US startup SpaceLink may be forced to file for insolvency, after its Australian parent company Electro Optic Systems Holdings (EOS) announced that it would no longer fund the satellite optical data-relay constellation subsidiary. In a statement on 31 October, EOS said...
Globalstar, one of the original LEO constellation operators, will be used by Apple to allow iPhone users to send emergency messages via satellite from remote locations. The partnership, which makes Apple Globalstar’s biggest customer, was made public shortly after an...
BAE Systems plans to launch a multi-sensor satellite cluster dubbed Azalea into low Earth orbit (LEO) in 2024. The constellation, known as “Azalea” will consist of four satellites which are collectively able to gather, analyse and communicate SAR...
The Norweigan government, through Space Norway, has ordered its first 300 kg MicroSAR satellite from British company Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) to start work on a radar satellite system for maritime surveillance. The order, announced by SSTL on 26 August,...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted-off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 0209 GMT on 5 August. Carried by the rocket were 51 Starlink satellites of Group 4-20 destined for the constellation’s “Shell 2” located at 540 km, inclined at 53.2 degrees. However, marking the...
At 0341 GMT on 28 August SpaceX launched a batch of 54 Starlink satellites to LEO. The mission utilised its Falcon 9 rocket and lifted-off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The mission had been planned to utilise the neighbouring Kennedy Space Center facility however, due...
