Eutelsat’s latest Hotbird satellite, 13G, is slated to launch on November 2nd from Cape Canaveral. The satellite will join its sister craft Hotbird 13F (pictured) which launched on October 15th. SpaceX says it is targeting to launch the Eutelsat Hotbird 13G mission to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral […]
Orbex, a Scottish rocket manufacturer and orbital launch services provider, is to build and operate the first vertical launch site for satellites on the UK mainland. It is funding £20 million for construction. Jacobs Solutions, NASA’s largest services contractor, will look after the physical construction. Orbex, based in Forres, Moray, has signed a lease with […]
Arianespace is looking to have a closer relations ship with Australian space sturt-up Space Machines. The business focuses on Space Tugs (more correctly orbital transfer vehicles/OTV). Arianespace and Space Machines (SMC) signed an agreement on October 31st which created the core basis of their co-operation and which could lead to a closer relationship in particular […]
India’s space agency will launch the next batch of 36 OneWeb satellites in the New Year. A test of India’s giant LVM3-M3 rocket (Launch Vehicle MkIII – Mission 3) engine took place last week and was successful. The rocket’s engine was run for 25 seconds at the Space Agency’s Propulsion Complex The Indian Space Agency […]
Imagine, you are one of the richest individuals on the planet and you have a broadband-by-satellite scheme (Project Kuiper) that could be highly competitive. But – and there are quite a few ‘buts’ – you don’t have the rockets to get them into space… Indeed, Amazon’s executive chairman Jeff Bezos has poured millions into Blue […]
As part of Telstra’s growing satellite telecommunications portfolio and services, it has expanded ground stations in Perth and Merredin, Western Australia with additional antennas to support the revolutionary I-6 F1 satellite from Inmarsat. This builds on a partnership between the two companies in Australia dating back more than thirty years. Launched from the JAXA Tanegashima […]
SpaceX launched 53 Starlink satellites into orbit on Thursday night (October 27th, 9.14pm California time/1.14 am GMT, October 28th) from Vandenberg Space Force Base. It was SpaceX’s 49th launch this year. The Falcon 9’s first stage successfully landed on the ‘Of Course I Still Love You’ floating barge about 9 minutes after launch. It was […]
The European Space Agency (ESA) and its Navigation Directorate says it is moving ahead with its plans to improve satellite navigation and perhaps further expanding to include a European – but global – low Earth orbiting fleet. “Now, [with] numerous low Earth orbit constellations already taking shape around the globe, the time is right to […]
A report from Virginia-based BryceTech says that Space Tugs (or more correctly Orbital Transfer Vehicles/OTV) which rescue failing satellites in orbit will help save satellite operators “millions” as the technology develops. However, this is not a ‘jam tomorrow’ claim or forecast given that there are already such rescue Tugs in orbit. 2022 will see six […]
Starlink will start shipping its ‘Starlink for RVs’ flat high performance kit in December offering high-speed, low-latency internet on an as-needed basis in any destination where Starlink provides active coverage. Its active ‘high capacity’ coverage promise includes most of the US and Canada although about a quarter of the US from the Great Lakes down […]