Payload preparations have begun in French Guiana for Arianespace’s next mission – which is to use the light-lift Vega in deploying the first Pléiades Neo constellation satellite and other passengers […]
Archives for March 2021
Arianespace Successfully Launches 36 Of OneWeb’s Smallsats
The following is a statement issued from Arianespace: OneWeb, the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communications company, has confirmed the successful launch of all 36 satellites by Arianespace from the […]
Mesh Network Technology Will Spur a Huge Increase in Orbital Spy Satellites
Of the 2,797 operational satellites in orbit, only a few hundred are there for the purposes of spying. But their numbers are set to swell with the coming of satellite […]
ATLAS Expands Scope + Impact With The Latest Launch
With the recent launch of a Soyuz-2.1a rocket from Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome, ATLAS Space Operations has grown to support three, brand new missions with the firm’s Freedom™ Platform. With this multinational launch, ATLAS […]
USSF’s SBIRS GEO-5 Satellite Ships To Cape Canaveral AFS
The U.S. Space Force‘s Space and Missile Systems Center successfully delivered the fifth Space Based Infrared System satellite (SBIRS GEO-5) to the processing facility at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, […]
USAF Space And Missile Systems Authorizes GPS Equipment To Allies
M-Code is an upgrade to the currently available GPS signals that provides more resilient positioning, navigation and timing solutions with enhanced security, anti-jam, and anti-spoof capabilities… The United States Space […]
SpaceLink Establishes New HQ Near D.C. As They Build Their MEO / LEO / Ground Relay Network
SpaceLink has established the company headquarters office in Tysons Corner, Virginia, near Washington, DC. The company is building a space relay network in MEO to provide secure, continuous, high-bandwidth communications […]
NASA’s Juno’s Closest Images Ever Of Aurorae And Lightning On Jupiter
Why does so much of Jupiter’s lightning occur near its poles? Similar to Earth, Jupiter experiences both aurorae and lightning. Different from Earth, though, Jupiter’s lightning usually occurs near its poles — while much of Earth’s […]
Synspective Selects Exolaunch To Send Their Smallsat StriX-β To Orbit
Synspective Inc. has signed a Launch Agreement with Exolaunch to launch the second demonstration satellite “StriX-β” on a Soyuz-2 launch vehicle from Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia in late 2021. […]
An ESA Boost! For Orbex-Designed Space Transit
The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded Orbex €7.45 million through its Boost! Commercial Space Transportation Services and Support (C-STS) program, designed to support commercially sustainable space transportation services in Europe. The Boost! contract was awarded to […]