KSAT partners with Japanese artificial meteor shower company ALE
Kongsberg Satellite Services AS (KSAT), a Norway-based ground station operator, has signed an agreement with Japan-based space entertainment company ALE, which is planning to create meteor showers on demand using microsatellites.
Under...
Space blockchain platform SpaceChain awarded funding by ESA
Last month, Singapore-headquartered space blockchain platform SpaceChain, which has a UK office, was awarded funding by ESA Business Applications and Space Solutions under the Kick-start Activity program.
SA’s Kick-start Activity Program is...
Microsat developer Axelspace moves into components business
Japanese space startup Axelspace, which has developed 5 microsatellites to date, has announced it will be developing critical components to prepare for the mass production of next-generation microsatellites. This initiative aims...
Australian startup Myriota closes US$15m Series A funding round
Myriota, an Australian startup aiming to provide nanosatellite internet of things (IoT) connectivity, has just closed a US$15 million Series A funding round.
The round was led by Australian VC firms Main...
The world of small satellite launchers
The cost of making small satellites is coming down and hence there is an exploding demand for launching such satellites. There is also a move by small satellite players to cover...
SpaceChain launches and tests second blockchain nanosatellite
Singapore-based SpaceChain Foundation, a non-profit organization building the world’s first open-source blockchain-based satellite network, has announced the successful launch and good health of its second-generation blockchain node.
The launch took place on...
Singapore-based SpaceChain sends blockchain payload to the ISS
SpaceChain, a Singapore-headquartered space blockchain organization, announced that its blockchain hardware wallet technology was launched to the International Space Station (ISS), as part of SpaceX's CRS-19 commercial resupply service mission.
The...
Singapore’s Equatorial Space Systems concludes first test flight
Singapore’s launcher startup, Equatorial Space Systems, "verifies its technology with first in-flight proof-of-concept", according to a press release.
The 2.5-meters-long Low Altitude Demonstrator took flight over the vast expanse of the Felcra...