Ball Aerospace has successfully launched NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The weather satellite is equipped with the Ball-built Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS), […]
Archives for November 2022
Airbus + ArianeGroup sign an Ariane 6 transition batch contract
Airbus and ArianeGroup have signed a contract for the next transition batch of Ariane 6 large, carbon fiber structures — this contract includes the manufacturing and supply of innovative, large, […]
Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Huntsville expansion to 379,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art manufacturing facility will also create new job opportunities
Aerojet Rocketdyne announced today the expansion of its Huntsville presence with additional job opportunities and a new facility to increase manufacturing and office space. The 379,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility […]
Hughes JUPITER 3 satellite production to continue after EchoStar + Maxar amend their agreement
EchoStar Corporation has announced an amended agreement with Maxar Technologies for production of the EchoStar XXIV satellite, also known as JUPITER™ 3 — the satellite, designed for EchoStar’s Hughes Network […]
SatNews Publishers Wishes Everyone a Happy Thanksgiving
The team at SatNews Publishers wishes everyone celebrating Thanksgiving an enjoyable holiday with whoever—and whatever—joins you at your table. The SatNews offices will be closed Thursday, November 24 through Friday, November […]
Aerojet Rocketdyne’s SLS propulsion systems successfully debut in Artemis I mission
Aerojet Rocketdyne played a central role in “enabling humanity’s next giant leap” with the successful launch of NASA’s super-heavy lift Space Launch System (SLS) exploration rocket. The company provided critical […]
ArianeGroup’s approval from ESA to develop PHOEBUS to demonstrate future carbon upper stage for Ariane 6
ArianeGroup has received a 50-million-euro agreement from the European Space Agency (ESA) to continue the development of PHOEBUS, a super-light carbon composite upper stage demonstrator. This work will enable development […]
Rocket Lab completes the final launch rehearsal prior to the 1st Electron mission from U.S. soil
With rocket and launch pad checkouts complete, Rocket Lab is ready for its first mission from U.S. soil at Launch Complex 2 in Virginia Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has completed […]
A new path for NASA’s future Artemis Moon missions is forged by CAPSTONE
NASA’s CAPSTONE spacecraft has completed final maneuvers to place it in its target orbit around the Moon, refining its path in the orbit it arrived to last week — the […]
European Space Agency has set its sights on a space transportation ecosystem
Economic activity on Earth relies on a large logistics infrastructure – everything we buy and consume, and every trip we make, depends on a global transportation network connecting trucks, ships, […]