SpaceLink, a company that is building an information superhighway for the space economy, welcomed two industry experts to the firm’s management team. Robert Conrad has joined the company as Vice President of NASA and Civil Space business development, and Phil Robinson is Vice President and Chief Security Officer. They join a group of business and […]
Archives for May 2021
Arqit + Their Quantum Encryption Technology Is SPAC’d By Centricus Acquisition Corp.
Arqit Limited (“Arqit”) and Centricus Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: CENH, CENHW, CENHU) (“Centricus”) have entered into a definitive agreement that would result in Arqit becoming a publicly listed company. Upon closing of the transaction, a newly formed Cayman holding company, Arqit Quantum Inc., will merge with Centricus, acquire Arqit and register its shares for listing on […]
Seed Round For Alba Orbital Is A Million$$$ Success
Alba Orbital has closed their Seed round to accelerate their mission to image everywhere on Earth every 15 minutes. The round was led by Metaplanet Holdings and included Y Combinator, Liquid2, Soma Ventures, Uncommon Denominator, Zillionize and a number of angel investors. To date, Alba Orbital has launched six satellites, more than all the other […]
Virgin Galactic’s First Human Spaceflight From Spaceport America, New Mexico
A first-ever happening took place with Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) (“The Company or Virgin Galactic”) with their spaceflight from Spaceport America, New Mexico. It was also the third spaceflight from Spaceport. This flight made New Mexico become the third U.S. state to launch humans into space. VSS Unity achieved a speed of Mach 3 […]
The Australian Government Department Of Defense To Establish A Space Division Within The Royal Australian Air Force
Australia’s Department of Defence will establish a Space Division headquarters within the Royal Australian Air Force in early 2022, with personnel from all areas within Defence reflecting the importance of the Space domain. Chief of Air Force, Air Marshal Mel Hupfeld AO, DSC, said assured access to Space was critical to enabling Defence’s multi-domain operations. […]
Long Range Record In Data Connection Accomplished By Sceye’s Stratospheric Platform
Sceye, a developer of high-altitude platform stations (HAPS), announced today that it successfully launched its stratospheric platforms and flew at an altitude of 64,600 ft. The announcement comes on the heels of Sceye’s long-range record for maintaining data connection in OpenRAN at a distance of 140 km. With financial support from the State of New […]
Gilat’s Gateway SSPAs Garner Millions$$$ In Orders For LEO Constellations
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq: GILT, TASE: GILT) has received orders of more than $4 million for support of gateways of LEO constellations. Gilat’s subsidiary, Wavestream, was selected as the vendor of choice to supply Gateway Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPAs) to a leading satellite operator and the orders were received as part of the […]
Vaya Space Planning To Create A Brazilian Subsidiary To Expand The Firms Operations
Vaya Space will create a Brazilian subsidiary as part of their strategic plan to expand operations into South America. Vaya Space anticipates creating 200 direct jobs in Brazil over the next two years and plans an initial manufacturing footprint of approximately 10,000 square meters. The final location for Vaya Space manufacturing operations within Brazil remains […]
Launcher Brings The 3D Printed AMCM M 4K AM System Into Their High Performance E-2 Rocket To Launch Smallsats To LEO
Launcher has acquired the M 4K AM system from AMCM, an EOS Group company, to advance its high performance orbital launch vehicle strategy. The AMCM M 4K system enables Launcher to produce the world’s largest, single-part, 3D printed copper alloy combustor at Launcher’s headquarters and production facility in Hawthorne, California. Launcher will additively manufacture the […]
Ball Aerospace’s Spectrometer For NASA’s TEMPO Mission Enroute To Spacecraft Integration
Ball Aerospace shipped NASA’s Tropospheric Emission: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) spectrometer, an air quality monitoring instrument, to the spacecraft manufacturer (Maxar) for integration. Ball will continue to work closely with NASA and the manufacturer to support spacecraft integration and testing. The TEMPO mission is scheduled to launch in 2022. The imaging spectrometer, which senses ultraviolet […]