Articles about Satellites – Page 3 of 10

VIPs cut the ribbon at the grand opening of Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite factory

KIRKLAND, Wash. — Amazon gave U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell and other VIPs a sneak peek at the company’s Project Kuiper… Read More

Starfish Space signs contract with Intelsat for satellite servicing beginning in 2026

Tukwila, Wash.-based Starfish Space has signed a contract with Intelsat to provide on-orbit life extension services to a geostationary satellite… Read More

Amazon Project Kuiper and Vrio execs outside Seattle Spheres

Amazon strikes a deal for Project Kuiper satellite internet service in South America

Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite broadband network has been tapped to provide internet connectivity to customers in seven South American countries,… Read More

Orbital selfie of Amazon Kuipersat satellite

Final test: Amazon’s Project Kuiper begins to deorbit prototype broadband satellites

After a series of successful tests, Amazon says it has begun the monthslong process of bringing two prototype satellites for… Read More

Space Force and Starfish Space lay out their roadmap for satellite docking mission

The U.S. Space Force says a Pentagon partnership with Tukwila, Wash.-based Starfish Space will result in a “first-of-its-kind docking mission”… Read More

Students looking through microscope in lab

Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite network sets up logistics site and training program

Amazon says it’s establishing a logistics facility in Everett, Wash., and partnering with a technical college in Kirkland, Wash., to… Read More

Antarctic ozone hole visualized through climate data

Climate science mission led by University of Washington wins backing from NASA

NASA has selected four proposals for climate science missions, including an effort led by a University of Washington researcher, to… Read More

Starfish tests satellite rendezvous system — and wins a $37.5M Space Force contract

Months after Starfish Space said it was giving up on its plan to test its satellite docking system in orbit,… Read More

Illustration: Portal Space Systems' Supernova satellite bus in orbit

Portal Space Systems comes out of stealth with satellites that’ll be fired up by the sun

A Seattle-area startup called Portal Space Systems is emerging from stealth to share its vision for a type of satellite… Read More

Atlas V launch of Amazon Kuiper satellites in October 2023

Kuiper satellite network gets a big lift from Amazon’s CEO, but timeline is a bit hazy

In his annual letter to shareholders, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says the company’s Project Kuiper satellite venture will be “a… Read More

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