02 September 2016
Falcon 9 rocket and Amos-6 satellite explode during testing
... 9 was scheduled to launch on September 3 with the Amos-6 communications satellite payload for the Israeli satellite operator Spacecom. According to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's twitter, the explosion originated around the Falcon 9's upper state liquid...
October 2015
Houston, we have a Spaceport
... phase of the envisioned cluster, which is expected to be complete by December 2015. These plans will be shared during the SpaceCom conference in November 2015. Houston Spaceport will collaborate with local organizations and other spaceports for the...
06 October 2015
Facebook, Eutelsat to beam Internet from space to Africa
... infrastructure is often difficult and inefficient, so we need to invent new technologies,” he said. The Israeli company Spacecom’s Amos-6 satellite will fly in geostationary orbit, Eutelsat said in a press release. Facebook and Eutelsat have agreed...
13 June 2018
Space scientist and ROOM board member earns top UK honour
... in collaboration with academic, business, industry and government partners. He currently serves on the advisory boards of SpaceCom, Deep Space Industries and the Sasakawa International Center for Space Architecture at the University of Houston and...
07 August 2019
Successful launch of the second SpaceDataHighway satellite
... partnership between the European Space Agency (ESA) and Airbus, with the laser terminals developed by Tesat-Spacecom and the DLR German Space Administration. Airbus owns, operates and provides commercial services for the...
24 September 2019
New global Space Safety Coalition established
... best practices. To date, twenty organisations have endorsed the SSC's Best Practices document, including AMOS by Spacecom, Analytical Graphics, Astroscale, AXA XL, Centauri, D-Orbit, Geeks without Frontiers, Hellas-Sat, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Iridium...
