Hughes Network Systems (an EchoStar company) revealed on 9 August that it had placed an order with American satellite manufacturer SSL for a third “Jupiter” satellite-based internet spacecraft, ECHOSTAR 24/JUPITER 3. The satellite will be capable of a total throughput...
UK-based Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) has joined forces with In-Space Missions Ltd to design a concept for three small satellites, which would carry hosted technology tests and other payloads on request. SSTL has built and operated a UK space...
The Scottish small satellite manufacturer Clyde Space has announced that it has won a construction order for three small cubesat-derived data relay satellites. The bus designs will be built in Scotland with the participation of the contracting firm, a California based...
During 27 July, the Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran), conducted a launch of its “Simorgh” – meaning Phoenix in Farsi – light launch vehicle. The launch was the inaugural mission from the Imam Khomeini Space Launch Center (IKSLC), Semnan, Iran....
SpaceIntelreport.com (Peter de Selding) reports that the Orbital ATK legal attempt to force the US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to stop helping its rival SSL (Space Systems/Loral) with its in orbit servicing effort in the end came to nothing. This...
Orbital Access Limited (OAL), a UK based launch systems and aerospace services business, has been awarded a GBP£200,000 contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) to design its air-launched Orbital 500R satellite launcher as part of the Agency’s two-stage-to-orbit...
