ULA’s L-2 report states that everything continues to progress towards the ULA Atlas V launch carrying the first crewed Boeing Starliner spacecraft for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP). The mission […]
Archives for May 2024
NASA tech grants to advance Moon to Mars space exploration
NASA has awarded nearly $1.5 million to academic, non-profit, and business organizations to advance state-of-the-art technology that will play a key role in the agency’s return to the Moon under […]
ATLAS Space Operations to support Blue Origin’s Blue Ring DarkSky-1 mission
Announced in October of 2023, Blue Ring provides end-to-end services that span hosting, transportation, refueling, data relay, and logistics in MEO, GEO, lunar orbits, and beyond. Blue Origin and Defense Innovation Unit […]
SpaceX’s second launch same day Starlink smallsat from Florida after Maxar’s WorldView from California
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 successfully launched 23 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. This is the 19th flight […]
Millennium Space Systems selects L3Harris to build the SDA’s electro-optical infrared payloads
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) has received a contract from Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company, to build eight infrared payloads for the SDA’s Fire-control On Orbit-support-to-the-war Fighter (FOO Fighter) program. The FOO […]
ULA’s day L-4 update as first crewed Boeing Starliner ready to carry astronauts to ISS
Everything continues to progress towards the ULA Atlas V launch carrying the first crewed Boeing Starliner spacecraft for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP). The mission is planned to lift off […]
SpaceX launches Maxar’s WorldView mission from California, and another SpaceX Starlink to launch from Florida hours later
On Thursday, May 2 at 11:36 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched the Maxar 1 mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in […]
BAE Systems to build atmospheric composition instrument for NOAA’s GeoXO constellation
ACX is the second instrument BAE Systems has been contracted to develop for theGeoXO mission to support environmental monitoring BAE Systems has been selected by NASA to develop the Atmospheric […]
Exolaunch deploys NASA’s ACS3 Satellite
This marks the first-ever satellite Exolaunch has deployed for NASA,which launched via Rocket Lab’s Electron vehicle on April 23, 2024. Exolaunch provided the deployment services for NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar […]
SpaceX to launch 23 Starlink smallsats from Florida just hours after Maxar’s WorldView mission takes off from California
SpaceX is targeting Thursday, May 2 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink small satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force […]