Intelsat, the communications satellite services provider, has announced that the support of key creditors for a comprehensive financial restructuring of the company. The restructuring, it said, would reduce its debt by more than half, from nearly $15 billion to $7 billion, and better position it for long-term success. The negotiations have received the support – ...
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Eutelsat Communications has been chosen by the European GNSS Agency (GSA) for the development, integration and operation of its next-generation EGNOS GEO-4 service. This satellite-based augmentation system, which has been developed by the ESA (European Space Agency), supplements the accuracy of GPS data, for positioning information. EGNOS stands for European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service, and ...
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Thales Alenia Space is to build Telesat’s satellite broadband constellation, dubbed Lightspeed. It has signed an agreement with the satellite operator Telesat to be the prime contractor for the low Earth orbit (LEO) network. Initially, this will be comprising a fleet of 298 satellites in the 700-750 kg class. Thales Alenia Space will provide the ...
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX has been chosen by Nasa to begin the replacement of the International Space Station with its successor, the Lunar Gateway. A Falcon Heavy rocket will carry – in 2024 – the first two elements to make up the Gateway, taking off from Launch Complex 39A at Nasa’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. ...
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For this year’s School Robot Competition, the EPSRC UK Robotics & Autonomous Systems (UK-RAS) Network and educational publisher Twinkl asked school groups to design a space explorer robot. Despite lockdown, the competition attracted a record number of entries and the overall winners are team ‘Aspiration’, from St Bernard’s Catholic Grammar in Slough. Their AR robot ...
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The US’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) is to survey the private sector about developing designs and materials for building large structures on the Moon. The R&D organisation, which operates within the United States Department of Defense, has announced its “Novel Orbital and Moon Manufacturing, Materials and Mass-efficient Design” (NOM4D, pronounced “NOMAD) programme. Highlighting ...
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The first ever vertical small satellite launch from UK soil – due to take place in Scotland in 2022 – will also be the first UK commercial launch for ABL Space Systems’ new RS1 rocket. The project is dubbed “UK Pathfinder Launch” and is planned to take place from the Shetland Space Centre at Lamba ...
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The European Space Agency (ESA) has chosen Airbus for the construction of three more European Service Modules (ESM) for Nasa’s Orion spacecraft (pictured), which is part the Artemis programme. The latest contract is worth €650 million and the ESM will join three other modules that are already under contract with Airbus. The European Service Module ...
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Omnispace has raised $60m in new funding for the development of a global 5G/IoT hybrid mobile network, combining satellite and terrestrial coverage. The funding round was led by new investor Fortress Investment Group, and includes further backing from the existing investors Columbia Capital, Greenspring Associates, TDF Ventures and Telcom Ventures. “Omnispace represents the next evolution ...
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