SpaceX has delayed the Fridqy Starlink launch now targeting Saturday, April 6 for a Falcon 9 launch of 21 Starlink satellites, including six with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth […]
Archives for April 2024
Control moment gyroscopes deliver a quantum leap in smallsat capabilities
For more than a decade, RTX’s small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider, Blue Canyon Technologies’, high-precision, advanced solutions have disrupted the space industry by demonstrating how lower-cost smallsats serve […]
HawkEye 360s Clusters 8 + 9 to launch aboard Bandwagon
HawkEye 360 is preparing to launch six satellites aboard SpaceX’s Bandwagon-1 Rideshare mission from Florida on Sunday, April 7, 2024, with the launch window opening at 7:12 PM. This is […]
New Shepard’s 25th mission’s astronauts named
Blue Origin has revealed the six-person crew flying on its NS-25 mission — the crew includes: Mason Angel, Sylvain Chiron, Kenneth L. Hess, Carol Schaller, Gopi Thotakura, and former U.S. […]
SpaceX’s 1st launch in a 3 part series for the weekend
SpaceX had its 23rd launch of the year early Friday, April 5 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 more of the company’s Starlink internet satellites […]
National Security Agency appoints a new Director of Cybersecurity
Now appointed by the National Security Agency (NSA), Dave Luber is the National Security Agency’s (NSA) new Director of Cybersecurity — he oversees NSA’s Cybersecurity Directorate (CSD), whose critical mission […]
The Aerospace Corporation names new Lead for Policy + Regulatory for CSPS
In his new role with The Aerospace Company’s Center for Space Policy and Strategy (CSPS), Dr. Brian Weeden will be responsible for leading a team of space policy analysts in […]
ATLAS Space Operations proves Hybrid Space Architecture Capability enabling network expansion across government agencies
All eyes on the ESA Arctic Weather Satellite
ESA’s new Arctic Weather Satellite has taken center stage at OHB’s facilities in Stockholm, Sweden, before the spacecraft is packed up and shipped to California for a launch currently scheduled […]
SwRI to build spacecraft bus for in-space refueler servicer program
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) will build, integrate and test a small demonstration spacecraft as part of a $25.5 million Space Mobility and Logistics (SML) prototyping project funded by the U.S. […]