Satellite news stories

Fleet Space has partnered with Konica Minolta to implement 3D printers from 3D Systems to support the commercial small satellite manufacturer’s offerings.

Microsoft and Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research, are teaming up to develop improved detection of land use and forest cover change in New Zealand.

South Australia’s first state satellite has successfully completed the Critical Design Review (CDR), moving it closer to providing tangible data solutions.

Intelsat has announced the successful demonstration of its private cellular network with Microsoft Azure Private Multi-Access Edge Compute and FlexEnterprise.

With the global number of mobile internet users expected to reach five billion by 2025 ( a 25% increase from 2020), emerging markets are consistently looking for ways to meet the demands for network capabilities.

HGC Global Communications Limited (HGC) has partnered with Kacific Broadband Satellites Group (Kacific) with the collaboration looking to provide better broadband solutions for customers across Southeast Asia.

The company has hired a team to build cloud capabilities that meet the unique needs of space.

Its 56 high-throughput spot beams will place capacity over selected regions in South East Asia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands.

The joint research project will help to ensure interoperability of high accuracy satellite-based positioning services.

Korean satellite communications service provider KT SAT has claimed that it has successfully conducted the world’s first 5G transmission with a satellite connection.

The startup company is attempting to create a map that will rival Google Earth by providing near real-time global imagery from commercial satellites, aerial cameras and drones.

Double US acquisition pivots Aussie telco Pivotel into North America, Latin America and Europe.

Thales Alenia Space has been chosen to design and manufacture the broadband telecommunication satellite named SATRIA.

The tracking tool will have huge benefits for future commercial space activity – and for avoiding space debris.

While this was all a test run and the Space Fence is not currently operational, it does show that its surveillance is able to observe these events unfolding at different altitudes in real time. 

The Cooperative Research Centre for Smart Satellite Technologies and Analytics (SmartSat CRC) will be the cornerstone of space technologies.

“As this launch completes our first-gen O3b system of 20 satellites, it also marks the transition into our next-generation MEO system."

Adelaide-based Myriota has released a developer toolkit that has been trialled and tested by a smart waste management platform.

Kennards Hire has worked with Microsoft to develop an intelligent edge IoT system that will allow detailed monitoring and reporting across their assets.

"Our goal is to enable customers to take advantage of connected IoT solutions no matter where they are in their journey."

The upgraded Iridium constellation enables services such as the AireonSM global aircraft tracking and surveillance system and Iridium Certus, the company's new broadband service.

Leverages a network of 12 antenna ground stations in AWS Regions around the world to download, process, store, analyse, and act upon satellite data.

Rocket Lab and Australian IoT startup Fleet Space Technologies have signed a contract to launch two Proxima IoT satellites this month.

“Satellite imagery, especially weather-independent synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery, provides a great breadth of opportunity for scientific and commercial application in a place like New Zealand, known as the land of the long white cloud."