U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has awarded L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) an initial $82 million, full-rate production order for the company’s new Falcon IV® AN/PRC-167 multi-channel manpack radio that will provide […]
Archives for October 2020
Two RFIs From The Space Development Agency For Launch Services + Satellites
Space Development Agency (SDA) has posted a Request for Proposal (RFP) for launch services to deliver its Transport and Tracking Tranche 0 capabilities to orbit earlier this month. The scope […]
ULA Sets November 3 For NROL-101 Launch
The launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V carrying the NROL-101 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office is scheduled for November 3, 2020. The launch window is from 5:30 […]
GOMSpace’s HOOP Satellite Operations Platform Gets More Than A Million Euros
GomSpace’s subsidiary in Luxembourg and the European Space Agency (ESA) have signed a development contract valued at 1,350,000 euros for the continued development of GomSpace’s satellite operations platform called HOOP […]
USGIF’s New CEO … She Enjoys a Promotion
The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) Board of Directors (BOD) has elected Ronda Schrenk to serve as chief executive officer. “GEOINT innovation is occurring at an unprecedented rate across […]
METIS Becomes A Certified Application Provider For Inmarsat Fleet Data Customers
METIS Cyberspace Technology SA and Inmarsat have signed an agreement for METIS to join the growing group of certified application providers to offer a dedicated application for Inmarsat’s Fleet Data […]
Russia Launches The GLONASS-K Satellite
The Russian Fregat booster has successfully placed the GLONASS-K satellite into the prescribed orbit according to the Russian Defense Ministry. The ministry’s information department pointed out that the launch and […]
Space Operations Command Established By USSF Chief Of Space Operations, General John “Jay” Raymond
In an activation ceremony at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, on October 21, Chief of Space Operations, General John “Jay” Raymond, established Space Operations Command, the U.S. Space Force’s first […]
SpaceX Launches Another 60 Starlink Satellites and Celebrates a Falcon’s 100th Flight
A launch delay on Thursday due to a small technical issue was corrected enabling today’s successful launch on Saturday, October 24, at 11:31 a.m. EDT, 11:31 UTC launch of SpaceX’s […]
NanoAvionics Reveals Remaining Three Payloads For Their Upcoming Rideshare Mission
NanoAvionics has revealed the remaining three payloads of the firm’s ‘D-2/AtlaCom-1’ rideshare mission hosted on board their M6P 6U smallsat bus. The additional payloads, a camera for hyperspectral remote sensing, […]