The UK government-owned OneWeb may be scaling back on its planned satellite broadband constellation, but Elon Musk’s rival SpaceX is pressing ahead: the latest deployment of 60 Starlink satellites sees the total pass 1,000 launched. It means 1,015 Starlink satellites have been delivered into space, although it is reported that of those 951 are actually still ...
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OneWeb is reducing the planned size of its satellite constellation, down from 47,884 to 6,372 satellites. The Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communications company – which is part owned by the UK government since June 2020, along with Bharti Global and the SoftBank Group – informed the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of the reduction ...
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The U.S. Space Command is set to make its new home at the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, a centre for developing and testing U.S. Army missile programs. Space Command – a unified combatant command of the United States Department of Defense – is held responsible for U.S. military operations in space. Created in 1985, ...
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NASA’s Orion spacecraft is ready for its mission to the Moon declares Lockheed Martin, after the company announced the completed assembly and testing of the Artemis I mission craft. Orion is NASA’s new human-rated exploration-class spaceship that is due to take astronauts into space, including the Moon and Mars. Lockheed Martin was the prime contractor ...
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Boeing is to deliver six additional solar arrays to NASA for the International Space Station. The new arrays will increase the on-board laboratory’s power supply and installation is scheduled to begin in 2021. The new 63-foot-by-20-foot (19-meter-by-6-meter) arrays will together produce 120 kilowatts of electricity via the sun’s energy, says Boeing. They will combine with ...
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NASA and JAXA (the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) have confirmed the Japanese will be working on critical life support systems within the Lunar Gateway, the next-generation replacement for the international space station. Under the agreement, Japan will be working on the Gateway’s International Habitation module (I-Hab), which is where the crew will live, work, and ...
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After four years in the position, Dr Graham Turnock is stepping down from the role of Chief Executive at the UK Space Agency (UKSA). Turnock has been in position for four years and will leave later this year. “It has been an immense privilege to serve as UK Space Agency Chief Executive during one of ...
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Thales Alenia Space has been confirmed by the European Commission to develop work around the use of space robotics, involving the on-orbit servicing of space vehicles, a phase of work dubbed EROSS+. It builds on EROSS (European Robotic Orbital Support Services) and the idea is to support a range of operations in orbit, including controlled ...
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Digi-Key Electronics has signed a worldwide distribution agreement with LogiSwitch, makers of the Arduino-friendly NoBounce line of ICs and switches. The company writes: LogiSwitch’s adaptive NoBounce technology eliminates the problem of having switch bounce regardless of the duration of the bounce. The designer does not have to worry about the impact of switch degradation over ...
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Intelsat is buying two more OneSat satellites from Airbus Space Systems, operating in multiple frequency bands. They are due to be delivered in 2023. The geostationary satellites will help provide communications services, for example in the aviation connectivity business. Under the terms of the contract, Airbus will deliver an “end-to-end fully integrated solution”, including design ...
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