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Disney+’s Among the Stars to explore NASA mission

Disney+ has unveiled its newest original series, Among the Stars, with all episodes of the six-part series streaming exclusively on Disney+ from October 6th. The docuseries, produced by Fulwell 73, follows NASA astronaut Captain Chris Cassidy as he embarks on one last mission. Through intimate footage, personal video diaries and livestream footage — stationed both […]

September 15, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Ascential acquires OneSpace

Content optimisation business OneSpace has been bought by Ascential (which was formerly publishing giant EMAP). Ascential, in a statement highlights OneSpace’s appeal: “Underpinned by its SaaS (Software as a Service) model, OneSpace manages product specific content catalogues, enables the creation of original material and customises content in order to drive higher sales across multiple products […]

September 14, 2021By Chris Forrester

Scotland: Billionaire’s Spaceport objection denied

Scottish landowner and billionaire Anders Povlsen says he will not appeal against the recent decision allowing the construction of a Spaceport in Sutherland, Scotland, on the A’Mhoine peninsula. Povlsen, reportedly Scotland’s richest man, had already mounted a legal objection to the scheme but a Scottish judicial review ruled against him last month and the country’s […]

September 14, 2021By Chris Forrester

Beam Budget by INTEGRASYS empowering LEO networks design

Beam Budget, the innovative link budget tool in the market, has been updated for Satshow 2021, becoming an essential tool for the New Space Era constellations, LEO and MEO. By 2021 the company has been updating the LEO option, in order to be a flexible solution and pioneer in these new constellations. Beam Budget enables […]

September 8, 2021

Collision damages Chinese satellite?

On August 14th, astrophysicist and satellite tracker Jonathan McDowell, who’s based at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Tweeted that a small piece of a Russian rocket (officially Object 48078, 1996051Q) had hit a Chinese satellite (Yunhai 1-02) which was damaged on impact. The Russian Zenit-2 rocket launched back in September 1996 and […]

August 18, 2021By Chris Forrester

Spacety Luxembourg signs MoU for space projects

Luxembourg is already well-known for space and satellite activity. As well as being the home for satellite giant SES Astra, it is also the formal domicile for SES’s arch-rival Intelsat (although Intelsat is actually run from Washington, DC). Now Spacety Luxembourg is hoping to emulate its established colleagues. Italy-based T4i and Spacety Luxembourg have signed […]

August 17, 2021

EU issues RFP for ‘New Space’ project

The European Union has issued its Request for Proposals for a major ‘New Space’ project – or projects – that embrace multi-orbit satellite constellations. The brief is comprehensive and asks for ideas on the construction and operation of a new fleet of satellites which will provide broadband connectivity, and so-called ‘Quantum’ solutions and other potential […]

July 21, 2021By Chris Forrester

ESA awards €90m for new Ariane-6 engine

The European Space Agency (ESA) is to invest about €90 million to the Ariane Group in order to develop a new engine for the Ariane 6 rocket, itself coming to the end of its design stage. The plan is for the new engine (dubbed Astris) to perform a ‘kick’ stage, and mounted as an addition […]

July 15, 2021By Chris Forrester

Intersputnik, RSCC sign cooperation agreement

The Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications (Intersputnik) and Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) have signed an Agreement on Cooperation in Using Frequency Assignments in the Geostationary Orbit and Other Satellite Orbits for the Implementation of the Project on the Joint Use of Satellite Capacity. As decided by the joint 49th session of the Board […]

July 14, 2021

OneWeb expands innovation programme with Gen2 RFI Industry Day

OneWeb, the global communications network powered from space, will release its first Gen2 RFI and host an Industry Day in association with the European Space Agency on 23-24 September at the European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications (ECSAT). OneWeb is actively seeking mission partners with which to verify the definition, requirements and strategy for […]

July 14, 2021