Satellite News

Russia’s Roskosmos state space corporation has launched the operation of its Kanopus-V satellite system to monitor natural and man-made disasters.

Russian space agency Roskosmos patented a spacecraft which can change its shape if approached by a foreign spy satellite, according to a descriptive note attached to the patent.

The Sea Launch maritime launch platform has been prepared to be moved from the U.S. to Russia, with all of its U.S. and Ukrainian-made components removed, a source in the Russian space industry has said.

Lockheed Martin has been awarded nearly US$163.9 million for support of the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS).

Cobham Gaisler announced that a consortium it is leading has been awarded a development contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) that will result in the design of an accelerator board suitable for Computer Vision (CV) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications for in-orbit space use.

Kepler Communications has signed a launch agreement with Innovative Space Logistics B.V (ISL) working with GK Launch Services to deploy two satellites into Sun-synchronous orbit in Q2-Q3 2020. The satellites will be the first of multiple batches of the next-generation platform, forming part of Kepler’s Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation for global data services.

ICEYE announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and a commercial reseller agreement with ST Engineering Geo-Insights Pte Ltd. to serve the commercial and government markets in South East Asia.

Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) has completed assembly and installation of eight new antennas in Clewiston, Florida. The antennas will be used for supporting OneWeb.