Articles about Satellites – Page 5 of 9

Rocket Lab launches two more Earth observation satellites for BlackSky — and tracks a falling rocket

BlackSky’s Earth-watching constellation has grown by two satellites, thanks to Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle and Seattle-based Spaceflight Inc.’s logistical… Read More

Astra Space joins broadband internet race with proposal to launch 13,000 satellites

Make room for yet another competitor in the market to provide broadband internet access from low Earth orbit: Astra Space,… Read More

Amazon schedules first Kuiper satellite launches for 2022 using ABL’s RS1 rocket

Amazon plans to launch the first two prototype satellites for its Project Kuiper satellite broadband constellation by late 2022, using… Read More

Amazon’s Project Kuiper and Verizon join forces on satellite and cellular connectivity

Amazon’s Project Kuiper and Verizon Communications say they’ll collaborate on connectivity solutions that capitalize on Kuiper’s future broadband satellite constellation… Read More

Founded by Blue Origin veterans, Starfish Space raises $7M for satellite servicing tug

Kent, Wash.-based Starfish Space says it’s raised $7 million to boost its drive to develop a space tug capable of… Read More

Xplore wins $2M contract from Pentagon initiative to speed up satellite development

Redmond, Wash.-based Xplore says it has received a $2 million contract from National Security Innovation Capital, a hardware development accelerator… Read More

RBC Signals strikes deal to hook up ground stations with Spaceflight Inc.’s orbital tugs

Two Seattle-area space companies have forged an alliance to facilitate space-to-ground communications for orbital transfer vehicles. Under the terms of… Read More

Spaceflight Inc. unveils a new breed of orbital tug that’s built for far-out missions

When a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sends a robotic lander to the moon’s south pole, perhaps as early as next… Read More

Beyond satellites: Now that it’s gone public, BlackSky will boldly go into new markets

As a private venture, BlackSky made a name for itself providing satellite imagery and data analysis primarily for military and… Read More

BlackSky satellite data venture glides into first day of public trading after SPAC deal

BlackSky, the geospatial data analysis company that got its start in Seattle, eased into its first day of public trading… Read More

Paul Allen-backed effort completes groundbreaking atlas of Earth’s coral reefs to aid conservation

After four years of collaboration, an international team of researchers and institutions has produced the Allen Coral Atlas, the first… Read More

Amazon fires back at SpaceX in regulatory war of words over satellite constellations

Amazon laid out out a laundry list of SpaceX’s regulatory tussles today in a letter sent to the Federal Communications… Read More

Kymeta teams up with OneWeb to test mobile satellite broadband service

Redmond, Wash.-based Kymeta Corp., the mobile connectivity company backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, has joined forces with OneWeb to… Read More

Elon Musk goads Jeff Bezos on Twitter as their prolonged space spat escalates

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has fired a fresh volley of tart tweets at Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and… Read More

Facebook’s satellite connectivity team switches over to Amazon’s Project Kuiper

Facebook has struck a deal to have more than a dozen of its wireless internet experts move over to Amazon… Read More

SpaceX launches 88 spacecraft into orbit — including two of Spaceflight’s orbital tugs

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket sent dozens of satellites into orbit today with a launch that featured an unusual on-the-ground touchdown… Read More

LeoStella delivers first Loft Orbital satellite for SpaceX’s jam-packed rideshare mission

SpaceX is getting set to launch scores of satellites for its Transporter-2 rideshare mission, and one of those satellites marks… Read More

Tony Frego at Spaceflight Inc. clean room

Inside look: Spaceflight ships out Sherpa orbital tugs to give 36 spacecraft a ride

AUBURN, Wash. — A pair of space tugs are beginning their journey from Spaceflight Inc.’s clean room, south of Seattle,… Read More

Inside the satellite factory: How LeoStella uses software to track spacecraft hardware

TUKWILA, Wash. — LeoStella’s satellite factory has tons of hardware spread out over 22,000 square feet of space, but the… Read More

Microsoft and Ball Aerospace enlist the cloud to speed up Space Force’s data flow

How will Pentagon planners cope with the torrents of data that are expected to rain down from a constellation of… Read More

BlackSky Earth-observing satellites lost due to anomaly during Rocket Lab launch

Two satellites for BlackSky’s Earth observation constellation were lost today when the second stage of Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle… Read More

Seattle’s satellite industry plays leading role in BlackSky’s Earth-observing network

Update for 6:30 a.m. PT May 15: Two BlackSky satellites were lost when the second stage of Rocket Lab’s Electron… Read More

Xplore reveals its plans to open satellite manufacturing facility in Seattle area

Xplore, a Seattle-area startup that aims to build satellites for interplanetary missions, has a new address in Redmond, Wash. —… Read More

Amazon sees ‘positive outcome’ after FCC puts conditions on a shift in SpaceX Starlink satellites

The Federal Communications Commission has given the go-ahead for SpaceX to modify the planned orbits for future satellites in its… Read More

RBC Signals raises $1.2M to get ready for the coming boom in satellite data traffic

Redmond, Wash.-based RBC Signals says it’s closed on a $1.2 million funding round that’s meant to put the venture in… Read More

Amazon picks the rocket that’ll launch the first Kuiper satellites — and it’s not from Blue Origin

United Launch Alliance says it’s struck a deal for a series of nine launches of its Atlas V rocket to… Read More

BlackSky’s latest satellite delivers first images (and AI insights) hours after launch

That didn’t take long: BlackSky says the latest Earth observation satellite in its growing constellation delivered its first imagery less… Read More

Florida space officials discuss satellite factory with ‘Project Kraken,’ but it’s not Project Kuiper

An unnamed space company may have picked up a code name with Seattle connotations during negotiations for a satellite factory… Read More

Critics take aim at SpaceX’s Starlink, Amazon’s Project Kuiper and other satellite constellations

SpaceX, Amazon and OneWeb say their satellite mega-constellations will make broadband internet goodness available to billions of people around the… Read More

SpaceX seeks FCC’s OK to extend Starlink satellite service to vehicles, ships, planes

SpaceX is asking the Federal Communications Commission to authorize the operation of equipment extending the company’s Starlink satellite broadband internet… Read More