Articles about Satellite – Page 6 of 13

Gates-backed Kymeta unveils next-gen satellite antenna for hybrid connectivity

Kymeta Corp., one of the high-tech ventures backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, has paired its next-generation satellite antenna with… Read More

It’s a first: One commercial satellite docks with another to demonstrate orbital servicing

For the first time, one commercial satellite has docked with another satellite in geosynchronous orbit, demonstrating a technology that will… Read More

SpaceX sends 60 Starlink broadband satellites into a different orbit, but misses 50th booster landing

SpaceX launched 60 more satellites for its Starlink internet broadband constellation on a Falcon 9 rocket today, bringing the total… Read More

Spaceflight Industries strikes deal to sell rideshare launch business; will focus on BlackSky satellites

Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries says it has signed a deal to sell Spaceflight Inc., its satellite rideshare launch subsidiary, to one… Read More

OneWeb sends 34 broadband satellites into orbit on Arianespace Soyuz rocket, challenging SpaceX

Europe’s Arianespace launch consortium today used a Russian-made Soyuz rocket to send 34 satellites into a near-polar orbit for OneWeb’s… Read More

Report: SpaceX is planning to spin out Starlink satellite broadband network and take it public

SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell is quoted as saying that the company is planning to spin out its Starlink satellite internet… Read More

Accion Systems raises $11M for tiny ion engines, with Boeing HorizonX Ventures playing a lead role

Boeing HorizonX Ventures has teamed up with Shasta Ventures to lead an $11 million Series B investment round for Accion… Read More

Tethers Unlimited lifts the curtain on mesh networking system for small satellites

Bothell, Wash.-based Tethers Unlimited says it’s delivered a new type of mesh networking system designed to connect small satellites in… Read More

More sparks in the sky: SpaceX launches its fourth batch of 60 Starlink internet satellites

SpaceX launched its fourth batch of 60 Starlink satellites today, boosting its constellation to a world-record 240 satellites and bringing… Read More

Tethers Unlimited says ‘Terminator Tape’ is speeding up a satellite’s descent as intended

Bothell, Wash.-based Tethers Unlimited says “Terminator Tape,” an experimental tether-based system designed to drag satellites down from orbit, is working… Read More

Apple is reportedly working on a secret satellite communications project

Apple has joined SpaceX, OneWeb, Amazon and other companies in targeting the market for satellite internet services, Bloomberg News reported… Read More

SpaceX launches a double-duty telecom satellite and doubles down on rocket reusability

SpaceX sent a dual-payload telecommunications satellite to orbit today, recovered the Falcon 9 rocket’s first-stage booster at sea, and narrowly… Read More

Rocket Lab’s Virginia launch pad opens for business, with Air Force as first customer

Rocket Lab today celebrated the opening of a launch complex on the Virginia coast, half a world away from its… Read More

Satellite mega-constellations stir a debate over avoiding catastrophic orbital crashes

The retired commander of the U.S. Strategic Command says the tens of thousands of satellites that SpaceX, OneWeb and Amazon… Read More

SpaceX employees cheering at Redmond satellite facility

How the Seattle area became a hotspot for satellite builders — and what comes next

Seattle may not be the best place to put a launch pad, but the region is turning into one of… Read More

Nanoracks aims to test habitat-building method during SpaceX satellite mission

Nanoracks says it’ll put a metal-cutting robot to work in orbit next year as part of a satellite deployment mission,… Read More

SpaceX launches 60 more Starlink internet satellites — and hits reusability milestones

SpaceX sent its second set of 60 Starlink satellites into orbit today, atop a Falcon 9 rocket that featured the… Read More

Spaceflight and Rocket Lab will put a Japanese shooting-star satellite into orbit

Seattle-based Spaceflight says it’s handling the pre-launch logistics for a Japanese satellite that’s designed to spray artificial shooting stars into… Read More

Earthquake drill gives Kymeta’s emergency communication system a shakedown test

When disaster strikes, cellphone connections are among the first things to go by the wayside — so what will emergency… Read More

Switching from asteroid mining to blockchain: ConsenSys Space unveils TruSat satellite tracker

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A year after taking over the assets of a Redmond, Wash.-based asteroid mining company known as Planetary… Read More

Amazon exec Dave Limp expects Project Kuiper satellites to boost sales and cloud

Why is Amazon planning to put thousands of satellites in low Earth orbit? Part of the motivation is to expand… Read More

Amazon’s Project Kuiper and OneWeb raise the curtain higher on their satellite plans

Filings with the Federal Communications Commission are providing fresh details about the plans being laid by Amazon and OneWeb to… Read More

Intelsat sues OneWeb broadband satellite venture over a mega-deal that went sour

One of the world’s biggest satellite operators, Intelsat, is accusing the OneWeb broadband satellite venture and its biggest investor, SoftBank,… Read More

SpaceX wants to rearrange its Starlink satellites for faster broadband ramp-up

SpaceX is seeking approval from the Federal Communications Commission for changes in the spacing of its Starlink broadband satellites, in… Read More

OneWeb targets the Arctic for the kickoff of its satellite broadband service in 2020

OneWeb says it’ll start delivering broadband internet service to the Arctic via satellite in 2020, turning the “Last Frontier” into… Read More

SpaceX reports a ‘bug’ in its alert system after ESA shifts spacecraft to avoid Starlink satellite collision

The European Space Agency says it performed a collision avoidance maneuver over the Labor Day weekend to head off a… Read More

SpaceX sweetens the deal for satellite rideshare launches, and Starlink is in on it

Three weeks after announcing that it’s getting into the rideshare market for launching small satellites, SpaceX slashed its prices by… Read More

Astranis reserves a ride with SpaceX for satellite that’ll boost broadband in Alaska

A California-based startup called Astranis Space Technologies has signed a deal with SpaceX for the launch of its first geostationary… Read More

Rocket Lab launches four satellites for BlackSky, UnseenLabs and U.S. Air Force

Rocket Lab sent a foursome of satellites into orbit today for a threesome of customers, including the Seattle-based BlackSky Earth-watching… Read More

A rush of rockets: SpaceX Falcon 9 puts Israel’s Amos-17 telecom satellite in orbit

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched a Boeing-built, Israeli telecommunications satellite called Amos-17 into geosynchronous transfer orbit today, adding to what’s… Read More