COMPANY PROFILE: ENPULSION Today we present ENPULSION, an Austrian company developing cutting edge thruster solutions for small and medium satellites. Founded in 2016, it has delivered more than 130 thrusters and 50 of them are already propelling satellites of various size in space. How did the company achieve that? Milestones: […]
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SAN FRANCISCO – Finland’s Iceye is demonstrating for customers its ability to detect millimeter-scale vertical differences by comparing data in multiple Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite images of the same location. In the past, this product, called satellite interferometry, has been provided by operators of large satellites. Airbus Defence and […]
Cape Town, South Africa: Coloured “fringes” will describe movement away or towards a satellite European “new space” company Iceye has demonstrated a radar technique in its small satellites that has in the past been performed only by the biggest of spacecraft. Called Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSar), it involves making […]
WASHINGTON — French Internet of Things startup Kinéis has raised 100 million euros ($110.5 million) from private and public investors to fund a constellation of 25 cubesats. Collecte Localisation Satellites (CLS), a French maritime and environmental monitoring company that spun off Kinéis last year, led the round, with participation from […]
French propulsion startup ThrustMe received 2.4 million euros ($2.8 million) from the European Commission to commercialize an electric propulsion system for small satellites. ThrustMe is one of a growing number of startups creating products for the fast-growing small satellite market. Like the proliferation of launch startups targeting small satellites, other […]
by Brian Berger — August 7, 2018 Small Satellite Conference exhibit hall at Utah State University in Logan, Utah Aug. 6, 2018. Smallsat 2018 is underway in Logan, Utah, and our photographer is getting great shots of cool hardware and other photo-worthy highlights of the 32nd Conference on Small Satellites. Here […]
This article originally appeared in the June 25, 2018 issue of SpaceNews magazine. It’s one of the major complaints about cubesats. Most lack any kind of onboard propulsion. Without thrusters, spacecraft operators are often challenged to find a launch that will place their satellites into their desired orbit. More importantly, […]
CINCINNATI — A Silicon Valley startup developing electric propulsion systems for satellites has raised $10 million and added the billionaire founder of LinkedIn to its board. Apollo Fusion announced the $10 million Series B round July 11, bringing the total the company has raised to date to more than $18 […]