Celestis, Inc. has entered into a launch services agreement with United Launch Alliance (ULA) who will host a Celestis Memorial Spaceflight payload aboard the initial flight of ULA’s Vulcan Centaur, planned for later this year. Known as the Enterprise Flight, the Celestis mission will launch more than 150 flight capsules containing cremated remains (ashes), DNA […]
Archives for January 2022
USSF Presents Space Micro With An Air-To-Space Lasercom Development Contract
Space Micro, powered by Voyager Space, has been selected by the United States Air Force (USAF) AFWERX program for an award to develop an air-to-space laser communications system. Under this contract, Space Micro will address some of the most challenging air-to-space laser communications problems, which are primarily caused by the regular instability of Earth’s atmosphere. […]
FCC Blocks Lockheed Martin’s Acquisition Of Aerojet Rocketdyne
The Federal Trade Commission has sued to block Lockheed Martin Corporation’s $4.4 billion proposed vertical acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc., the last, independent, U.S. supplier of missile propulsion systems. Aerojet supplies advanced power, propulsion, and armament systems, which are critical components for the missiles made by Lockheed and other defense prime contractors. The agency’s […]
Blue Origin To Acquire Honeybee Robotics
Honeybee Robotics (Honeybee) is going to be acquired by Blue Origin and will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Blue Origin — the deal between Honeybee’s parent organization, Ensign-Bickford Industries, and Blue Origin, is expected to close in mid-February… terms of the deal are not being disclosed. Since 1983, Honeybee Robotics has delivered more than […]
Million€€s Awarded To Isar Aerospace By The European Commission
Isar Aerospace has won the European Commission’s EIC Horizon Prize “Low-Cost Space Launch” and has received 10 million euros in prize money. The European Commission’s award was given to Isar Aerospace for their launch service solution using ‘Spectrum,’ a two-stage launch vehicle that offers flexible and cost-efficient access to space for small and medium-sized satellites […]
Xplore Contracts With OrbAstro To Acquire Smallsat Buses For A Variety Of Missions
Xplore Inc. has signed a contract with Orbital Astronautics Ltd. (OrbAstro) to use OrbAstro’s satellite buses for a variety of innovative missions, starting with OrbAstro’s ORB-6 platform — Xplore will fly Earth and astronomical observation imagers, with a first launch scheduled for late 2022. Xplore selected OrbAstro’s bus as it meets the company’s more complex […]
Israel’s First Space Telescope To Be Developed + Built By Elbit Systems
Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESLT, TASE: ESLT) (“Elbit Systems”) has been awarded awarded a contract valued at approximately $16 million to supply a space telescope to the Weizmann Institute of Science under Israel’s Ultraviolet Transient Astronomy Satellite (“ULTRASAT”) program to observe and research deep space. The ULTRASAT program is jointly managed and funded by the […]
mu Space CEO + Founder To Speak @ The SmallSat Symposium
mu Space Corp has been invited to speak at the SmallSat Symposium in Silicon Valley — mu Space will be representing the space industry in Southeast Asia at this internationally renowned event. Joining the event will allow mu Space to announce the company’s latest updates that include the recently priced mu-B200 satellite at $4 million. […]
Northrop Grumman’s MQ-8C Fire Scout Makes Operational Deployment With The U.S. Navy
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE: NOC) MQ-8C Fire Scout, the U.S. Navy’s next generation ship-based autonomous helicopter system deployed operationally December 14, 2021. Sent with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 22, Detachment 5 (HSC-22 DET 5) aboard USS Milwaukee (LCS-5), Fire Scout provides greater organic intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting (ISR&T) capabilities for the U.S. Navy. “This […]
Strategic Alliance Between Synspective + AMH Philippines For SatSAR Support
AMH Philippines, Inc. and Synspective have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to use SAR technology as part of an integrated and comprehensive approach to mitigate geohazards for infrastructure in the Philippines. The partnership includes the Land Displacement Monitoring (LDM) service, fully developed and automated by Synspective, and is empowered with AMH’s years of local […]