India launches GSAT-6A using improved GSLV Mark II
Update, 1 April 2018: ISRO has lost contact with the GSAT-6A, with the following statement being released on the website:
"After the successful long duration firings, when the satellite was on course...
China’s satcom industry on expansion, Belt & Road, NewSpace
Many satcom giants are feeling the pressure with the advent of NewSpace, the introduction of new and disruptive technologies, and a general stagnation in revenues, all of which are instilling a...
Kratos to build gateways for JCSAT-18 satellite network
SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (SJC) has selected Kratos Defense & Security Solutions to design and build gateways for SJC’s new High Throughput Satellite (HTS) JCSAT-18. The satellite, launching from SpaceX’s Falcon...
Singapore’s Kacific selects Tata Communications for terrestrial connectivity
Kacific, a new satellite operator based in Singapore, has selected Tata Communications to provide terrestrial connectivity services as it readies for the launch of its first satellite, Kacific1. Tata Communications will...
ISRO smallsat Microsat-TD to launch in early February with Cartosat-2F
India's space agency ISRO will launch Microsat-TD, a small earth observation satellite, in its first launch of 2018 in early February on a PSLV-XL launch vehicle. The launch of Microsat-TD has...
Space Data Association to use space debris data from High Earth Orbit cubesats
Today, Sydney-based startup High Earth Orbit Robotics (HEO) announced that the Space Data Association (SDA) has signed a Letter of Intent to use data gathered from HEO’s planned nanosatellites.
Under the agreement,...
KSAT forms a new small satellite business unit
Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT), a Norway-based provider of spacecraft communications services, announced that it has created a new business unit fully dedicated to ground station services for the New Space sector,...
Swedish Space Corp opens new ground station in Thailand
On November 23, the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) officially opened a multi-mission ground station in Sri Racha, Thailand, at the Space Krenovation Park (SKP), a science park developed by Thailand’s space...
Arianespace orbits Japanese, South Korean satellites
On Tuesday, February 18, Arianespace's Ariane 5 launched two geostationary satellites, JCSAT-17 for the Japanese operator SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation, and GEO-KOMPSAT-2B for the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI).
JCSAT-17 is the...
JAXA launches final Michibiki satellite to commence GPS augmentation
This morning, at 7:01 JST (Japan Standard Time), Japan’s space agency JAXA launched Michibiki-4, the final satellite needed to make Japan’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) operational.
Michibiki-4 was launched using Mitsubishi Heavy...
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