The Hindustan Times is reporting that, after six-month delay, an Indian start-up firm has now targeted their satellite launch for October. The EO satellite developed by the Indian start-up Pixxel […]
Archives for July 2021
EUMETSAT Becomes The Largest Operator Of Sentinel Missions
EUMETSAT will become the largest operator of the Copernicus program’s Sentinel satellite missions under an agreement signed with the European Commission. Copernicus is a component of the European Union Space […]
RFA’s Staged Combustion Engine Tested For More Than Eight Seconds
Launch service provider Rocket Factory Augsburg AG has successfully tested its entire engine with staged combustion over eight seconds. The test, which was conducted in Kiruna, Sweden, represents another important […]
Mynaric Signs An MoU To Facilitate Entry Into The Indian Aerospace Market
Mynaric has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with JR Aerospace to accelerate the firm’s entry into the Indian aerospace market. JR Aerospace is a newly established Indian investment and […]
A European Satellite Constellation Expansion Is Underway By Rovial SAS + Consortium Members
With precise plans to develop a commercially driven, hybrid, multi-orbit global constellation, the Paris based startup — ROVIAL — responded to EU Commissioner Thierry Breton’s strong interest, as articulated recently […]
NOAA GOES-17 Anomaly Rectified
Thanks to Mr. Carl Reinemann, notification was received that the NOAA GOES-17 satellite had moved into a Safe Hold Mode due to an anomaly that affected all satellite operations… Thankfully, […]
Parsons Parlays AFRL + SDA Interest Into Contract Commitments
Parsons Corporation (NYSE: PSN) has won a task order award worth $26 million on the Global Application Research, Development, Engineering, and Maintenance (GARDEM) indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract from the […]
Launch Services Contract For Europa Clipper Mission Awarded By NASA
NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for Earth’s first mission to conduct detailed investigations of Jupiter’s moon Europa. The Europa Clipper mission will […]
Smallsat Launch Contract Signed Between Vaya Space + Athens State University
Vaya Space and Athens State University have agreed to launch a smallsat that is now in development and is planned for placement into LEO in 2023. Additionally, they have formed […]
AWS Ground Station Integrated With D-Orbit’s AURORA Mission Control Software
D-Orbit has integrated AWS Ground Station with D-Orbit’s AURORA cloud-based mission control software, using the AWS Ground Station to power AURORA, manage increasingly complex missions for D-Orbit’s ION Satellite Carrier […]