SpaceNews This Week | NASA seeks payload ideas for mystery satellite

March 3, 2017 View this email in your browser NASA seeks payload ideas for mystery satellite Jeff Foust— NASA is soliciting concepts for payloads that could fly on a mysterious satellite it is in discussions to inherit from another government agency. Hitch a ride to CABSAT SATEXPO with SpaceNews Great rates available if you book your ad by  March 7 Contact Paige or Kamal today. NASA spacecraft avoids potential collision with Martian moon Jeff Foust — A NASA Mars orbiter performed a maneuver to avoid a "high probability" of colliding with the Martian moon Phobos next week, the agency said March 2. FCC gets five new applications for non-geostationary satellite constellations Caleb Henry — Boeing's plan to deploy a constellation of V-band satellites in non-geostationary orbit has prompted at least five companies, including SpaceX and OneWeb, to file me-too proposals with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission SN FIRST UP Satcom is our new, weekly rundown of what's happening in the satellite telecommunications industry. Every Wednesday, you will receive a handpicked selection of news and info that matters to satellite professionals.  Sign up now. Malin to build camera for DARPA and SSL's satellite-servicing mission Phillip Swarts — Malin Space Science Systems, of San Diego, California, has won a $10.9 million contract to build a camera for a government-funded robotic satellite-servicing mission. Astro Digital raises funds to develop its Earth imaging satellite system Jeff Foust — Astro Digital, a remote sensing company developing both its own satellite constellation and an analytics platform for that imagery, said March 2 it has raised $16.65 million to accelerate the company's plans. Intelsat, OneWeb merger agreement depends on debt swap, Softbank investment Caleb Henry — Global satellite operator Intelsat, following a conditional $1.7 billion investment from Japanese conglomerate Softbank, has reached an agreement with OneWeb to form one company offering telecommunications services from geostationary and low Earth orbits, the companies announced Feb. 28. Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Advertise with Us | Privacy Policy | Subscribe Copyright © 2017 SpaceNews Inc., All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: SpaceNews Inc. 1414 Prince St, Suite 204 Alexandria, VA 22314