SES has resurrected its ‘Cleosat’ filing with the ITU which lapsed in 2015. Cleosat calls for an L and S-band constellation of 62 satellites (6×10 @ 850km/86°, 1 @ 533km/97.5° & 1 MEO @ 8062km) for a potential direct-to-handset service. The original Cleosat filing with the ITU, made in 2015, was lost and expired due […]
Sir Peter Beck’s New Zealand-based rocket company has gone ahead with its $500 million (€461.1m) cash-raising exercise. Rocket Lab has already confirmed an offer to buy German-based laser connectivity specialist Mynaric for $75 million. But the company says it has eyes on other acquisitions. Rocket Lab has four launches planned over the next few weeks. […]
Photo of the Electron launch of the iQPS SAR satellite, courtesy of Rocket Lab. Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has successfully launched their second mission for Japanese customer, the Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS). Artistic rendition of an iQPS SAR satellite on-orbit, courtesy of the company. ‘The Lightning God Reigns’ mission […]
Sir Peter Beck’s New Zealand-based rocket builder, Rocket Lab, is buying German-based satellite laser specialists Mynaric. Rocket Lab will pay $75 million (€68.7m) in cash and stock and there’s potential for another $75 million in an ‘earn out’ consideration. However, key to the purchase is the statement from Rocket Lab and that its intention is […]
Eutelsat’s share price continues upward and triples in two days (Image Credit: Sat News) Photo credit: Eutelsat Group Eutelsat’s shareholders enjoyed a rise in the Paris-based satellite operator’s value, up 82 percent in value to €3.66 per share. When the shares hit the high of €4.49 some investors took their profits. What […]
Rocket Lab signs 2nd multi-launch deal—eight Electron missions with iQPS (Image Credit: Sat News) Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has signed one of its largest Electron launch agreements to date in a second, multi-launch deal with Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS), a Japan-based, Earth imaging company. This newly-signed […]
Satellite manufacturer Terran Orbital, now owned by Lockheed Martin, is facing a Class Action brought by law firm Levi & Korsinsky (and others) and recently an amended complaint was filed in the Action. In essence, the complaint alleges that Terran Orbital Corp. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) […]
SuperSharp and NanoAvionics plan first of a kind disruptive Thermal InfraRed imaging satellite (Image Credit: Sat News) UK based SuperSharp, part of the Satlantis group, has selected Kongsberg NanoAvionics’s (NanoAvionics) MP42 microsatellite platform for a first-of-its-kind Thermal InfraRed (TIR) mission called Blue Moon. The mission will embark SuperSharp’s flagship instrument HIBISCUS, an […]
The above image illustrates the 3 meter version of the Wrapped Rib Antenna which is being incorporated into an in-orbit demonstration mission (separate from the Oberon mission) due for launch in 2025 as a collaboration between Oxford Space Systems, SSTL and NSSIF, with additional support from Innovate UK and Airbus Defence and Space. Artistic rendition […]
ICEYE, the global leader in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite operations for high-fidelity Earth Observation (EO), and SATIM, a world-leading provider of AI-based solutions for Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) on SAR imagery, have signed a partnership agreement for joint product development. The companies will combine ICEYE’s industry-leading satellite imagery with SATIM’s cutting-edge AI-powered imagery analytics […]
