Satellite News

MicroSat Systems, Inc. (MSI) has contracted Saft to provide rechargeable Li-ion batteries for the 18 satellites the company is building for Orbcomm’s Generation 2 (OG2) constellation programme.

The Universities Space Research Association (USRA) announced its participation in the upcoming U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)/NASA “Firefly” CubeSat mission.

Broadband satellite operator Avanti Communications Group plc announced that it has entered into a long-term strategic partnership for the management of HYLAS traffic with BT Group plc.

Sonema, a provider of telecommunication services in Europe and Africa, expanded its current agreement with Intelsat for contracted satellite capacity, which will increase Sonema’s enterprise services offerings.

NASA said it successfully tested the first deep space communications network modelled on the Internet.