Speedcast has extended and expanded the STARS (Satellite To All Remote Sites) program contract, providing connectivity services across hundreds of sites for the Northern Territory Government in Australia. As part of […]
Archives for February 2024
FAA meeting space launch + reentry licenses demand
As the surge in commercial space transportation operations continues, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) intends to establish a new aerospace rulemaking committee (SpARC) to identify ways to further improve how […]
Northrop Grumman completes 1st BOLE solid rocket motor segment for NASA’s SLS
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has completed the first Booster Obsolescence and Life Extension (BOLE) motor segment for the next-generation Space Launch System (SLS) solid rocket booster. BOLE adds nearly […]
Space capabilities highlighted in 2nd annual CENTCOM Theater Space Forum
U.S. Space Forces Central hosted the second annual U.S. Central Command Theater Space Forum recently, bringing together more than 140 space experts from all five branches of the Defense Department, […]
Ascent Solar Technologies to fly space solar modules on NASA’s upcoming LISA-T mission
Ascent Solar Technologies (Nasdaq: ASTI) has announced that the Company’s solar module products will fly on NASA’s upcoming Lightweight Integrated Solar Array and AnTenna (LISA-T) mission, scheduled for launch this […]
STORIES of Space Partners with Maritime Launch Services for a Spaceport Nova Scotia mission
STORIES of Space, a nonprofit sending the human story into space, and Maritime Launch Services (Cboe CA: MAXQ, OTCQB: MAXQF), owner of Canada’s first commercial spaceport, announce their official partnership […]
Forrester’s Digest: Bezos is eyeing United Launch Alliance
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is said to be the front runner to buy United Launch Alliance (ULA), the joint-venture giant rocket business backed by Boeing and Lockheed Martin. ULA wanted […]
NASA tech contributes to soft Moon landing, agency science underway
For the first time in more than 50 years, new NASA science instruments and technology demonstrations are operating on the Moon following the first successful delivery of the agency’s CLPS […]
UPDATE 2: SpaceX launches 24 Starlinks the largest number carried by Falcon 9 so far
On Sunday, February 25 at 5:06 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 24 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in […]
NASA awards Sierra Lobo the spaceflight development, operations contract maximum potential of $282.1 million
NASA has selected Sierra Lobo Inc. of Fremont, Ohio, to support spaceflight hardware design, development, testing, and operations at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. The Space Flight Systems Development […]