When looking for optical components for your application, the first port of call is often the off-the-shelf market, and quite rightly so. Off-the-shelf optical components offer advantages for optical system […]
Archives for December 2023
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy ready for Sunday launch USSF-52 Mission
SpaceX is targeting Sunday, December 10 at 8:14 p.m. ET for Falcon Heavy’s launch of the USSF-52 mission to orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center […]
Sidus Space awarded additional Bechtel Cable Assembly contract for Mobile Launcher 2
Sidus Space (NASDAQ: SIDU) has been selected by Bechtel to manufacture additional cables in support of the NASA Mobile Launcher 2 contract for the Artemis missions — this follows Sidus’ […]
Airbus selects Kenya for the 1st HAPS drone hub
AALTO HAPS Ltd. aims to deploy its Zephyr aircraft that can stay aloft for days at a time from four or five bases around the world, starting with the operational […]
Orbex appoints new CCO
Orbex has appointed John Bone as the company’s new Chief Commercial Officer — this key appointment comes as Orbex advances its preparations for the launch of Orbex Prime, expected to […]
Comtech names an industry leader as the firm’s Chief Corporate Development Officer
Comtech (NASDAQ: CMTL) has appointed a SATCOM and defense tech industry leader — John Ratigan — as the company’s first Chief Corporate Development Officer (CCDO). With differentiated expertise across the […]
Rocket Lab to launch South Korean satellite
Rocket Lab has signed a launch services agreement to launch an Earth Observation (EO) satellite for the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) on a rideshare mission during […]
Australia’s ELO2 consortium’s first prototype Moon rover for NASA’s Artemis mission
The autonomous robotic technology company, the ELO2 consortium, has unveiled a prototype of what may become Australia’s first lunar rover. The consortium is working on the project under the Australian Space […]
Airbus starts Galileo Second Generation satellite production
Full production was recently started on the six Galileo Second Generation (G2) satellites at Airbus’ site in Friedrichshafen, Germany, with the arrival of the first satellite Flight Model structure from […]
Sierra Space secures DARPA contract for lunar oxygen extraction framework
Sierra Space has secured a significant contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Under this contract, Sierra Space will embark on a groundbreaking research and development initiative, the […]