SCOUT Space Inc. has acquired Free Space Inc. to strengthen the firm’s defense and technical capabilities and broaden the inroads built with the U.S. Department of Defense, intelligence community and […]
Archives for August 2023
PAR Government + ICEYE receive million$$$ USSF contract
PAR Technology Corporation (NYSE: PAR) announced their subsidiary, PAR Government Systems Corporation, in partnership with ICEYE , signed a prime contract award for the Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (PLEO) Satellite-Based […]
Momentus to provide hosted payload services for FOSSA Systems
Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS) has signed a contract with FOSSA Systems (“FOSSA”), a Spanish company that offers global, low-power, Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity and in-space services to provide hosted […]
ESA: Hera asteroid spacecraft assembled
Hera is complete — ESA’s asteroid mission for planetary defence was built and prepared in two halves, but now, through a painstaking operation, they have been mated together to make […]
North Korea’s second attempt to launch satellite fails
Pyongyang, August 24 (KCNA) — The National Aerospace Development Administration (NADA) of the DPRK conducted the second launch of reconnaissance satellite Malligyong-1 aboard the new-type carrier rocket Chollima-1 at the […]
TTP + Viasat launch UAV safety platform
TTP plc has launched Gotonomi that offers low size, weight and power satellite (SWaP) terminals for uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) as flight trial development kits to partners. The terminals will […]
Satellite Applications Catapult welcomes innovators into the In-orbit Manufacturing Accelerator
The Business in Space Growth Network (BSGN) In-orbit Manufacturing Accelerator (IMA), led by Satellite Applications Catapult, welcomes two distinguished innovators, Photocentric Limited and Deployables Cubed GmbH (DCUBED), into the top […]
UPDATE #2: A new launch date established for Starlink launch at the Cape
UPDATE #2: Thursday’s update; SpaceX is targeting Friday evening for a Falcon 9 rocket launch, more than 12 hours after it plans to launch a crew of astronauts to the […]
Red Cat’s Teal 2 sUAS receives FAA Remote ID certification
Red Cat Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: RCAT) military-grade sUAS, the Teal 2, has received Remote ID certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Remote ID allows UAS in flight to provide […]
UPDATE 2: Objects are detected in the vicinity of ClearSpace-1 debris removal mission target — with debris then impacting the spacecraft itself
On August 10th, 2023, ESA’s Space Debris Office was informed by the United States 18th Space Defense Squadron that new objects have been detected in the vicinity of a payload […]