Space Systems Command (SSC) ordered eight National Security Space (NSS) launch services under the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 Launch Service Procurement contract today; five to United Launch […]
Archives for May 2022
United Launch Alliance Initiates An Amazon Kuiper Program Office + Names A Vice President To Lead The New Entity
Earlier this month, United Launch Alliance (ULA) announced the company is establishing a new, customer program office to support Amazon’s Kuiper Program and named Chris Ellerhorst vice president of that […]
SDA Awards Million$$$ For Ground Control + Ops To General Dynamics Mission Systems + Iridium
General Dynamics Mission Systems (NYSE: GD), and Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM) have been awarded a contract by the Space Development Agency in the amount of $324,516,613, including a base […]
SpacePath Communications To Unveil Their New 650W Ka-Band Amplifier @ CommunicAsia
SpacePath Communications is exhibiting a new line-up of its popular high power SATCOM amplifiers and sub-systems at CommunicAsia 2022 at booth 5K1-13. SpacePath’s amplifier range now includes a 650W Ka-band […]
Million€€ Investment In OneWeb + Astroscale’s Space Debris Removal Services
OneWeb, together with Astroscale Ltd.*, will seek to safeguard the UK’s satellite economy with new spacecraft technology, thanks in part to a new investment of €14.8 million. The mission to […]
UPDATE: The Vigoride OTV’s 1st Demo Flight Finds Momentus Working On Clearing Anomalies
Momentus Inc. has a status update regarding the company’s first demo mission. Momentus has established two-way contact with the Vigoride Orbital Transfer Vehicle and, as is often the case with […]
Spaceflight launches five customer payloads aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-5 mission and debuts the firm’s latest OTV — Sherpa-AC
Spaceflight Inc. has contacted its Sherpa-AC vehicle and confirmed the vehicle is operating nominally. This is the debut launch of Sherpa-AC, the latest variation in the company’s Sherpa orbital transfer […]
NRO’s Largest Award Of Commercial Imagery Contracts Worth Billions To Three Companies
Valued at billions of dollars over the next decade, these contracts mark a historic expansion of the NRO’s acquisition of commercial imagery to meet increasing customer demands with greater capacity […]
ICEYE Launches 5 New SAR Smallsats Via The SpaceX Transporter-5 Mission
ICEYE has successfully launched five new SAR satellites — all spacecraft were launched on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 smallsat rideshare mission via EXOLAUNCH from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Communication has successfully been […]
Satellogic Announces Successful SpaceX Launch Of Four Additional Satellites
By 2025, the Company aims to have over 200 satellites in orbit to provide daily remaps of the entire surface of the Earth, and up to 40 revisits of points […]