and the OrbitfyEdge software from Little Place Labs ,…
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AAC Clyde Space technology Joins ESA’s Arctic Weather Satellite for EPS-Sterna constellation
AAC Clyde Space’s technology onboard the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Arctic Weather Satellite has received strong praise for its performance, marking an important milestone towards the future EPS-Sterna constellation. The satellite, launched in 2024, carries a cutting-edge microwave radiometer developed by AAC Clyde Space’s subsidiary AAC Omnisys in Gothenburg, as well as the spacecraft’s “brain”…
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Anywaves Inaugurates its First Pilot Production Site for Space Antennas and Payloads in France
Anywaves, a manufacturer of space antennas, has inaugurated its first pilot production site, achieving a major milestone and the deployment of its international strategy, paving the way for global expansion. After delivering its 1000th product in the summer of 2024, the equipment manufacturer has now started its first in-house production line for space antennas and New…
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NanoAvionics Secures €122.5M Contract to Build 280 Satellites for Meridian Space
Meridian Space, SpinLaunch’s next-generation satellite communication solution, has selected Kongsberg NanoAvionics as its exclusive satellite supplier for the initial tranche of its low Earth orbit (LEO) broadband constellation under a contract valued at 122.5M EUR. The partnership between SpinLaunch and NanoAvionics includes two prototypes, one of which is an in-orbit demonstrator (IOD) mission planned for…