Gilat and Telesat have embarked on a collaborative project that will see the development of broadband communication technology using low earth orbit (LEO) satellites with an aim to accelerate access to broadband connectivity to those who live out of reach of fibre networks.
Read More »Glavkosmos to Act as Roscosmos Auditor and Foreign Trade Activities Agent
Glavkosmos will audit contracts of Roscosmos subsidiaries with foreign customers.
Read More »Pakistan’s PRSS-1 and PakTES-1A Successfully Launched By China
Pakistan’s first high-resolution Earth observation satellite, the Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite (PRSS) 1, and the country’s first indigenously built test satellite, PakTES-1A, were successfully launched from China’s Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre on the morning of Monday, 9 July 2018, on board a Long March-2C satellite launch vehicle.
Read More »Singapore-Japan’s Astroscale Prepares The Ground For LEO Space Debris Removal
Astroscale has reached a key milestone in its quest to develop space debris removal services in order to secure long-term spaceflight and sustainability.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Interviews: Sergey Sopov of S7 Space. Part I
S7 Space is the first Russian commercial company providing a full service on the launches of spacecraft with use of the Zenit launch vehicles.
Read More »Côte d’Ivoire To Acquire Earth Observation Satellite From Airbus, Rejects China Great Wall Industry Corporation
France’s Airbus Defence and Space appears to have beaten China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) in a bid to provide an Earth observation satellite for the Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), the West African nation that was formerly a French colony.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Op’ed: On-Orbit Servicing or Roadside Assistance In Space by BusinessCom Networks
There is a new sector emerging within the space industry that could utterly revolutionise the satellite sector. On-Orbit servicing could be the biggest advancement the industry has seen yet as it could bring with it the capabilities to tackle space debris, to repair operational satellites and even upgrade them, reducing the need for new satellites and addressing some of the industry’s greatest challenges. Here, BusinessCom Networks offers up its view on on-orbit servicing.
Read More »Two Soyuz launches planned from Kourou this year
Not three, but two launches may be performed from Kourou in 2018
Read More »Malaysia’s MEASAT Set To Join Asia-Pacific HTS Club In 2021
MEASAT is planning to add a High Throughput Satellite (HTS) to its fleet in 2021, which will see the Malaysian satellite operator adding to existing and scheduled HTS capacity slated for the region.
Read More »Arabsat To Assist Cloud Constellation Corporation In Providing SpaceBelt Cloud Data Storage
Arabsat will assist U.S.-based company Cloud Constellation Corporation in providing space-based cloud data storage with the aim of improving data storage security.
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