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News, Satellites, Space 20 September 2024

Iridium Board of Directors Approves Additional $500 Million Share Repurchase Program

Iridium Board of Directors Approves Additional $500 Million Share Repurchase Program; Since Inception Authorizations Now Total $1.5 Billion MCLEAN, Va., – Sept. 19, 2024 – Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM),…

Industry 10 June 2024

Yahsat contracts Airbus for the construction of Al Yah 4 and Al Yah 5 satellites

Les satellites flexibles et les charges utiles digitales permettent de configurer la zone couverte, les fréquences et la puissance émises depuis l’orbiteLe contrat inclut deux plateformes ARROW pour de futurs…

Named LIFEX 1 (Life Extension Phase 1), this contract will ensure that EGNOS V2 continues to provide reliable, secure, and high-performance navigation services for Europe’s aviation, maritime, land transport, mapping and agricultural sectors beyond 2028.

Industry 9 June 2024

Yahsat contracts Airbus for the construction of Al Yah 4 and Al Yah 5 satellites

Fully flexible, software-defined payloads will allow in-orbit reconfiguration of coverage area, capacity and communication frequenciesContract includes two Airbus ARROW spacecraft platforms for future deployment in low Earth orbit@AirbusSpace @Yahsat #EurostarNeoAbu…

News, Space 9 March 2023

How Galileo works

How Galileo works – infographic Your satnav receiver needs a minimum of four satellites visible in the sky to fix its position on Earth’s surface. Each signal incorporates a time…

News, Satellites 13 June 2022

Airbus-built Earth observation satellite (SARah-1) ready for launch

World-class Earth observation satellite system developed for the Bundeswehr Latest radar technology together with very fast alignment and flexible shaping of the antenna beam enables extremely high-resolution observation of the…

Defence, Satellites 18 May 2022

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace orders three surveillance satellites from NanoAvionics

Commercial mission will also be the precursor of Norway’s first smallsat constellation Vilnius, Lithuania, 18 May 2022 – Norway’s Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (Kongsberg) has placed an order for three microsatellites…

Satellites, Space 26 April 2022

Keeper of the winds shines on

Launched back in 2018, Aeolus has outlived its 36-month in-orbit design life – but going above and beyond, it continues to deliver excellent data. This shows that there’s life yet…

Satellites 14 April 2022

Satellites improve national reporting of greenhouse gases

With the climate crisis continuing to tighten its grip, nations around the world are making efforts to reduce emissions of climate warming gases. To track action, countries report their greenhouse…

Satellites 8 March 2022

Galileo 2nd generation satellites ready to navigate into the future

Airbus satellite design passes important project milestone Preparing for industrialised manufacturing concept@AirbusSpace @ESA_Tech @EU_Commission @EU4Space @defis_eu #Galileo #NextSpace #EUSpace #EUSPA #SatelliteNavigation Friedrichshafen, 08 March 2022 – Airbus has successfully completed…