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The European Space Agency (ESA) is asking for ideas on how to explore lunar caves. While the surface of the Moon has been well-documented with cameras onboard several satellite missions, relatively little is known about the presence and nature of subsurface cavities. In volcanic areas of the lunar maria, planetary …

Get SAT and GRC (Global RadioData Communication Ltd.) have annouced a strategic partnership that will see the firms target the U.K. security, defense and government markets with communications on-the-move (CoTM) broadband platforms based on Get SAT’s industry-leading, powerful terminals. Leveraging participation in the DSEi event from 10-13 September in London, Get SAT …

The question of Space Traffic Management (STM) is becoming more urgent as the amount of satellites being orbited is set to grow at an unprecedented rate. In this article, Christopher J. Newman, Professor of Space Law & Policy, previews an event that is dedicated to addressing space traffic management challenges. …

The second satellite to join the constellation that forms the European Data Relay System (EDRS) was launched by Arianespace on 06 August, 21:30 CEST (19:30 UTC).  The satellite was launched onboard an Ariane 5, together with a second passenger, Intelsat 39, from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. EDRS enables …

BAE Systems has been awarded a Phase 2 contract to develop machine learning capabilities aimed to help the military gain better awareness of space scenarios for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The goal of DARPA’s Hallmark Tools, Capabilities, and Evaluation Methodology (Hallmark-TCEM) programme is to not only …

Edinburgh-based Global Surface Intelligence (GSI) has launched its first product range. Available immediately, the GSI Now suite of geospatial intelligence products has been designed to deliver practical and measurable near-real time business intelligence on the state, condition, value and sustainability of natural and man-made assets. There are three products in …

Kleos Space S.A., a space-powered Radio Frequency Reconnaissance data provider, advises that it will collaborate with Spire Global, one of the world’s largest space to cloud analytics companies. Kleos and Spire will collaborate to combine Spire AIS data with KLEOS RF data to create a new shared capability to bring …

Tesat has introduced the CubeLCT, the company’s smallest and lightest laser communication transmitter (LCT). The  small, ultra-lightweight optical data transmitter, is capable of transferring data with 100 Megabit per second from low Earth orbit satellites directly to ground. This delivery, for an undisclosed US customer, marks the starting point of …

Kleos Space S.A., a space-powered Radio Frequency Reconnaissance data provider, has signed a binding MOU with EarthLab Luxembourg S.A. to examine collaboration opportunities for the use of Kleos RF Reconnaissance and Geolocation data for the insurance sector and for other different geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) purposes. EarthLab was the first European …

Have you ever thought about the weather patterns that occur in space? Space Weather is something that is often overlooked but the weather events that happen in space can have a great effect on our space infrastructure such as satellites and the services they provide here on Earth. Along with …