Satellite News

Hispasat has reached an agreement with Chilean telecom company ENTEL to extend the direct-to-home (DTH) managed service that it provides to the entire country until the end of 2024.

Planet Labs PBC announced that Planet’s PlanetScope and SkySat data have joined the European Space Agency (ESA) Third Party Missions portfolio, enabling ESA to utilise Planet data for scientific, research, and pre-operational Earth Observation based applications development.

OneWeb announced that the company and New Space India Limited (NSIL), the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organisation, have entered into an agreement that will help ensure OneWeb completes its satellite launch programme.

Rocket Lab announced it has been selected by HawkEye 360 to launch three Electron missions for the radio frequency geospatial analytics provider. The first of the three missions is scheduled to be Rocket Lab’s inaugural Electron mission from Launch Complex 2 on Wallops Island, Virginia, ushering in an era of Rocket Lab launches from U.S. soil from no earlier than December 2022.

The pledge covers ASAT tests in which a missile is launched from Earth or an aircraft at high altitude to blow up a satellite.

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Kymeta and OneWeb Technologies announced an agreement to distribute broadband connectivity services to the U.S. government.

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D-Orbit announced the signing of a subcontract with space company Beyond Gravity, under which D-Orbit will deliver lightweight carbon fibre-reinforced polymer (CFRP) tools and metallic structural components for the European Space Agency’s Space Rider reusable space vehicle. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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Planet Labs PBC has partnered with SynMax, a Houston-based satellite analytics and intelligence company, to provide data-informed insights on the energy industry within the United States and monitor the movements of dark vessels around the globe.