Satellite News

The payload designed and developed by Alén Space for the first nanosatellite of Sateliot’s constellation has successfully completed its first in-orbit demonstrations. This validation process is a fundamental step for providing IoT communications services with world-wide 5G coverage.

Lockheed Martin’s In-space Upgrade Satellite System (LINUSS) completed environmental testing and is ready for launch later this year, demonstrating how small CubeSats can regularly upgrade satellite constellations to add timely new capabilities and extend spacecraft design lives.

Rocket Lab has announced its next mission is part of a rapid launch schedule of three dedicated Electron missions for global monitoring provider BlackSky.

On 17 August 2021 at 0147 UTC, Arianespace’s second Vega mission of the year will lift off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, with the optical observation satellite Pléiades Neo 4 and four auxiliary passengers.

Delaware-based satellite firm Swarm Technologies has filed a request with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to transfer its existing satellite and ground station licenses to SpaceX. According to the filings, Swarm would become a will be a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of SpaceX upon the closing of the deal.

SEAKR Engineering, Inc. (SEAKR) announced operational success of next generation commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) processing hardware as part of a risk reduction technology demonstration supporting the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA’s) Blackjack Program.

Aitech, a provider of rugged board and system level solutions for military, aerospace and space applications, has announced that its mission-critical, space rated flight computers will enable communications technologies onboard the second production block of small satellites being developed by Astranis.

The Norwegian Space Agency (NOSA) has awarded a contract to Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) to build the NorSat-4 maritime tracking microsatellite. NorSat-4 will be the eighth satellite developed by SFL for Norway, including NorSat-3 launched in April 2021 and the NorSat Technology Demonstrator (NorSat-TD) now under construction.