If confirmed by the Senate, Lieutenant General B. Chance Saltzman will become the service’s highest ranking officer and the second Chief of Space Operations in the young service’s history. Saltzman […]
Archives for July 2022
Readying spacecraft to surf Venus’ atmosphere
The culprit turned out to be highly reactive atomic oxygen — individual atoms of oxygen at the fringes of the atmosphere, the result of standard oxygen molecules of the kind […]
InnoFlight’s NexGen Flight CPU selected by LeoStella for their smallsats
LeoStella has selected InnoFlight for the development and delivery of their next-generation Flight Computer Processing Unit (FCPU) and Payload Interface Electronics (PIE) — the FCPU is used as the Command […]
Spaceport Cornwall wins Educational Project of the Year at Satellite Innovation Group Awards 2022
The project was submitted for the award by a third party without the knowledge of Spaceport Cornwall. Spaceport Cornwall has been awarded ‘Educational Project of the Year’ in The Satcoms […]
China launches new satellite in ‘important step’ towards global quantum communications network
Jinan 1 will conduct key distribution experiments in lower-Earth orbit after a month of testing. More launches planned for near future to support quantum communication for over 100 users around […]
Lockheed Martin taking space-augmented JADO (Joint All-Domain Operations) from concept to orbit in 2023
To date, limited experiments on Earth show how space could potentially enhance Joint All-Domain Operations (JADO) — but that’s about to change quite significantly. In 2023, Lockheed Martin will launch […]
X-Bow’s Bolt modular boost rocket launches successfully from White Sands Missile Range
X-Bow Systems (X-Bow) has conducted the successful first launch of the company’s Bolt Rocket at White Sands Missile Range — Bolt is the first vehicle in X-Bow’s new suite of […]
Million€ to AAC Clyde Space to develop innovative power system for smallsats
AAC Clyde Space has been awarded funding through the European Space Agency’s ARTES Core Competitiveness program that helps European and Canadian industry to develop innovative SATCOM technology, products and systems. […]
AAC Clyde Space’s 5.1 MSEK ESA funding to develop power system
The award will enable AAC Clyde Space to further develop its Starbuck Mini power system to address the needs of future constellations. AAC Clyde Space, a company specializing in small […]
Silicon Valley Space Week (SVSW) — Satellite Innovation + MilSat Symposium
Silicon Valley is an essential destination in its own right — an incubator of that offers innovation, mission and project collaboration and development… as well as risk — the valley […]