satellites

On March 1, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will launch GOES-T, the third satellite in the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites R series, and you can watch it on NASA TV. Part of a series of weather…

Totum announced the successful indoor operation of their direct-to-satellite IoT connectivity solution based on its wireless technology. The demo showcased bidirectional communication between a fully integrated system-on-a-chip (SoC) and…

Millennium Space Systems just demonstrated a deployable tether expected to significantly reduce the time a satellite remains on orbit after its useful life ends. Dragracer is the first direct comparison of a drag tape that quickly and…

SpaceLink is beefing up its senior-level expertise with the goal of delivering a game-changing relay service. It recently added top executives and has now attracted seven additional industry leaders to its team. The space relay service will…

Mobile Experts delivered a new Expert INSIGHT that investigates mobile network options for the billions that need improved remote coverage at a reasonably low cost. The report answers the question, “Will satellites be the answer, or will…

Truth in marketing counts for something. In an era of false promises and hype, it’s refreshing to see a company share the honest truth about their service.  SpaceX founder Elon Musk has supposedly named the beta test for Starlink satellite…

While Elon Musk insists he takes the orbital debris issue seriously, with SpaceX firing 60 satellites into space in a single week in May 2019, chances are good some of them will encounter problems. And when satellites break, which is…

The farmer’s variation of the line from the movie Field of Dreams (“If you build it, they will come.”) would be “If you plant it, it will grow.” Unfortunately, since life is not fiction, it’s just not true. The need to accurately predict…

The world’s first autonomous rocket factory, Relativity, has landed a contract with Telesat, the renowned global satellite operator, that allows it to play a role in Telesat’s innovative LEO satellite constellation. Telesat will now have…

Smart, tiny, and powerful. That may be the future of space technology, and Lockheed Martin’s new satellites are ready to fill a big role. A new generation of satellites launching this year will be able to change their missions in orbit,…