Daily Archives: September 4, 2024
Collimate offers tool to predict downlink success
Top Stories Tamfitronics Collimate Space (left to right) CEO Guillermo Jenaro and chief technology officer Anthony Xiao. Credit: Collimate SpaceSAN FRANCISCO – Collimate Space, a new Silicon Valley startup, aims to tackle a specific problem for satellite operators.Collimate offers a tool for predicting the success of satellite downlinks, after considering space weather, terrestrial weather and the location and profile of ground-based antennas.That’s valuable because satellite operators can say to a customer, ‘I can get you the data with 90-percent confidence,’” Guillermo Jenaro, Collimate co-founder and CEO, told SpaceNews. “It gives you more precision in your prediction. This will empower our customers to say yes to customers they could not assist before.”In addition, once satellite operators understand the probability of success for various downlinks, they can “reverse-engineer” their operations to improve the odds of success, Jenaro...
Telesat sells remote communications services business
Top Stories Tamfitronics Inside Network Innovations’ main corporate office in Calgary, Canada. Credit: Network InnovationsTAMPA, Fla. — Canadian geostationary operator Telesat has sold off Infosat Communications, a remote satellite services specialist, to bolster finances as investments in its low Earth orbit (LEO) Lightspeed constellation ramp up.Calgary, Canada-based connectivity integrator Network Innovations said Sept. 3 it acquired the company from Telesat for an undisclosed sum, expanding its team by about 20 people to more than 300 employees.The announcement came weeks after Telesat CEO Dan Goldberg said the operator was considering raising proceeds in the region of 10 million Canadian dollars ($7.4 million) by selling a non-core business.Goldberg also said Aug. 14 the operator expects to invest up to 1.4 billion Canadian dollars in Lightspeed this year, after investing nearly a quarter of that in the first half...
Space startups eye opportunities in the orbital surveillance market
Top Stories Tamfitronics Rendering of Atomos Space's Quark in-space servicing vehicle. Credit: Atomos SpaceWASHINGTON Space startups are vying for a slice of the growing market for enhanced space domain awareness (SDA) in geostationary orbit, with some firms exploring options to retrofit existing satellites with new surveillance capabilities.Atomos Space, an in-space transportation and logistics startup, is planning two missions to GEO where its servicing vehicle will attach SDA payloads developed by Katalyst Space onto commercial telecom satellites.This move comes as the U.S. military seeks to augment its space surveillance capabilities, particularly in GEO orbit 22,000 miles above the Earth’s equator. where its most valuable spacecraft operate and where adversaries are also deploying new systems.Top Stories Tamfitronics Quark servicing vehicleWilliam Kowalski, co-founder and chief operating officer of Atomos Space, told SpaceNews the company plans to launch...
L3Harris Rapidly Advances U.S. Hypersonic Missile Tracking and Defense Capabilities
Top Stories Tamfitronics Threats to our national security increase every day as the United States’ near-peer adversaries develop and field sophisticated weapons on accelerated timelines – including hypersonic missiles that are faster, more elusive and more dangerous than ever before.U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Salzman described the current environment at the Mitchell Institute’s annual Spacepower Security Forum earlier in 2024. “We must protect our space capabilities while being able to deny an adversary the hostile use of its space capabilities, “ said Salzman. “It allows the joint force to effectively engage strategic rivals and does not compromise the safety, security, stability, and long-term sustainability of the domain.”L3Harris, for our part, is rising to the challenge by delivering resilient, integrated, space-based missile warning, tracking and defense capabilities the U.S. needs to stay...
