Paris Space Week

The tradeshow with business meetings, conferences and Innovation challenges dedicated to the Space Industry

◼︎ Business meetings
Meet the European Key players of space industry & services

◼︎ Exhibitions

Satellite industry slowly embracing the cloud

Satellite operators are partnering with cloud service providers, but not on everything.

Booz Allen Hamilton pursuing growth in military space programs

Senior VP Chris Bogdan: “We don’t build satellites, rockets or rovers. We are investing in open architectures."

RBC Signals pursues government work, wins first award

RBC Signals, a startup creating a global network of satellite ground stations, aggressively pursuing and beginning to win government business, Ron Faith, RBC Signals president and chief operating officer, told SpaceNews.

Amazon activates ground station business with first two of 12 stations

Ground stations in Ohio and Oregon mark the first two of a planned 12 stations spread out globally to enable communication with satellites, allowing operators to downlink data such as imagery and weather. The stations also enable operators to control their satellites.

Ground station startup Leaf Space plans capital raise

Italian startup Leaf Space wants to triple the number of ground station locations it has by late next year, citing customer demand for providing communications services to small satellites.

Commercial satellite roaming possible with existing military terminals, experiment shows

The roaming test was part of an Air Force pilot project that is looking at ways to use commercial satellite services to lower the cost and increase the resiliency of military communications.

SAIC wins $655 million Air Force contract to modernize satellite ground systems

The Air Force announced it awarded Engility Corp. — now owned by SAIC — a $655 million contract for satellite ground systems’ engineering, development, integration and sustainment.

Atlas Space Operations wins first defense customer

With the SpaceX rideshare launch, Atlas Space Operations welcomed its first Defense Department customer into its cloud-based ground station network.

Ground segment getting more attention in military space programs, U.S. leaders say

Building and launching spacecraft sometimes gets so much attention that the ground segment — user terminals, command and control systems and network operations —isn’t always ready even after a satellite is in space.

Space ground segment having its own launch sector-like renaissance, Kratos says

WASHINGTON — The revolution in space technology — prominently seen with reusable rocketry advances and the commercial adoption of miniaturized satellites — is also happening on the ground, according to Kratos.

Kratos, bullish on satellite communications, in talks with LEO constellations

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is selling off one of its business units to focus on the high-growth areas of satellite communications and drones.

International ground stations tricky for smallsat operators to license

Small satellite operators wanting to build ground stations in multiple nations to connect with their satellites are finding it complicated dealing with different sets of regulations.

Japanese startup raises $7.3 million for smallsat antenna sharing service

Infostellar, a Tokyo startup creating a service that lets smallsat operators tap into ground stations around the world, has raised $7.3 million from a team that includes the early-stage investor arms of Airbus and Sony.