SAS & Globalsat to provide the Americas with connectivity via nanosatellites
Australia-based nanosatellite telecommunications developer Sky and Space Global (SAS) has just announced the completion of its commercial testing programme with Globalsat, a Pan-American Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) consortium.
Following this, the two...
Sky and Space Global, International Air Traffic Automation Systems sign MoU
This is Australia-based nanosatellite telecommunications developer Sky and Space Global's (SAS's) first agreement within the commercial aviation services sector, according to an SAS press release. It serves as a framework agreement...
Gilat to provide disaster management platform to Japan
Japan’s Local Authorities Satellite Communications Organization (LASCOM), which manages the nation’s satellite communications during disasters, has selected Gilat to provide a disaster response platform for the whole of Japan.
Gilat’s role in...
Taking stock of major trends in the satellite industry
This year, many worried that pressure from rival connections would be the cause of much change in the satellite industry, leading to a palpable sense of uncertainty. Although the so-called demise...
Papua New Guinea to use Aireon’s space-based air traffic surveillance
Papua New Guinea Air Services Limited (PNGASL), which provides air navigation services for the country's airspace, has signed an agreement to deploy Aireon’s space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) air traffic surveillance...
Airbus signs agreement with Vietnam, shares details of Thailand’s THEOS-2
Airbus and Vietnam’s Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) have recently signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) that allows them to work together on several areas of interest in the space...
Singapore-based satellite operator Kacific to launch with SpaceX in 2019
Kacific Broadband Satellites, a new satellite operator based in Singapore, has selected SpaceX to launch its first satellite, Kacific-1.
Kacific-1 will be launched on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 in 2019 and will deliver...
ISRO to transfer 100+ technologies, including lithium-ion battery, to industry
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the nation’s space agency, has just released a list of over a hundred technologies to be transferred to the private sector.
Among the items is ISRO’s...
Industrial Internet discussed at China-Russia scientific council meeting
Russia and China held the second meeting of the China-Russia Council for Science and Innovation on 20th July 2017 in Moscow, aimed at strengthening bilateral cooperation. The meeting aimed at coming...
Thai Air Force orders its first Earth Observation CubeSat
The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) has just signed a contract with Innovative Solutions In Space (ISIS), a Netherlands-based company providing end-to-end CubeSat solutions, for its first ever Earth Observation CubeSat....