WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force is exploring the use of small geosynchronous satellites to enhance military communications networks — either through purchased commercial services or government-owned constellations. “We’re trying to leverage new capabilities from the commercial industry,” Clare Hopper, chief of the Space Force’s Commercial Satellite Communications Office, said […]
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The largest funding increase is for Evolved Strategic Satcom satellites, intended for nuclear command and control WASHINGTON – The U.S. Space Force plans to request nearly $8 billion over the next five years to scale up development of classified communications satellite networks, according to DoD budget documents. The projected funding […]
The small all-electric satellite system is suited to developing commercial and national operators requiring low-capacity volume or having limited bandwidth slots. IAI creates a new niche in the geostationary orbit (GEO) satellites market, with a satellite that provides the same services as a full-size satellite, but supports less channels, thus […]
Boeing’s and Northrop Grumman’s payloads will be launched to space in 2024 for an on-orbit demonstration. WASHINGTON — Boeing and Northrop Grumman have been selected to develop jam-resistant communications payloads for the U.S. Space Force’s Protected Tactical Satcom program. The Space and Missile Systems Center in February 2020 and March […]
WASHINGTON — Telesat expects to finalize the financing for its Lightspeed broadband constellation in the next few months, along with contracts to launch the fleet of nearly 300 satellites. Telesat selected Thales Alenia Space Feb. 9 as the prime contractor to build the constellation of low Earth orbit satellites. That […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft announced plans April 6 to move automated satellite image processing technology developed by Thales Alenia Space into its Azure Orbital platform. With Thales Alenia’s DeeperVision software, “images downlinked by Earth observation satellites can be immediately and systematically analyzed as soon as they are produced,” according to […]
SEOUL, South Korea — Hanwha Systems, the South Korean conglomerate that added a bankrupt phased-array antenna maker to its growing portfolio last year, is planning to build and deploy a constellation of 2,000 satellites in low Earth orbit by 2030 to provide connectivity to urban cargo-delivery drones and passenger airplanes. […]
Scattered light from orbital debris (artist’s impression) may add 10% more light to a skyglow that interferes with astronomy. ESA By Joshua SokolMar. 28, 2021 , 8:01 PM There appears to be nowhere left on Earth where astronomers can view the stars without light pollution from space junk and satellites, […]