Educational Irish Research Satellite 1, or EIRSAT-1 for short, is being built by students and staff of University College Dublin, who are participating in ESA Education’s Fly Your Satellite! programme.
Read More »Digital Earth Africa releases analysis-ready satellite data for all of Africa
The Digital Earth Africa (DE Africa) platform now has operational analysis-ready Earth observation (EO) data over Africa, using free and open images captured by the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Sentinel-2 satellites.
Read More »ESAIL MARITIME SATELLITE READY FOR LAUNCH
The ESAIL microsatellite for tracking ships worldwide – developed under an ESA Partnership Project – has completed its accommodation on Vega’s new dispenser for small satellites and is ready for launch.
Read More »Spiral Blue partners with SatRevolution for in orbit demonstration mission
Spiral Blue has signed an agreement with Polish satellite manufacturer SatRevolution to launch and test our first prototype Space Edge Zero (SEZ) computer in orbit.
Read More »Philippines’ Dept of Agriculture To Use Satellite Technology For Crop Insurance
In an effort to digitize Philippine agriculture, the Department of Agriculture (DA) through Planters Products Inc. (PPI) and the Satsure AG signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on 8 June to provide better crop insurance in the country using satellite technology.
Read More »Serbia And China Sign Space Technology Cooperation Agreement
Serbia and China signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on space technology cooperation on 5 June 2020. The MoU includes a provision for the joint development of a Sino-Serbian satellite.
Read More »Momentus And OrbAstro Announce Service Agreement For 3U In-Orbit Demonstration
Momentus, provider of in-space transportation services for satellites, and OrbAstro, a UK company focused on developing the technology to enable tiny satellites to operate in large flocks, announced on 4 June 2020 a launch contract to fly a 3U to SSO onboard the SpaceX Dedicated rideshare mission in 2021.
Read More »Globalstar Launches New ST100 Satellite Transmitter
Globalstar Europe Satellite Services Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Globalstar Inc., and a leader in satellite messaging and emergency notification technologies, has introduced the ST100, an innovative, embeddable, one-way satellite transmitter ready for rapid product development and manufacturing in the global marketplace.
Read More »Rhea Space Activity Wins USAF Prime Contract To Hypersonic Vehicle Detection And Tracking
The rapidly growing New Space startup company Rhea Space Activity (RSA), has been tapped by the United States Air Force (USAF) to develop a telescopic mirror that can be built and deployed in Earth's orbit, thus eliminating the need to launch detection equipment from the Earth's surface, potentially saving millions in taxpayer dollars.
Read More »Northrop Grumman To Provide Next-Gen Polar Missile Warning Satellites For USSF
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a not-to-exceed US$2.37 billion undefinitized contract modification for Phase 1 of the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) Polar program from the United States Space Force (USSF).
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