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Tag: Satellites

  • The case for LEO satellite connectivity in $50 billion EIS contract

    ​The contracting vehicle is designed to enable federal agencies to procure mission-critical telecommunications, infrastructure and technology services. 

  • N Korea had Russian help getting spy satellite to orbit, S Korea says

    ​North Korea said its “Malligyong-1″ satellite has already transmitted images of military facilities in the U.S. territory of Guam. 

  • Viasat Advances Arctic Broadband Connectivity with ASBM Satellite Milestone

    ​Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 24, 2023

    Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global communications leader, has achieved a significant milestone in its Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM) with the successful completion of thermal vacuum testing for its second satellite. This development marks a major step forward in Viasat’s endeavor to bring high-speed broadband to the Arctic region by the latter half of 2024.

    The mission, spear 

  • North Korea to Send New Weapons to Border After Spy Satellite Launch

    ​North Korea said it would deploy new weapons to the border with the South, as Seoul said Pyongyang had received Russian help to successfully put a military spy satellite into orbit.
    The post North Korea to Send New Weapons to Border After Spy Satellite Launch appeared first on The Defense Post. 

  • N.Korea suspends military accord with South after satellite launch

    ​Seoul (AFP) Nov 22, 2023

    North Korea said Thursday it was suspending a five-year-old accord reached with South Korea to reduce military tensions – the latest retaliatory fallout over Pyongyang’s spy satellite launch.

    The angry statement from the nuclear-armed North’s defence ministry came after state media claimed leader Kim Jong Un was already reviewing images of US military bases in Guam sent by Pyongyang’s new e 

  • North Korea Says Spy Satellite Launch Successful

    North Korea said Wednesday it had succeeded in putting a military spy satellite in orbit after two previous failures, as the United States led its allies in condemning the launch as a "brazen violation" of UN sanctions.A rocket carrying the satellite blasted off Tuesday night from North Phyongan province and "accurately put the reconnaissance satellite ‘Malligyong-1’ on its orbit", state-run news 

  • Korean space race? North and South chase spy satellites

    ​Seoul (AFP) Nov 22, 2023

    North Korea claimed Wednesday to have successfully put its first military surveillance satellite into orbit, with the South also preparing to send up its first spy satellite later this month.

    The two launch attempts, set to come in such quick succession, appear to be the beginnings of a space race on the Korean peninsula.

    Here, AFP takes a look at what we know about the new competition b 

  • MDA initiates work on a new digital satellite constellation

    ​Brampton, Canada (SPX) Nov 21, 2023

    MDA Ltd. (TSX: MDA), a leading provider of advanced technology and services to the rapidly expanding global space industry, has received an Authorization to Proceed (ATP) contract from an undisclosed customer to start work on a new Non-Geostationary Orbit (NGSO)* satellite constellation. The ATP, valued at approximately $180 million, is to immediately commence engineering and programmatic activi 

  • What satellites teach us from space

    ​[Sponsored] Success of each mission depends on advanced technologies, automation and flexibility. 

  • North Korea Will Try Again To Launch A Military Spy Satellite In The Coming Days

    North Korea told Japan on Tuesday that it will make a third attempt to launch a military spy satellite in the coming days, prompting its neighbours to issue an urgent request for the North not to perform the launch in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.Japan’s coast guard said North Korea notified Tokyo of its plan to launch the satellite sometime between Wednesday and Nov. 30.The