https://spacewatch.global/tag/s-band/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Wed, 23 Jun 2021 06:00:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/s-band/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2021/06/airbus-equips-co-3d-constellation-with-anywaves/ Wed, 23 Jun 2021 06:00:56 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=33874&preview=true&preview_id=33874 Paris, 23 June 2021. – Airbus Defence and Space will equip its four CO3D Earth observation satellites with S-band antennas from Anywave, the company announced. Airbus Defence and Space was selected by the French Space Agency (CNES) in July 2019 to develop the Constellation Optique 3D (CO3D) Earth observation program.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/03/lockheed-martin-and-omnispace-want-global-5g-network/ Wed, 24 Mar 2021 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=31374&preview=true&preview_id=31374 Lockheed Martin and Omnispace want global 5G network]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/07/anywaves-syrlinks-a-winning-combination-for-new-space/ Fri, 03 Jul 2020 05:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=23876&preview=true&preview_id=23876 ANYWAVES, the only « pure player » European antenna equipment manufacturer for New Space, and SYRLINKS, one of the world leaders in space radio communication equipment for small satellite constellations, has signed a partnership agreement for the supply and marketing of S-band and X-band antennas on an international scale.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/12/japans-infostellar-and-australias-capricorn-space-partner-to-provide-on-demand-ground-segment-services/ Wed, 18 Dec 2019 06:00:39 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=17900 Recently established Australian ground segment operator Capricorn Space and Japanese Ground Segment as a Service provider Infostellar have signed an agreement that will enable Infostellar customers access to their satellite constellations from the Australian Ground Network – West (AGN-W) site near Mingenew in Western Australia.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/philippines-to-use-uks-surrey-satellites-novasar-1-radar-imagery/ Thu, 14 Nov 2019 06:00:59 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16956 Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) has signed an agreement with Republic of the Philippines' Department of Science and Technology-Advanced Science and Technology Institute (DOST-ASTI) to provide a share of the tasking and data acquisition services from NovaSAR-1, the innovative small S-Band radar satellite launched into a 580km sun synchronous orbit in September 2018.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/uks-surrey-satellite-ships-elsa-d-target-satellite-to-japans-astroscale/ Tue, 12 Nov 2019 06:00:47 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16952 Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) has shipped a 16kg Target satellite for Astroscale's End-of-Life Services by Astroscale demonstration (ELSA-d) mission to Tokyo, where it will be bolted to the Chaser satellite for environmental testing ahead of launch in 2020.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/rocket-lab-preps-running-out-of-fingers-launch-from-new-zealand/ Mon, 11 Nov 2019 06:00:30 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16938 Rocket Lab, the global leader in dedicated small satellite launch, has announced that its next mission will launch multiple microsatellites in a rideshare mission representing five different countries.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/indias-pixxel-partners-with-italys-leaf-space-for-leaf-line-service-agreement/ Tue, 05 Nov 2019 06:00:43 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16824 Pixxel, India’s first private earth imaging company announced their agreement with Leaf Space, a company delivering complete ground segment expertise for microsatellites. The announcement was made at the 70th International Astronautical Congress in Washington, DC, wherein Leaf Space will provide the ground segment support for the satellite to be launched in July 2020.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/10/ksat-partners-with-rocket-lab-to-provide-electron-and-photon-ground-station-support/ Mon, 28 Oct 2019 06:00:47 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16665 Rocket Lab, the global leader in dedicated small satellite launch, has partnered with Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT), the world’s largest provider of ground station services, to be the sole provider of ground station services for the Electron launch vehicle and Photon satellite bus customers. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/10/eos-to-create-its-own-radar-microsatellite-constellation-eos-sar/ Thu, 10 Oct 2019 05:00:20 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16336 US-based EOS Data Analytics, a space portfolio company of Noosphere Ventures, has unveiled EOS SAR– a project to develop its own synthetic aperture radar (SAR) sensors intended for deployment in a constellation of microsatellites.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/07/viasats-rte-service-provided-commissioning-and-operations-support-to-ga-ems-otb-satellite/ Thu, 25 Jul 2019 05:00:06 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=15261 Viasat's Real-Time Earth (RTE) service achieved a major milestone by providing ground station service support to General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems' (GA-EMS) Orbital Test Bed (OTB) satellite after its successful launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on June 25, 2019. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/rocket-lab-to-produce-in-house-designed-photon-satellite-platform/ Thu, 11 Apr 2019 05:00:08 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13449 U.S. small satellite launch company Rocket Lab has announced the next evolution of its mission services; the in-house designed and built Photon™ satellite platform.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/01/brexit-in-orbit-brexit-fears-prompt-inmarsat-to-move-ean-out-of-london/ Tue, 15 Jan 2019 06:00:29 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12370 Inmarsat is set to move its European Aviation Network out of London as a result of the Brexit threat. The move, expected to happen before April, will see EAN operate out of Luxembourg but Inmarsat itself will remain headquartered in London.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/01/switzerlands-astrocast-launches-3-new-pilots-for-affordable-iot/ Wed, 09 Jan 2019 06:00:13 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12289 Swiss satellite operator, Astrocast, has lofted three new pilot Nanosatellites that promote affordable Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity. The pilots are designed specifically for IoT applications and Astrocast’s two-way system allows companies to monitor and control their remote assets, including over-the-air upgrades at lower latency and cost than existing satellite communications networks.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/12/asx-listed-sky-and-space-global-expands-commercial-coverage-with-globe-teleservices-reseller-mou/ Tue, 18 Dec 2018 06:00:12 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12001 London-based and Australian Stock Exchange-listed S-band satellite operator, Sky and Space Global (SAS), has confirmed that it has signed a binding Reseller Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Globe Teleservices (GTS).]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/11/uks-sstl-releases-first-novasar-1-radar-imagery/ Tue, 27 Nov 2018 06:00:42 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11540 Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has released the first Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images taken from orbit by NovaSAR-1, a technology demonstration mission launched into a 580km sun-synchronous orbit on 16 September 2018.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/10/australias-fleet-space-technologies-taps-rocket-lab-to-launch-first-proxima-cubesats/ Wed, 31 Oct 2018 06:00:17 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11074 Australian New Space satellite communications company Fleet Space Technologies has selected U.S. commercial satellite launch company Rocket Lab to launch two Proxima small satellites from Rocket Lab's New Zealand launch complex in November 2018.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/09/thailands-air-force-taps-dutch-nanosatellite-maker-isis-for-eo-cubesat/ Mon, 10 Sep 2018 05:00:46 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10327 The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) has signed a contract with Dutch New Space satellite manufacturer and integrator Innovative Solutions in Space B.V. (ISIS) on 7 September 2018 for an Earth observation CubeSat, and ground segment, that will be launched on board an Arianespace Vega satellite launch vehicle in the third quarter of 2019.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/08/indias-antrix-corporation-to-launch-sstls-novasar-1-and-sstl-s1-4-in-september-2018/ Wed, 22 Aug 2018 05:00:52 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10029 India’s Antrix Corporation Limited, the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), has signed an agreement with the UK’s Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL), for the launch of NovaSAR-1, a small Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite, into a 580-kilometer altitude Sun-synchronous orbit, and SSTL S1-4, a high-resolution Earth observation satellite.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/07/uaes-yahsat-space-lab-ready-to-launch-mysat-1-in-q4-2018/ Tue, 17 Jul 2018 05:00:20 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=9469 The Yahsat Space Lab at Masdar City in Abu Dhabi, UAE, has announced that the MYSAT-1 Nanosatellite -- the first satellite to be built by students at the lab -- will be launched from the United States in November 2018.]]>