Tag: satellites
Planet lands $230 million contract for Pelican imagery satellites
An animated rendering of a Pelican satellite in orbit.PlanetSatellite imagery and data analysis company Planet announced it had signed a $230 million [...]
Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Already a Leader in Satellites, Gets Into the Spy Game
The Pentagon needs what the company offers to compete with China even as it frets over its potential for dominance and the billionaire’s global intere [...]
Startup K2 Space raises $50 million to build monster satellites
K2 Space co-founders Karan Kunjur and Neel Kunjur at the company's facility in Torrance, California.Credit: K2 SpaceLos Angeles-based startup K2 Space [...]
SpaceX, T-Mobile send first texts via Starlink satellites
SpaceX founder Elon Musk and T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert on stage during a T-Mobile and SpaceX joint event in Boca Chica Beach, Texas, on Aug. 25, 2022. [...]
Amazon to connect Kuiper internet satellites with laser links
A visualization of laser links connecting Kuiper satellites in orbit around the Earth.AmazonAmazon will include a key speed-boosting technology in its [...]
Amazon Kuiper internet satellites fully successful in testing
A Project Kuiper engineer conducts network testing as prototype satellites pass over McAllen, Texas.AmazonA little over a month after launch, Amazon o [...]
SpaceX begins launching V2 Mini Starlink satellites
A Falcon 9 rocket launches a Starlink mission from Florida on Feb. 27, 2023.SpaceXElon Musk's SpaceX has launched the first batch of its next-generati [...]
FCC authorizes SpaceX Gen2 Starlink: Up to 7,500 satellites
A batch of Starlink satellites deploy in orbit after a launch on Nov. 13, 2021.SpaceXThe Federal Communications Commission issued a key authorization [...]
ICYMI: Russia warns West: We can target your commercial satellites
Reuters carried the report ICYMI:A senior Russian foreign ministry official said that commercial satellites from the United States and its allies coul [...]
Space race to connect satellites to phones with Apple, SpaceX, AT&T
The race to provide high-speed internet from satellites is well underway – but another, more ambitious competition, to connect directly from space to [...]
Amazon changes Kuiper prototype satellites launch from ABL to ULA
From left: Artist renderings of the launches of an RS1 rocket and a Vulcan rocket.ABL Space; United Launch AllianceAmazon is swapping rides for the fi [...]
York Space wins $200 million Pentagon contract for T1DES satellites
The S-CLASS platform, designed for missions for a wide variety of government and commercial customers.York Space SystemsSpacecraft manufacturer York S [...]
How satellites, drones, and AI helped Ukraine’s counter-offensive
As Ukraine turned a corner 10 days ago with a military offensive that retook territory from Russia, former Google CEO billionaire Eric Schmidt was [...]
Planet details Pelican line of Earth imaging satellites
A graphic rendering of a Pelican satellite.PlanetEarth-imaging and data specialist Planet Labs on Thursday unveiled details of its new line of Pelican [...]
Amazon signs rocket deal with Blue Origin, Arianespace, ULA for Project Kuiper internet satellites
Artist renderings of the companies' rockets, from left to right: New Glenn, Vulcan Centaur, and Ariane 6.Blue Origin / United Launch Alliance / Ariane [...]