Articles about Satellite – Page 11 of 13

Blastoff for 3-D printing: How Virgin Orbit harnesses high tech for low-cost rockets

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Virgin Orbit aims to blaze a trail on the final frontier, but in order to do that,… Read More

SpaceX launches a satellite and lands a Falcon 9 booster for second time this week

Good things came in threes for SpaceX today: For the third time, it used a previously flown Falcon 9 rocket… Read More

SpaceX launches 10 satellites for Iridium, then lands Falcon 9 booster at sea

SpaceX launched its third batch of 10 Iridium Next communications satellites from California today on a Falcon 9 rocket, then… Read More

Spaceflight wins $5.5 million NASA contract for nanosatellite launch services

Seattle-based Spaceflight says it’s been awarded its first contract for launch and integration services from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in… Read More

Blue Origin announces satellite launch deal with Thai telecom startup Mu Space

Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, announced yet another agreement to launch a telecommunications satellite… Read More

SpaceX seeks to trademark the name ‘Starlink’ for satellite broadband network

SpaceX has filed documents seeking to trademark the name “Starlink” for a satellite network that could provide global broadband access… Read More

Spaceflight Industries teams with Europe’s Thales Alenia and Telespazio for satellites

Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries has forged a partnership with a French-Italian venture known as the Space Alliance, formed by Thales Alenia… Read More

NASA tells SSL and Tethers Unlimited to move forward on orbital assembly system

California-based SSL, formerly known as Space Systems Loral, says it’ll receive continued funding from NASA for an on-orbit satellite assembly… Read More

Boeing to build seven ‘super-powered’ satellites for SES’ O3b broadband network

Boeing Satellite Systems International has signed up to build a fleet of seven satellites that will provide broadband internet connectivity… Read More

Kymeta reports successful sea trials for antennas; gears up for broadband service

Kymeta Corp. — a company based in Redmond, Wash. and backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates — says it’s conducted successful sea… Read More

Spaceflight’s BlackSky wins $16.4M Air Force contract for geospatial data platform

BlackSky, a division of Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries, has been awarded a two-year, $16.4 million cost-plus prime contract with the Air… Read More

SpaceX launches Formosat-5 satellite, then lands booster on Pacific drone ship

SpaceX chalked up another successful satellite launch and booster landing today, putting Taiwan’s Formosat-5 Earth observation satellite into orbit in… Read More

SpaceX’s broadband internet satellite plan reportedly runs into opposition

SpaceX’s plan to provide global broadband internet access using thousands of satellites in low-earth orbit has come under fire from… Read More

SpaceX closes out a rocket doubleheader with Iridium launch and booster landing

Two days after launching a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida and landing it again, SpaceX accomplished the same feat in California,… Read More

India’s PSLV rocket puts Spire satellites in orbit – with an assist from Spaceflight

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket wasn’t the only launch vehicle that took to the air today: India’s PSLV-C38 rocket sent an… Read More

Kymeta names e3 Systems as exclusive distributor of satellite antennas for yachts

Redmond, Wash.-based Kymeta says a Spanish company known as e3 Systems will be its exclusive global distribution partner for flat-panel satellite… Read More

Intelsat-OneWeb satellite merger falls apart due to doubts about debt swap

The OneWeb satellite venture says it has terminated its deal for a mega-merger with Intelsat because not enough of Intelsat’s… Read More

SpaceX to launch first homegrown satellite this year, plans broadband network in 2019

SpaceX has laid out its latest schedule for the satellite broadband service it’s developing in the Seattle area, starting with… Read More

Spaceflight Industries unveils BlackSky Spectra for multispectral satellite imaging

Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries lifted the curtain on another satellite imaging service today: BlackSky Spectra, a Web-based platform that knits together… Read More

It’s another first for SpaceX! Previously launched Falcon 9 rocket lifts off and lands a second time

Today SpaceX did something it’s never done before: reusing a Falcon 9 rocket booster that’s already been launched and landed.… Read More

RBC Signals raises $1.5 million in seed round for satellite data delivery service

Seattle-based RBC Signals says it’s raised $1.5 million from investors around the world, providing a boost for its plans to knit… Read More

After delay, SpaceX launches EchoStar satellite – but forgoes rocket landing

For the second time in a week, weather worries caused a delay in SpaceX’s launch of the EchoStar 23 communications… Read More

SpaceX postpones launch of EchoStar communications satellite due to high winds

High winds have forced SpaceX to postpone its launch of the EchoStar 23 communications satellite, a mission requiring so much… Read More

Google patent filing hints at how SpaceX’s satellite broadband network could work

When it comes to providing global broadband internet coverage, two satellite constellations in low Earth orbit are better than one.… Read More

Kymeta and Intelsat debut Kalo satellite service and antennas at ‘coming-out party’

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Five years after its founding, the Kymeta antenna venture backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is releasing its… Read More

Virgin Orbit satellite launch spin-off created with ex-Boeing exec at the helm

Virgin Galactic says it’s spinning off its satellite launch operation, including the LauncherOne rocket development program, as a new commercial… Read More

SoftBank puts $1.7B into Intelsat merger with OneWeb satellite internet venture

Intelsat and OneWeb today laid out plans for a mega-merger aimed at bolstering their satellite internet services, with a $1.7… Read More

104-satellite launch marks success for India (and Seattle’s Spaceflight Industries)

A record-setting flock of 104 satellites was successfully deployed into orbit overnight after the launch of an Indian rocket. Seattle-based… Read More

Planet Labs says it’ll acquire Google’s satellite imaging subsidiary, Terra Bella

Planet Labs says it has struck a deal to acquire Google’s Terra Bella satellite imaging operation and its constellation of… Read More

SpaceX adds a big new lab to its satellite development operation in Seattle area

SpaceX has taken on a 40,625-square-foot facility in Redmond, Wash., that will become a research and development lab for its… Read More