SATELLITE 2021 is 40 years in the making, and despite the challenges we’ve been presented in the past year, we’re forging ahead. We recently announced that SATELLITE will now take place September 7-10, 2021 at the Gaylord National Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. I can’t begin to express how grateful we are for the understanding and flexibility of our community as we navigate the landscape created by the pandemic, and look forward to when we will all meet face-to-face again.
There has been much uncertainty throughout the pandemic and I understand that the recent shift of SATELLITE has created questions surrounding the event in September. Jenn Heinold, senior vice president at
Mynaric will supply more than $20 million in laser communication products to
SpaceLink under the terms of a new partnership agreement the two companies announced Wednesday. The partnership closes on what Mynaric believes is the largest direct acquisition of laser communication products by a commercial entity to date.
Mynaric will supply more than 40 Optical Inter-Satellite Link (OISL) and CONDOR terminals to SpaceLink’s data relay network, which aims to provide secure, continuous, high-capacity communications between LEO spacecraft and the ground.
In addition, the companies will also work together to expand Mynaric’s terminal portfolio. They will co-develop an OISL terminal that is compatible with the
Geospatial intelligence and global monitoring services
BlackSky could be ready to launch the eighth and ninth satellites of its Earth observation constellation on a
Rocket Lab Electron rocket as early as Saturday, May 15.
The mission, “Running Out of Toes,” will send the two
LeoStella-designed Gen-2 satellites to orbit from Rocket Lab’s Complex 1 in New Zealand. BlackSky said the satellites would provide more frequent revisits globally with heightened revisit capability in the 45-to-50-degree markets.
BlackSky’s geospatial intelligence solutions deliver analytics and insights for a range of government agencies and industries. In February, the company announced it would go public through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger with
OneWeb has signed its first commercial services contract with Hughes Network Systems for the U.S. Air Force Research Lab (AFRL). Hughes is the prime contractor on the project, and will work with OneWeb to demonstrate managed Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communications services to connect AFRL sites in the Arctic