NorthBase Oy (Ltd.) and RBC Signals International Inc. have signed an agreement that will add two Northbase ground stations in Tampere and Muonio to the global ground station network of […]
Archives for December 2023
Lunasonde to test subsurface mineral detection from orbit
Lunasonde recently announced the launch timeline for the company’s third satellite to LEO — the San Xavier satellite — will fly on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Transporter-11 via launch provider Exolaunch. […]
Kratos Demos interoperability success with the DIFI standard for satellite ground technology
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS) recently demonstrated 100% interoperability success during the first ever DIFI Plugfest, where satellite solutions providers converged to test the interoperability of their […]
L3Harris’ VAMPIRE system helps U.S. Navy fill Ukraine’s counter UAS gap
L3Harris Technologies’ (NYSE:LHX) Vehicle Agnostic Modular Palletized ISR Rocket Equipment (VAMPIRE™) multi-purpose weapons systems are having an immediate impact in Ukraine’s wartime efforts. VAMPIRE enables Ukrainian ground forces to target […]
UPDATE #4 as SpaceX scrubs Heavy Falcon launch of USSF’s top secret mission again
UPDATE #4: SpaceX is currently standing down from a Falcon Heavy launch of USSF-52 to orbit to perform additional system checkouts. The government’s top secret payload remains healthy while teams […]
UPDATE: Three delays for SpaceX’s launch of Starlinks
UPDATE: Due to unfavorable recovery weather conditions in the Atlantic Ocean, SpaceX is standing down from Wednesday’s Falcon 9 launch of Starlink. Teams will continue to monitor weather and a […]
AvL Technologies appoints new CCO + CSCO
AvL Technologies (AvL) has appointed Jerry Ivester as Chief Commercial Officer, effective immediately — he succeeds Tony Wilkey, who is retiring from AvL after 15 years with the company. Mr. […]
SES Space & Defense awarded global satellite services contract to support USAGM
SES Space & Defense, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES, will provide satellite broadcast distribution in support of the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM), Global Network Division (GN) for […]
Scrub for one SpaceX Starlink launch and another scheduled for tomorrow of more Starlinks
SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, December 12 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 second-generation Starlink V2 Mini internet satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape […]
UPDATE: Yet another scrub for SpaceX Falcon Heavy’s launch of USSF-52
UPDATE #3: Now targeting no earlier than Wednesday, December 13 for Falcon Heavy to launch USSF-52 from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The extra […]