Articles about Satellites – Page 3 of 9

Blue Ring logistics platform in Earth orbit

Blue Origin plans to test Blue Ring space platform on Pentagon’s DarkSky-1 mission

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says that technology for its Blue Ring orbital platform will be put to the… Read More

Illustration: Lumen Orbit satellite in space

Lumen Orbit emerges from stealth and raises $2.4M to put data centers in space

Bellevue, Wash.-based Lumen Orbit, a startup that’s only about three months old, says that it’s closed a $2.4 million pre-seed… Read More

SpaceX launches the first set of Starlink satellites for T-Mobile’s direct-to-cell plan

The first satellites capable of providing direct-to-cellular service via SpaceX’s Starlink network and T-Mobile’s cellular network have been sent into… Read More

Illustration: Laser transmissions between satellites in mesh network

Amazon reveals a secret about its Project Kuiper satellites: They’re using laser links

Ending years of speculation, Amazon has acknowledged that its Project Kuiper satellites will use laser-based links to communicate with each… Read More

SpaceX Starlink launch - Kuiper connection

Team of rivals: Amazon makes a deal with SpaceX for three Kuiper satellite launches

Amazon’s Project Kuiper may be a competitor for SpaceX’s Starlink satellite broadband network, but business is business: Amazon says it… Read More

A Project Kuiper satellite terminal is set up with a wind farm in the background. (Amazon Photo)

Amazon’s Project Kuiper highlights new connections to AWS and partners in Japan

As Amazon gears up to build and launch thousands of satellites for its Project Kuiper constellation, it’s talking up the… Read More

Flight director at Amazon's Project Kuiper mission operations center

Amazon says Project Kuiper satellites ace orbital tests — including video streaming

Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite network streamed its first video and facilitated its first online sale during a monthlong series of… Read More

Starfish Space scrubs plan for a satellite rendezvous after thruster suffers anomaly

Five months after a tilt-a-whirl spin spoiled the debut of Starfish Space’s first spacecraft, the Tukwila, Wash.- based startup has… Read More

Amazon says Project Kuiper satellites are maneuvering the way they were built to do

A month after the launch of its first prototype Project Kuiper satellites, Amazon reports that the spacecraft have demonstrated controlled… Read More

Atlas V launch with Amazon's Project Kuiper satellites

Atlas V rocket launches prototype Amazon satellites to test Project Kuiper network

Amazon’s first satellites were launched today on a mission aimed at testing out the hardware and software for the Seattle… Read More

Amazon satellite payload arrives at ULA Vertical Integration Facility

Amazon satellites are placed atop Atlas V rocket for milestone launch on October 6

United Launch Alliance says the first prototype satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband network have been placed atop their Atlas… Read More

AI2 and Microsoft use satellite images plus artificial intelligence to monitor the planet

Geospatial data analysis promises to revolutionize the way agriculture, urban planning and disaster relief is done — and thanks to… Read More

Pension fund’s lawsuit questions Amazon’s decisions on Kuiper satellite launch deal

An Ohio-based pension fund has filed a lawsuit alleging that Amazon didn’t give due consideration to SpaceX as a potential… Read More

Spin control: Starfish Space makes use of magnetism to stop satellite’s death spiral

Two and a half months after Starfish Space’s first orbital mission teetered on the edge of failure because its Otter… Read More

Starfish Space wins $1.8M to keep working on satellite guidance system for Air Force

Kent, Wash.-based Starfish Space says it’s been awarded $1.8 million by AFWERX, the innovation arm of the Department of the… Read More

Plans for launch of prototype satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper revised … again

Amazon’s plans to launch the first prototype satellites for its Project Kuiper broadband internet constellation have changed for the second… Read More

Illustration: LeoStella's LS-300 satellite platform

LeoStella super-sizes its platform for small satellites as it takes aim at new markets

Tukwila, Wash.-based LeoStella is unveiling its latest, greatest platform for small satellites, which should hit a sweet spot for future… Read More

Illustration: Amazon Project Kuiper satellite processing facility

Amazon’s Project Kuiper will build $120M satellite processing facility in Florida

Construction is underway for a $120 million facility in Florida that will process Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites for launch —… Read More

Clean-room team with Orbiter SN3 space tug and Otter Pup docking spacecraft

Spinning spacecraft adds unwelcome twist to Starfish Space’s docking test mission

Starfish Space’s ambitious mission to test its on-orbit satellite docking system has taken an unfortunate turn — or, more precisely,… Read More

SpaceX launch gives a big sendoff to Starfish Space’s satellite docking craft

A well-traveled SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket today launched dozens of satellites, including an experimental docking craft created by a Seattle-area… Read More

LeoStella’s CEO works on the next phase of evolution for the satellite revolution

TUKWILA, Wash. — Will LeoStella go beyond LEO? It’s been four years since LeoStella, a joint venture created by BlackSky… Read More

Illustration: Nuclear thermal propulsion system

How power is blazing a trail for America’s space effort — and for nuclear startups

As more and more hardware goes into Earth orbit, and eventually to the moon and Mars, where will the power… Read More

SpaceX employees cheering at Redmond satellite facility

‘Redmond Space District’ celebrates the Northwest’s hotspot for satellite industry

REDMOND, Wash. — This Seattle-area suburb has played a role in the space industry for more than a half-century, but… Read More

NRO awards contracts to Xplore and five other hyperspectral imaging companies

The National Reconnaissance Office awarded study contracts to six companies offering — or planning to offer — satellite images of… Read More

Illustration: Lynk Global satellite coverage footprint for Mongolia demostration

FCC plans to set up a new framework for connecting satellites with smartphones

The Federal Communications Commission plans to set up a new regulatory framework to facilitate hookups between satellite operators and wireless… Read More

Amazon's Dave Limp with Kindle and Kuiper antenna

‘Open for business’: Amazon shows off antennas for its Kuiper satellite network

After years of development, Amazon is showing off the antennas it plans to use for its Project Kuiper satellite broadband… Read More

Kymeta team with flat-panel antennas for OneWeb

Satellite plans move ahead for Kymeta and OneWeb — and for SpaceX and T-Mobile

Redmond, Wash.-based Kymeta Corp. says it has completed its first shipment of electronically steered flat-panel antennas to OneWeb for that… Read More

Illustration: Otter servicing vehicle docked to larger satellite in orbit

Starfish Space raises $14M to advance development of satellite servicing vehicles

Starfish Space, a Seattle-area startup founded by two veterans of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture, has raised $14 million… Read More

Study highlights concerns over satellite interference with Hubble observations

An analysis of more than 100,000 images from the Hubble Space Telescope, conducted with the aid of artificial intelligence and… Read More

Illustration: Vulcan-Centaur rocket with Kuiper satellites

Amazon’s Kuiper satellites are good to go after FCC’s approval of orbital debris plan

The Federal Communications Commission says Amazon’s 3,236-satellite Project Kuiper constellation is fully cleared for deployment after the company filed an… Read More