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FIRST UP Satcom | BridgeSat, Sitael joint forces on lasercomm; Orbcomm enters China; UK, Singapore plan quantum cubesat
Italian small satellite builder Sitael and American laser communications startup BridgeSat announced plans to form a joint venture in the European Union.
NBN preps business broadband offer with underused Sky Muster capacity
An NBN executive estimated the business service will use 15 percent of the capacity on the Sky Muster satellite system.
Orbcomm says remaining OG2 satellites are stable, inthinc acquisition boosting revenue
A communications glitch affecting three of Orbcomm’s second-generation satellites does not appear to afflict the other dozen spacecraft in the recently deployed constellation.
Spire, 40 cubesats in orbit, competing more directly in space-based ship-tracking market
Spire is wading deeper into the ship-tracking business, challenging established competitors operating fleets of much bigger satellites.
Three Orbcomm OG2 satellites malfunctioning, fate to be determined
Three satellites in Orbcomm’s recently launched fleet of low-Earth orbit satellites have ceased communicating, reducing the operator’s second-generation constellation by a third of its envisioned strength if not recovered.
OHB reports flat H1 revenue but still forecasts record year-end performance
Satellite and rocket-component builder OHB SE of Germany on Aug. 17 reported flat revenue but higher profit for the six months ending June 30 and reiterated its full-year revenue forecast based on sales volume late in the year.
Orbcomm’s delighted with Verizon’s IoT valuation but plays down AIS wins
Satellite machine-to-machine and Internet of Things services provider Orbcomm Inc. on Aug. 4 reported double-digit increases in quarterly revenue and gross profit and said its recent agreement with a Chinese conglomerate could open a vast new market for the company.
exactEarth bests Orbcomm for Canadian contract that shrank to a pittance
A battle between two companies over what they thought would be a large contract with the Canadian government for satellite-based maritime surveillance turned out to be a contest for peanuts in which the winner appeared to suffer more than the loser.
Orbcomm, exactEarth compete for key Canadian satellite-AIS contract
Canadian satellite maritime surveillance data provider exactEarth Ltd. on Feb. 9 debuted as an independent company and will get an early indication of its competitiveness in the coming weeks when the Canadian government decides a large contract.
Falcon 9 Launches Orbcomm Satellites, Lands First Stage
A SpaceX upgraded Falcon 9 rocket lifted off Dec. 21 and placed 11 Orbcomm satellites in orbit, while the first stage successfully landed back near the launch site at Cape Canaveral.
SpaceX’s Latest Timeline for Tonight’s Launch and Landing Attempt
If all goes according to plan, Falcon 9's first and second stages will separate two minutes and 24 seconds after lifting off, begin its boost back burn about a minute-and-a-half later and finally land — or attempt to land — at Cape Canaveral right around 10 minutes after liftoff.
SpaceX Now Planning Monday Launch and Landing
SpaceX rescheduled the first launch of Falcon 9 since its June failure for Dec. 21.
SpaceX Preparing for Launch of “Significantly Improved” Falcon 9
SpaceX is gearing up for both the first launch of its Falcon 9 rocket since a June launch failure and the first flight of a “significantly improved” version of the vehicle, but questions remain about the company’s plans to attempt to recover the rocket’s first stage.
Orbcomm Expects December SpaceX Launch To Fill ‘Hole in the Sky’
The launch of 11 satellites on a new-version Falcon 9 rocket will complete the machine-to-machine messaging provider's second-generation constellation.
SpaceX Changes its Falcon 9 Return-to-flight Plans
SpaceX on Oct. 16 said it had changed its return-to-flight plans and would first launch 11 small Orbcomm messaging satellites into low Earth orbit, and then test reignition of the redesigned second-stage engine during the same flight before launching SES’s heavier telecommunications satellite into higher orbit, a mission that will need the reignition capability.
After Failure, Orbcomm Touts Constellation Resiliency
Orbcomm said it could lose several of its 17 second-generation satellites without a big impact on operations beyond a slight delay in message-delivery time..
