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Written by Torsten Kriening
When satellite communications become an attack vector and private companies become strategic assets, resilience is no longer optional. The MONARCH OPLAN-Readiness Handbook is a first step toward operational readiness for Europe’s space industry.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/09/surrey-satellite-technology-signs-hydrognss-contract-with-eecl/ Fri, 09 Sep 2022 06:00:37 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=43242 Engineering consultancy EECL, has signed a contract at Space-Comm Expo 2022 with Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL), to supply low noise amplifiers (LNA) for the front-end receiver of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) HydroGNSS Scout Earth Observation payload, EECL said. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/05/airbus-egnos-v3-passes-initial-service-performance-review/ Wed, 04 May 2022 07:00:36 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=40770 Airbus Defence and Space and its EGNOS V3 system has passed an initial service performance review successfully. The program is managed under a partnership agreement between the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Defence, Industry and Space, the European Union Agency for the Space Programme and ESA.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/02/thales-alenia-space-to-develop-future-satellite-navigation-systems/ Tue, 08 Feb 2022 07:00:15 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=39013 Thales Alenia Space announced that it has been awarded a contract by the French Space Agency CNES to develop a Dual Frequency Multi Constellations (DFMC) SBAS prototype. The project is part of the next generation of SBAS (satellite-based augmentation system), just like EGNOS, the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service satellite system. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/09/italy-supports-gps-and-galileo-tests-on-the-moon/ Mon, 20 Sep 2021 06:00:39 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=35913 The Italian Space Agency (ASI) cooperates with Quascom and NASA to launch project NEIL to experiment satellite-based positioning on the lunar surface, ASI reports. Project NEIL (Navigation Early Investigation on Lunar surface) is linked to NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Service mission.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/07/masten-develops-moon-positioning-and-navigation-network/ Wed, 14 Jul 2021 06:00:09 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=34423&preview=true&preview_id=34423 Masten Space Systems, the Californian Moon and Mars mission specialist, will develop a positioning and navigation network for the Moon, the company said. Masten was awarded a Phase II contract, through the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, “to develop and demonstrate a lunar positioning and navigation network prototype”, the company founded in 2004 said.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/06/iridium-develops-gps-smallsat-payload-for-u-s-army/ Fri, 25 Jun 2021 06:00:36 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=33939&preview=true&preview_id=33939 Connecting sensors and soldiers: the U.S. Army has contracted Iridium to develop a smallsat GPS payload, the company said. The contract is worth up to $30 million. Iridium will develop a smallsat payload that supports navigation and GPS systems for the army, Iridium said.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/05/iridium-invests-in-scottish-satellite-navigation-firm-ddk-positioning/ Tue, 25 May 2021 06:00:45 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=33003&preview=true&preview_id=33003 Iridium invests in the Scottish navigation service provider DDK Positioning, the Nasdaq-listed company said. Iridium has made a strategic investment in the Aberdeen, Scotland based provider of enhanced Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) accuracy solutions, the company said. DDK uses the Iridium network to provide global precision positioning services.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/03/spacewatchgl-column-pssi-perspective-8-china-deploys-beidou-to-project-power-and-influence/ Tue, 09 Mar 2021 08:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=30971&preview=true&preview_id=30971 This content is for members only. 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