Chinese firms have signalled plans to launch more than 200,000 internet satellites, filing submissions with a UN agency just as Beijing accused Elon Musk’s SpaceX of crowding shared orbital resources.
A dozen or so submissions from various Chinese satellite players were filed with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) at the end of last month.
The biggest projects – CTC-1 …

The third satellite part of the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation (CSG) constellation, owned by the Italian Space Agency and the Italian Ministry of Defense,  built by Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%) and operated in orbit by Telespazio, a joint venture between Leonardo (67%) and Thales (33%), has successfully been …

The Transporter-15 mission by SpaceX successfully launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. As part of the mission, MICE-1 (Maritime Identification and Communications systEm), the first Greek IoT nanosatellite, was successfully deployed into orbit.

This milestone marks a historic achievement for the Greek tech community, the shipping industry, and domestic …

The Mobile Satellite Services Association (MSSA) has released its Reference Architecture document, offering strategic recommendations to accelerate the development, deployment, and global integration of open and interoperable Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) solutions.

As satellite communications advance, NTN systems are increasingly vital to extending connectivity to remote and underserved regions, while complementing terrestrial networks. MSSA’s Reference Architecture emphasizes the importance …

Safe Pro Group  has announced the deployment of upgraded artificial intelligence algorithms to its patented Safe Pro Object Threat Detection technology in response to customer requests, enhancing drone operations in GPS and GNSS denied environments. The enhanced capabilities enable rapid battlefield image analysis, including 2D and 3D modeling and explosive threat detection from virtually any …