India launches Cartosat-2F and 30 other satellites
Today, at 9.29 a.m IST (+5:30 GMT), India’s space agency ISRO launched its Cartosat-2F satellite, along with 30 other co-passenger satellites, in its first launch of 2018.
The launch took place at...
Interview: Space BD’s CEO on ISS nanosatellite launches, changes in JAXA, and Japan’s space...
Space BD is a Japanese space startup focusing on
facilitating nanosatellite launch services. Currently, they provide launch
opportunities from Japan’s module in the International Space Station (ISS), and
have started offering rideshare opportunities on...
Kacific selects Indonesia’s Petro1 for ground infrastructure services for new GEO sat
Singapore-based broadband satellite operator Kacific Broadband Satellites Group (Kacific) has selected ICT systems integrator PT. Petro One Indonesia (Petro1) to provide ground infrastructure services in Indonesia for first geostationary satellite, Kacific1,...
Indonesia’s $550m SATRIA satellite in focus
Indonesia is readying its Very High Throughput Satellite SATRIA for launch in 2023. The satellite will provide broadband internet service (to include free WiFi access) to more than 149,400 unserved public...
Space saving measures: Addressing the debris problem
Earlier this month, the Space Security Index (SSI) 2017, an international research project headed by Canadian NGO Project Ploughshares, was released.
This is the 14th edition of the annual, covering the period...
Small Satellites – A Guide to Development and Investment
Modern Small Satellites are changing the economics of space and creating new business opportunities all around the world. Beyond space exploration, many organisations are leveraging data from small satellites to improve...
Nanosatellite Operator Sky and Space Global Completes 3 Diamonds Testing Ahead of May Launch
Sky and Space (SAS) Global, a satellite company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX), has announced that it has completed testing of its ground and space communications systems in preparation...
Chinese car manufacturer Geely enters LEO satellite business
One of China's largest car manufacturers and distributors, Geely, is about enter the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite business by manufacturing its own satellites for a commercial LEO constellation. The first...
Interview: Spire Global
Spire Global is a prominent NewSpace company with offices in San Francisco, Boulder, Glasgow and Singapore. The company develops its own CubeSats, which it uses to collect data that it monetises.
Founded...
Earth observation consortium EO-ALERT endorses Addvalue’s IDRS
Addvalue Innovation, a Singapore-listed mobile satellite communication company, received the endorsement of its Inter-satellite Data Relay Service (IDRS) from EO-ALERT, a European Union’s Horizon 2020 funded consortium working on a real-time...