Satellite News

More than 100 days after it launched, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite has reached its orbit position about 1.6 million km from Earth.

exactEarth Ltd., a majority-owned subsidiary of COM DEV International and provider of Satellite Automatic Identification System (AIS) data services, and Harris Corporation have formed an alliance to provide a new level of AIS data service that will deliver real-time global coverage for maritime vessel tracking.

Thales Alenia Space has expanded its presence in Europe by creating a new subsidiary in Poland, Thales Alenia Space Polska.

Airbus Defence and Space has signed a four year framework agreement with the Norwegian Defence Logistic Organisation (NDLO) for the provision of X-band satellite capacity and has committed to deliver up to 30 MHz of capacity annually on the Skynet military satellite constellation.