Small Satellites
Op-ed | NewSpace must be regulated
Move fast and break things, the mantra of Silicon Valley startups, has now spread to the space sector with Swarm Technologies going as far as breaking the law.
General Atomics’ acquisitions of smallsat companies bearing fruit
General Atomics hopes to win military contracts for customized small satellite missions.
Hurricane satellites reveal flooding
Satellites launched in 2016 to track ocean winds offer valuable information on soil moisture and flooding.
Firefly investor Noosphere Ventures eyes satellite manufacturing sector
Noosphere Ventures, two years after providing a lifeline investment in small launcher company Firefly, is gearing up to make another space investment, this time in the small-satellite manufacturing sector.
Cloud Constellation lines up $100 million investment
A startup designing a constellation of orbiting cloud data centers has arranged a $100 million investment from Hughes China Holdings Company Limited (HCH Group) of Hong Kong.
Harris says first cubesat performing well in orbit
Harris Corp.’s first small satellite, a six-unit cubesat, is fully operational, receiving commands and transmitting information to the satellite operations center in Palm Bay, Florida.
Government inertia a problem for small satellite industry
Steve Nixon: “I think there’s some bureaucratic inertia. Also there’s a space industrial complex that might not want to see a shift to much cheaper assets.”
China Microsatellite Symposium
The first China Microsatellite Symposium will be held in Northwestern Polytechnical University, Chang’an Campus from November 18 to 20, 2018. The conference will focus on the design experience of microsatellites, communication technologies, …
20th Annual Global MilSatCom
SMi Group are proud to announce that the 20th annual Global MilSatCom conference and exhibition will return to London on 6th, 7th and 8th November and a small satellite and disruptive space technology focus day on the 5th November.
As Euro…
Small Satellites and Disruptive Space Technologies Focus Day
Exploring How Innovation is Revolutionising Access to Space
As space-based satellite systems continue to act as a key enabler for terrestrial operations, the need to access and exploit constellations effectively remains critical for intern…
Small satellites rolling off Raytheon’s missile assembly line
Raytheon wants to show that small satellites operated by military users on the ground can deliver tactical imagery faster than commercial providers and more economically than aerial drones.
Government agencies prepare for piggyback flights, secondary payloads
Ten years after then-U.S. Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne called for maximizing use of secondary payload adapters to launch small satellites on large rockets, the Air Force, NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are working together to make that happen.
Royal Thai Air Force hires ISIS Space to deliver cubesat in orbit
The Royal Thai Air Force awarded a contract to ISIS Space of the Netherlands to deliver a complete satellite in orbit next year, ISIS Space announced Sept. 7.
Small satellites are at the center of a space industry transformation
No longer the province of university researchers and technology developers, small satellites are moving into the aerospace mainstream.
Harris small satellite business jumps to $100 million in revenues
Harris Corp.’s small satellite business is growing rapidly, jumping from no revenue in 2016 to $100 million now. During the same period, Harris small satellite revenues jumped from zero to $100 million, Bill Gattle, Harris Space and Intelligence president, told SpaceNews in a recent interview.
Electric propulsion startup ThrustMe gets $2.8 million from European Commission
French propulsion startup ThrustMe received 2.4 million euros ($2.8 million) from the European Commission to commercialize an electric propulsion system for small satellites.
