On Friday, December 16, at 3:46 a.m., PT, SpaceX launched NASA’s Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission to LEO from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force […]
Archives for December 2022
AstroAccess successfully completes 1st weightless research flight with Int’l disabled crew
AstroAccess, a project dedicated to promoting disability inclusion in space, successfully completed the first, formal research flight ‘AA2’ onboard a Zero-G Corporation’s aircraft. The flight included 14 disabled crew members […]
NASA awards contract for Webb Telescope operations maintenance
NASA has selected Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation of Redondo Beach, California, to support the James Webb Space Telescope Phase E – Operations and Sustainment contract. The contract is a sole […]
Spaceflight Inc. wraps up 2022 with Transporter 6 to be the 10th launch of the year
Spaceflight Inc., global launch services provider, announced it’s preparing its 10th, and final, launch of 2022. Spaceflight provided the launch and integration services for Kleos Space’s fourth satellite cluster, Observer, through ISISPACE […]
Kratos receives million$$ in initial funding for C5ISR production program
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS) has received an initial $30 million in funding on a potential $250 million Command, Control, Communication, Computing, Combat System Intelligence, Surveillance and […]
Northrop Grumman is turning science fiction into science fact by transmitting solar energy from space to Earth
In the 1940s, science fiction author Isaac Asimov theorized the concept of collecting the sun’s energy in space, then beaming that energy down to Earth. Today, Northrop Grumman’s Space Solar Power […]
All Points bulletin names former NASA Administrator to Board of Advisors
All Points Logistics, LLC (All Points), a diversified technical services company for the space and defense industry, announced former NASA Administrator James “Jim” Bridenstine has joined the All Points Board […]
UPDATE 1: VS03 mission scheduled for lift off after the VS02 mission launch scrubbed during countdown
On December 15, 2022, ATSpace prepared a Kestrel I rocket for the VS02 mission from the Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex in South Australia. During the oxidizer filling process, a […]
Spire Global preparing to launch six satellites in January of 2023
Spire Global, Inc. will launch six satellites on the SpaceX Transporter-6 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (SFS) no earlier than January of 2023. The satellites will demonstrate advancements […]
GHGSat signs with KSAT for satellite constellation operations
GHGSat is partnering with Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) to provide satellite operations and control of their constellation of greenhouse gas monitoring spacecraft — KSAT will operate the current five commercial […]