Ariane 5 orbits two communications satellites on its 100th mission
On September 25, at 19:38 French Guiana time (GMT-3), Arianespace launched two communications satellites: Horizons 3e for Intelsat and SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation, and Azerspace-2/Intelsat 38 for Azercosmos and Intelsat. This...
ODYSSEUS Space wins 500,000 EUR award; will move HQ to Luxembourg
ODYSSEUS Space — a Taiwan-based startup created in 2016 by French professionals to provide solutions for smallsat constellations and space resources exploitation missions — has won the SpaceResources.lu challenge of the...
Odysseus Space to collaborate with Taiwanese university on pulse plasma thruster
Taiwanese company Odysseus Space has just announced a collaboration with Taiwan's National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) to develop a Pulse Plasma Thruster (PPT) propulsion system for small satellites, known as ARGO.
This...
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...
Malaysia’s XOX, AdvanceTC, partner for satellite smartphones
Malaysia's XOX Mobile and AdvanceTC have announced an agreement to launch, over the next nine months, a range of 4G and 5G smartphones named XPLORE. This smartphone series will be designed...
Inmarsat, Addvalue announce Inter-satellite Data Relay System (IDRS) service
After a five-year collaboration, Inmarsat and Addvalue Innovation today announced the Commercial Service Introduction (CSI) of their Inter-satellite Data Relay System (IDRS) service, following the successful demonstration of the first live data connectivity between customer...
MHI’s Defense & Space Systems net sales US$4.14 billion in 2016-2017
On 20 October 2017, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), which deals in launch vehicle technology, missiles, aerospace components and air-conditioners, released its annual MHI Report summarizing the company’s activities over the past...
Indonesia successfully launches two sounding rockets
Indonesia’s space agency LAPAN has successfully conducted two test flights of two of its sounding rockets, the RX 450 and RX 1220. The launches took place last week at the Space...
US Air Force Research Lab and Saber Astronautics sign space ops contract
According to a Saber Astronautics press release, the US Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate has awarded space engineering company Saber Astronautics a contract to develop new capabilities for...
SSL selected to manufacture B-SAT’s latest satellite
SSL has announced that it has been selected to manufacture BSAT-4b, the latest broadcasting satellite of Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT), one of Japan's leading satellite operators. BSAT-4a wil complement the...
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