21st Annual Global MilSatCom

SMi Group are proud to announce the 21st annual Global MilSatCom conference and exhibition will return to London on the 5th, 6th and 7th November alongside a Small Satellites and Disruptive Space Technology focus day on the 4th November.

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Space 4.0 : Management & Monitoring of the Environment

8th SpaceTech Symposium 28 June 2019, ESA ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands
Space 4.0 : Management & Monitoring of the Environment

Space 4.0 services from space allow for remote environmental monitoring of resources such as:
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Military Space USA

SMi Group, organizers of Global MilSatcom, are proud to present the Military Space USA conference and exhibition; convening in Los Angeles on June 11th and 12th 2019.

Featuring high level briefings from senior leadership across industry, g…

Q&A: The changing assumptions of the small launch market

Do small launcher companies need megaconstellation business to survive? How should they approach a market that sometimes feels like its changing faster than the rockets themselves? Five launch companies discussed these topics March 13 at a Washington Space Business Roundtable discussion moderated by SpaceNews.

Exolaunch and Virgin Orbit sign memorandum of understanding

German launch services provider Exolaunch announced a memorandum of understanding April 11 with Virgin Orbit to send satellites into space as early as 2020 on LauncherOne dedicated and rideshare missions.

Blue Canyon Technologies: Doubling to meet demand

Blue Canyon Technologies, a company established in 2008 as a satellite component supplier, is expanding rapidly to meet growing demand for complete spacecraft and mission operations.

Exolaunch plans ambitious launch campaign

“We act as an essential interface between a heavy lift launch vehicle and a small satellite developer," said Jeanne Medvedeva, Exolaunch commercial director.

Momentus signs in-space transportation pact

In-space transportation startup Momentus announced Feb. 6 the first contract for its Vigoride and Vigoride Extended satellite repositioning services at the SmallSat Symposium here.

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.

Small satellite industry stepping up advocacy in Washington

Small satellites have been hailed as a game changer in the space industry, but the government’s slower than anticipated embrace of smallsat technology has been a disappointment, according to analysts and industry advocates who spoke at the Space Foundation's "SmallSat Revolution" event.

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.”