Cambridge, ON – exactEarth Ltd. (TSX: XCT) (“the Companyâ€), the leading provider of Satellite AIS data services, today announces a Strategic Alliance Agreement (the “Agreementâ€) with Larus Technologies (“Larusâ€), an Ottawa-based provider of adaptive...
Surrey Satellite and BridgeSat to Develop Free-Space Satellite Optical Communications Solution
ENGLEWOOD, COLO., and BOSTON, MASS. — Surrey Satellite Technology US LLC and BridgeSat Inc. are pleased to announce a partnership to work towards developing a free-space optical communications system that will provide secure data downlinks from satellites to a...
Sentinel-3A Feels the Heat
Despite only being in orbit a matter of weeks, Sentinel-3A has already delivered some impressive first images. With the thermal-infrared channels now turned on, the satellite completes its set of firsts with a view of ocean features off the coast of Namibia. Arguably...
MDA to Provide Additional Direct Access Ground Station Solutions for DigitalGlobe’s Satellite Constellation
Richmond, BC - MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. ("MDA" or the "Company") (TSX: MDA), a global communications and information company, today announced that it has been awarded two contracts with a total value of several million dollars from DigitalGlobe Inc. to...
Global Satellite-based Earth Observation Market Is Expected To Grow At A CAGR of 14.11% By 2020: Hexa Reports
Satellite-based EO is used across verticals such as defense and intelligence, weather, agriculture, natural resources, engineering and construction, media and entertainment, and tourism. Covered in this report: The report covers the present scenario and the growth...
Orbital Tracking Corp. Expands Product Portfolio with Development of New Dual-Mode Cellular-Satellite Tracking Device
AVENTURA, FL — Orbital Tracking Corp., (OTCQB:TRKK) (the “Companyâ€), a leading global provider of Mobile Satellite Solutions (MSS) for satellite based communications and asset tracking, including ground station construction, specialized engineering services and...
Lockheed Martin's MUOS Production Line Ships Fifth Secure Communications Satellite to Florida for May Launch
CAPE cANAVERAL aIR foRCe station, Fla., March 9, 2016 — The U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) delivered the fifth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on March 3, prior to its expected May launch.  ...
Sentinel-3A Continues to Impress
The three instruments on the Sentinel-3A satellite are now offering a tantalising glimpse of what’s in store for Europe’s Copernicus environmental monitoring effort. The latest images, which feature Europe and Antarctica, come from the sensor that records...
Patagonia Ice Fields Shrinking
Reports and studies of shrinking glaciers and ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica come in regularly, but an additional ice field can be added to the list: Patagonia, the mountainous area at the southern end of South America shared by Argentina and Chile.
Successful Launch of the First Laser Telecommunication Satellite of the ˜SpaceDataHighway'
EDRS-A, the first relay satellite of the SpaceDataHighway, was successfully launched into geostationary orbit on 30Â January 2016. After a test period, it will become operational for its first end-user customer by mid-2016. The SpaceDataHighway system will provide...