Tag: Satellite

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) of the United Kingdom has announced a partnership with OneWeb to collaborate on Position, Timing, and Navigation (PNT) capabilities for the company's second-generation satellite constellation. NPL, which is the national measurement standards laboratory of...

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has announced a new investment of £65 million ($79.1 million) to support innovations in space technologies and applications. The funding aims to strengthen the UK's leadership in the space sector.The first phase of funding,...

Xage Security, a cybersecurity company based in Palo Alto, California, has been awarded a $17 million contract by the U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command. The contract is for the provision of a cybersecurity platform to protect the Space...

  The U.S. Marine Corps has recently granted a contract to Lite Coms, a company specializing in VSAT terminals, with a potential value of up to $500 million. The Department of Defense announced the award earlier this month, specifying that...

Yahsat Government Solutions (YGS), a subsidiary of Yahsat, has secured a significant new contract with the UAE government worth over $5 billion. The deal, announced on September 22nd, grants YGS an Authorization to Proceed (ATP) to provide satellite capacity and...

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe) in an effort to enhance India's space capabilities. The agreement, announced...

Elche, Spain (SPX) Sep 15, 2023
PLD Space, the company that designs, develops, manufactures and operates Europe's first private launcher, signs an agreement with WISeSat.Space, a subsidiary of WISeKey International Holding Ltd., the global leader in cybersecurity, AI, Blockchain and IoT, to launch the next generation of ultra-secure sub-500 kg satellites for Quantum-Ready Internet of Things (IoT) communications with the MIURA

Washington DC (UPI) Sep 16, 2023
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida late Friday. The launch at 11:38 p.m. EDT was confirmed by SpaceX, which said it was the fifth flight for the first stage booster used in the mission. It had previously launched Crew-6, SES O3b mPOWER, and two earlier Starlink missions

Carlsbad CA (SPX) Sep 11, 2023
Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), reports that Inmarsat Government, now part of Viasat, was awarded a Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (PLEO) Satellite-Based Services (SBS) contract by the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) on behalf of the U.S. Space Force's (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC). Inmarsat Government is one of 16 companies select

Long Beach CA (SPX) Sep 11, 2023
SpinLaunch, a pioneering space company enabling rapid and sustainable low-cost access to space, and the Sumitomo Corporation ("SC") of Japan, a leading Fortune 500 global trading and business investment company, have formed a strategic partnership to expand the global market for affordable and sustainable space services. Sumitomo has also made an investment in SpinLaunch. In recent years,