Plume has appointed former Ubiety Chief Technology Officer and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) engineer Mik Cox as Senior Vice President of Technology Innovation. Cox will lead the company’s new technology innovation team. With almost half a billion devices connected to the Plume intelligent platform, Cox joins at a critical time where the company is […]
Lynk Global, a satellite-to-cellular operator which has SES as a major shareholder, has asked the FCC for a 60-day temporary authority to operate feeder links in the S-Band as part of a South African trial of its technology, with an unnamed local mobile operator (probably MTN), aimed at testing direct-to-device (D2D) voice calling. The test […]
AstroAgency, a strategic communications and market intelligence firm dedicated to the commercial space industry, is accelerating its expansion into North America, formalising two new transatlantic partnerships. UK-headquartered AstroAgency has signed two Memorandums of Understandings (MOU) with Voyager Technologies and Cislunar International, kicking off a six-month push to grow the firm’s connections and clients across the […]
Netflix is partnering with NASA to bring space a little closer to home and its streaming subscribers. Beginning this summer, Netflix will stream live rocket launches, astronaut spacewalks, mission coverage and live views of Earth from the International Space Station (ISS). NASA+ has been capturing live images from the ISS for years, and in 4K. […]
Sphere Abacus (SA) has acquired two feature documentaries that showcase the remarkable endeavours of astronauts in the US space programme. Hannah Berryman’s latest film Spacewoman has been acquired for worldwide distribution, excluding North America, while Apollo 1, a Stopwatch Productions, 7T1 Films and Haviland Digital film, has been acquired for worldwide distribution excluding UK, Ireland, […]
February 19th saw the New Zealand-based Rocket Lab, founded by Sir Peter Beck, launch its 60th Electron mission. The company specialises in launching smaller satellites, and its record to date is extraordinarily impressive. Electron is already the world’s most frequently launched small rocket annually. “Now we’re making it the world’s first reusable orbital small rocket […]
Logos Space has filed an application with the FCC to build and launch 3,960 satellites to low Earth orbits between 860-925 kms and to operate in Ka, Q/V & E-bands. Logos Space Services Inc. was founded in 2024 by Milo Medin, a former Google VP/Access Services. It is proposing three phases of deployment: The first […]
The Higgs Centre for Innovation is relaunching its Space Testing Facility after upgrading its capabilities with new and state-of-the art clean rooms and advanced testing equipment. Following nine months of renovations and over £400,000 investment via the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), the Higgs’ space testing facility is reopening for business. The upgrade is […]
Up until now it is Elon Musk’s SpaceX that has added snappy names to its floating landing vessels. Musk’s fleet is named ‘Just Read the Instructions’, ‘A Shortfall of Gravitas’ and ‘Of Course I Still Love You’. Now The Jeff Bezos-backed Blue Origin rocket business is getting into the act. For example, Blue Origin’s New […]
A report from analysts at GlobalData suggests that space-based robotics is now at a recognised pivotal moment and expected to enjoy “explosive growth” prospects. The report says that more than 40 pioneering companies have entered the space robotics arena, attracting more than $200 million (€185m) in venture capital, according to the firm’s Technology Foresights. Space […]