Maxar Intelligence has been awarded Delivery Order 01 under the Luno A program by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). This award is focused on delivering commercial analytic services, specifically, automated […]
Archives for June 2025
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 to launch MTG-Sounder satellite July 1st
SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, July 1 for a Falcon 9 launch of the Eumetsat MTG-S1 mission to geosynchronous transfer orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in […]
ESA’s comments as MTG-S1 and Sentinel-4 are ready for launch Tuesday
The second of the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) satellites and the first instrument for the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission are ready for liftoff at Cape Canaveral in Florida, US. Live coverage […]
EUMETSAT’s Meteosat Third Generation Sounder 1 (MTG-S1) satellite will make a crucial contribution
Set to be launched this July, the Meteosat Third Generation Sounder 1 (MTG-S1) satellite will make a crucial contribution to doing just that. The first European satellite in geostationary orbit […]
Forrester’s Digest: EchoStar avoids Chapter 11
Charlie Ergen, founder and chairman of the EchoStar/DISH combination, is reported to be negotiating with some of the company’s bond and debt-holders for extensions to its debt payment obligations. However, […]
UK’s Project Reach on track and online: landmark deal to end mobile dead zones
Department of Transport:Commuters will soon be able to work seamlessly and stay connected with loved ones as the Transport Secretary lands a landmark deal to eliminate mobile blackspots on Britain’s […]
Teledyne Space Imaging CIS120 sensors launch on Japanese GOSAT-GW climate change observation mission
Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY) has two CIS120 sensors that were designed and manufactured by Teledyne Space Imaging that are playing a major role in the third in a series of […]
Axient selected for USSF STEP 2.0 contract to accelerate military space innovation
Astrion, through its legacy company Axient LLC, was selected earlier this month by the U.S. Space Force (USSF) as one of 12 awardees on the Space Test Experiments (STEP) 2.0 […]
Arianespace to launch CO3D + MicroCarb satellites via Vega C
On July 25, 2025, Arianespace will place into orbit Airbus Defence and Space’s CO3D satellites, as well as the CNES’s MicroCarb satellite, with a Vega C rocket. The CO3D mission […]
SpaceX’s second launch on Saturday, this Starlink Group 15-7 smallsats from super foggy California
On Saturday, June 28 at 10:13 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched 26 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit to build Starlink constellation from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg […]