by David Todd | Jul 8, 2020 | exploration, Finance, NASA, Seradata News
The US Congress’ House Appropriations Committee is set to disappoint NASA over its budget request. NASA originally requested US$25.3 billion for the Fiscal Year 2021. Instead, the committee has decided to award US$22.6 billion instead to the Administration,... 
by David Todd | Jul 7, 2020 | International Space Station, Satellites, Science, Seradata News
NASA has awarded the Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor-2 (TSIS-2) spacecraft construction contract to General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems Group of San Diego, California. According to NASA, the award is a hybrid firm-fixed price, time and materials... 
by Matt Wilson | Jul 7, 2020 | Constellation, ESA, Finance, Satellites, Science, Seradata News, Space politics
On 3 July 2020, the European Space Agency (ESA), on-behalf of the European Commission (representing the EU), issued development contracts for six missions that will compliment and enhance their Copernicus Earth observation programme. These initial contracts are valued... 
by Matt Wilson | Jul 2, 2020 | Satellites, Seradata News
On 2 July 2020, Optus, an Australian regional satellite operator placed an order for the Airbus, all-electric, software-defined, OneSat platform. This marks the second customer for this platform. The satellite will be called OPTUS 11, and will host a software-defined... 
by David Todd | Jun 29, 2020 | Military space, Satellites, Seradata News, Technology
The UK Government is reportedly providing £500 million as part of one of the bids for the partially completed OneWeb low Earth orbit (LEO) communications satellite constellation, which is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. With a UK version of the EU’s Galileo... 
by Matt Wilson | Jun 26, 2020 | Finance, History, Satellites, Seradata News
European CubeSat and satellite component manufacturer GomSpace, has shut-down its fledgling Aerial & Maritime business. This news came from an announcement by the company on 16 June 2020. Aerial & Maritime Ltd. was formed in 2016 by an agreement between...
