satellite communications
Atlas Space Operations upgrades user interface to ease scheduling
Atlas Space Operations upgraded its user interface to make it easier for customers to schedule communications with their satellites and to quickly confirm whether data was transmitted.
Telespazio unveils product line for NewSpace market
Telespazio is beginning to offer a family of products to help commercial space companies set up a digitized ground segment in the cloud.
Isotropic Systems rebrands as All.Space and unveils latest terminal
Isotropic Systems is changing its name to All.Space as the British antenna manufacturer unveil its “fifth-generation smart terminal” to link cellular and satellite networks.
Atlas wins Defense Innovation Unit Award for hybrid network
Atlas Space Operations announced a Defense Innovation Unit contract June 8 to demonstrate a hybrid network to link Defense Department, civil government and commercial satellites.
Commercial providers of satellite services face a trust gap with military buyers
Despite growing enthusiasm for new space internet services, some military buyers remain distrustful of commercial solutions, Space Force procurement official Clare Grason said.
BlueHalo wins $1.4 billion contract to upgrade U.S. satellite control network
The Space Rapid Capabilities Office awarded BlueHalo a $1.4 billion contract to add satellite communications capacity to the ground network used by the U.S. military to command and control satellites .
NASA to award demonstrations of commercial satellite services to replace TDRS
NASA expects to make awards this spring in the next phase of its effort to transition from operating its decades-old network of communications satellites to purchasing commercial services.
Universal connectivity requires extensive collaboration
Within a decade, satellite mobility providers expect to offer customers a seamless transitions between terrestrial and satellite networks.
Telstra to build teleports for OneWeb constellation
Australian communications company Telstra announced plans March 22 to build and maintain three dedicated teleports to provide satellite gateway services in the Southern Hemisphere for OneWeb’s broadband constellation.
KSAT invests in dedicated lunar communications network
SAN FRANCISCO – Kongsberg Satellite Services announced plans March 16 to establish a dedicated antenna network for lunar communications.
“Building and operating networks is our core competency,” Arnulf Kjeldsen, KSAT executive vice pr…
CesiumAstro raises $60 million in Series B funding round
CesiumAstro Inc. raised $60 million in a Series B funding round led by Airbus Ventures and Forever Ventures.
SpaceLink adds smaller satellites to data-relay constellation
SpaceLink announced plans Feb. 24 to establish an initial constellation of smaller satellites than previously planned, a move designed to slash the cost and speed up the rollout of initial data-relay services.
Lynk reveals mobile network contracts
Lynk Global announced contracts Feb. 23 with seven mobile network operators serving Pacific and Caribbean Island nations.
Small satellite constellations promise resilient communications and Earth observation
Small satellite constellations provide valuable communications links in the wake of natural disasters, according to speakers at the SmallSat Symposium here.
Lynk satellites connect with thousands of devices
Lynk Global satellites have connected with thousands of unmodified smartphones, tablets, internet-of-things devices and vehicles, the Fall Church, Virginia, startup announced Feb. 8.
Hedron, formerly Analytical Space, raises $17.8 million
Hedron, the company formerly called Analytical Space, raised $17.8 million in a Series A fundraising round.
SpaceLink hires OHB to build data relay satellites
SpaceLink has awarded OHB System AG a contract with an anticipated value of more than $300 million to manufacture four satellites for its commercial space data relay constellation.
Space Force grappling with aging infrastructure used to operate satellites
The ground stations and tracking antennas the U.S. military relies on to communicate with its satellites — known as the Satellite Control Network, or SCN — are decades old and short of the capacity needed to keep up with the projected growth in space activities.
Xenesis and MBS Lab forge pact to test optical communications
Optical communications startup Xenesis signed a memorandum of understanding with MBS Lab, the research group for Germany’s Media Broadcast Satellite, Germany’s largest teleport operator.
BridgeComm and Space Micro reveal strategic partnership
Optical communications startup BridgeComm announced a strategic partnership with satellite component supplier Space Micro to work together on the design, development and testing of optical communications technology for U.S. government and commercial customers.
