Satellite News

A pair of space sails designed and manufactured by the University of Surrey team behind RemoveDEBRIS – a project that demonstrated a number of world-first active debris removal technologies – have been successfully deployed.

Packed with about 1,890 kg of cargo and science, SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft departed the International Space Station on 3 June.

Russia’s Energomash Research and Production Association is working on the technology of carrier rockets’ reusable first stages, Energomash Chief Designer Pyotr Lyovochkin said in an interview published in the June edition of the Popular Mechanics journal.

Luokung Technology Corp. has announced a strategic partnership with LandSpace Technology Corporation Ltd. (“Land Space”).

Harris Corporation will build and demonstrate a prototype ground antenna system under a U.S. Air Force Defense Innovation Unit programme designed to improve communications with the agency’s growing number of satellites.

BlackSky announced it has signed an agreement with HawkEye 360, the first commercial company to use formation-flying satellites to create a new class of radio frequency (RF) data analytics.

Viasat Inc. and Visiontec, a Brazilian-based satellite products distribution company, have partnered to bring high-speed satellite Internet to Brazil.

In a memorandum dated 28 May, Secretary of the U.S. Air Force Heather Wilson and Secretary of the U.S. Navy Richard Spencer announced the transfer of responsibility for future narrowband satellite communications.