Performed on Monday, April 26, at precisely 07:14 a.m. local time at Russia’s Vostochny Cosmodrome (22:14 a.m. on April 25, UTC), Soyuz Flight ST31 orbited 36 new OneWeb satellites. That […]
Archives for April 2021
SEC’s SPAC Stifling Stiffs Space + Satellite Solicitude Senses
The raging eagerness for SPAC financial mergers by new and seasoned satellite and space actors over the past few months may well be coming to a screeching halt. The Security […]
DARPA Selects Lockheed Martin For Blackjack Work
Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) has been awarded a $5.8 million contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to define and manage the interfaces of satellite integration with the agency’s […]
SpaceX Launches The Crew-2 Mission With Four Astronauts Aboard To ISS
Flight proven and showing how SpaceX’s hardware reusability can cost-effectively enhance the space program, April 23rd witnessed the SpaceX and NASA launch of the Dragon capsule via a Falcon 9 […]
Northrop Grumman One Of Three Companies Selected By USSF SMC To Continue With PTS Rapid Prototyping
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has been selected by the U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) to proceed with the company’s ongoing Protected Tactical SATCOM (PTS) […]
Albedo’s Seed Round Delivers $$$Millions
Albedo has plans to design and operate a constellation of satellites that capture visible and thermal imagery at the highest resolution available and the company has announced a successful seed […]
The Integration Readiness Review is Successfully Passed By Kleos For Their Polar Vigilance Smallsats
Kleos Space S.A (ASX:KSS, Frankfurt:KS1, Kleos or Company) has confirmed that the development of the company’s second satellite cluster, the Polar Vigilance Mission (KSF1), is on track for a mid-2021 […]
Micro-Ant Is Satcoms Innovation Group’s Newest Member
The Satcoms Innovation Group (SIG) has Micro-Ant as a director member. Micro-Ant designs, develops and manufactures custom antennas for land, maritime and aerospace applications. SIG works to promote innovation within […]
Rocket Lab Tapped To Create Mission Operations Control Center For MethaneSAT
Rocket Lab will play a critical role in an international climate change mission by developing a Mission Operations Control Center (MOCC) for MethaneSAT, a unique satellite mission created to foster […]
NASA’s Mars Helicopter, Ingenuity, Takes Its Historic First Flight
Monday, NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter became the first aircraft in history to make a powered, controlled flight on another planet. The Ingenuity team at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in […]