L3Harris Technologies has reached a major milestone in the company’s mission to provide the Space Development Agency (SDA) with space-based capabilities that enhance U.S. national security. The company conducted a […]
Archives for November 2024
SpaceX launches Starlink Group 6-76 of 24 smallsats, but before the booster recovery “satellite link disconnected”
On Tuesday, November 26 at 11:41 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 24 Starlink satellites, to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. After […]
Revolutionizing space-based thermal systems: AFRL’s SPIRRAL launch on SPX-31
The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, launched the Space Power InfraRed Regulation and Analysis of Lifetime, or SPIRRAL, experiment, November 4, 2024. SPIRRAL, flown by AFRL through the DOD Space Test […]
Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost Mission 1 to the Moon readies for launch
Firefly Aerospace has completed the environmental testing on Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander ahead of the first mission to the Moon in support of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) […]
Kyodo News: Japan rocket engine explodes during test for the 2nd time in 16 months
Kyodo News is reporting that an engine being developed for use in JAXA’s Epsilon S small rocket exploded Tuesday during a combustion test at a facility in southwestern Japan, this […]
U.S. Navy awards L3Harris nearly $1 billion IDIQ contract
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has received an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) award from the U.S. Navy, worth up to $999 million, to provide U.S. and coalition forces with resilient […]
SpacePNT successfully completes demo of their PNT technology in LEO
SpacePNT SA has completed the on-orbit validation tests of the company’s NaviLEOTM spaceborne GNSS receiver product platform that is designed to deliver breakthrough dm-level positioning and ns timing accuracy in […]
SpaceX to launch Starlink Group 6-76 of 24 smallsats Tuesday evening
SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, November 26 for a Falcon 9 launch of 24 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. […]
Kymeta unveils their 2nd multi-orbit, On-the-Move FPA – the Goshawk™ u8
Kymeta earlier this month launched the Goshawk u8, a hybrid GEO/LEO/Cellular terminal — designed for seamless mobility, the Goshawk u8 offers a fully customizable solution that integrates easily across a […]
NASA awards launch services contract for Dragonfly mission
NASA has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for the Dragonfly mission, a rotorcraft lander mission under NASA’s New Frontiers Program, designed to explore Saturn’s moon Titan — the mission […]