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Kongsberg Ground Network Services to Support Earth-i's Prototype Satellite Launch
Earth-i has provided another update about the firm's progress in building the first constellation in the world to provide full-color video — and the first European-owned commercial constellation able to provide video...
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Significant Headway Being Made by Orbital ATK on NOAA's JPSS-2 Satellite
Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) has made significant progress on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) spacecraft program. The JPSS-2 spacecraft will host instruments th...
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Ghana's Planning a Satellite Launch ... the Second So Far
Co-founder and Administrator of the All Nations University College Space System Technology Laboratory, Ernest Matey has said the College is planning to launch a second satellite for Ghana. A second satellite is to b...
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China's Been Busy ... Another March Rocket Launch of Remote Sensing Satellites
China has been busy launching satellites, and again on Saturday, November 25 they successfully launched remote sensing satellites. The satellites have entered the preset orbit and today's launching mission w...
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A New Government SATCOM Platform is Established by SES and ESA
SES leads a European consortium of industry partners to sign an agreement with the European Space Agency (ESA) to set up Pacis-1, a new satellite communication platform for governments that is aimed at making secure ...
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The Eutelsat-172B Satellite Enters Full Commercial Service
Eutelsat Communications’ (Paris:ETL) all-electric EUTELSAT 172B satellite has entered full commercial service and is now offering greatly enhanced flexibility, power and connectivity for users in a vast region stret...
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Orbital Debris Removal is the Goal of New ASTROSCALE and SSTL MoU
ASTROSCALE PTE. LTD. (ASTROSCALE) and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL, part of the Airbus Group) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to pursue joint opportunities in areas of innovative on orbit tec...
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Earth-i Orders First Five Constellation Satellites from Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL)
Earth-i has ordered five satellites from SSTL (Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.) for their new Earth Observation (EO) constellation. Earth-i is building the first constellation in the world able to provide full-color...
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Raytheon Technology in Support of NOAA's JPSS-1 Satellite
NASA successfully launched NOAA's next generation polar satellite, the Joint Polar Satellite System-1, into space on November 18. Two Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) weather programs are mission-critical components of the satel...
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Statements from ULA and NASA as They Finally Launch NOAA's JPSS-1... Forever Changing Weather Forecasts
At Vandenberg Air Force Base's Space Launch Complex 2, the Delta II rocket engines roar to life. The 1:47 a.m. PST (4:47 a.m. EST), liftoff begins the Joint Polar Satellite System-1, or JPSS-1, mission. JPSS is the ...