News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
NovelSat, a technology company that develops and manufactures satellite-based video and content transmission solutions, announced that it has received a grant from the BIRD Foundation for its co-operation with igolgi, which specialises in developing compression solutions for video delivery. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019070902
Virgin Galactic and Social Capital Hedosophia, a public investment vehicle sponsored by Social Capital and Hedosophia, announced that the boards of directors of each company have approved a definitive agreement under which VG and SCH will merge, with the current shareholders of SCH expected to own up to approximately 49% of the combined company. Upon…
The second next-generation, Lockheed Martin-built GPS III satellite – nick-named "Magellan" by the U.S. Air Force — is sealed up and ready for its planned launch on 25 July. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019070800
NASA has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for the agency’s Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission, which will allow astronomers to discover, for the first time, the hidden details of some of the most exotic astronomical objects in our universe. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019070801
The French Space Agency (CNES) has awarded the CO3D (Constellation Optique 3D) contract to Airbus. Under this agreement, Airbus will deliver a global high-resolution Digital Surface Model (DSM). http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019070802
The latest ESA Partnership Projects mission has launched two tiny supercomputing nanosatellites aboard a Soyuz rocket from Vostochny in Russia. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019070803
The ESAIL microsatellite developed under ESA’s programme for tracking ships at sea is going through its final tests ahead of launch. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019070804
The Defense Innovation Unit of the Pentagon has announced a call for ideas for a small, autonomous military space station. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019070805
Globalstar, Inc. and Echo Ridge, LLC have signed an agreement to collaborate, share data, and jointly pursue market opportunities for a new assured positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) technology that can backup and/or complement GPS when GPS is unavailable or unreliable. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019070806
Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) signed a NOK618 million (US$71.5 million) contract with Space Norway for the delivery of ground station services to provide satellite-based broadband in the Artic. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019070807