Terran Orbital awarded subcontract from Lockheed Martin for SDA’s T2TL
Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP) has been selected by Lockheed Martin to produce 18 satellite buses for that firm's recent Space Development Agency (SDA) Tranche 2 (T2) Tracking Layer contract. Lockheed Martin will provide the SDA with 16 wide field-of-view ...
SpaceX’s ‘two in two’ a success with 23 Starlink smallsats including 13 Direct to Cell
Photo captured on Thursday, May 9, by Satnews from SpaceX video stream. A one day delay didn't put a damper on the plan to launch two sets of SpaceX Starlinks. On Thursday night from Vandenberg AFB Falcon 9 hoisted the ...
ULA’s UPDATE valve vibration and launching NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test to ISS
NASA's statement regarding the scrub indicated that the two astronauts flying the CFT mission, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, will remain at the Kennedy Space Center in pre-flight quarantine for this latest delay. The delay enables United Launch Alliance to ...
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NASA inspector alarmed by extensive damage to heatshield of astronaut moon vehicle
The capsule took a beating during its trip to the Moon. Image by NASA In November 2022, NASA launched its first uncrewed Moon-orbiting mission, Artemis I — kicking off the agency's greater ambitions to return humans to the lunar surface ...
GA-ASI developing new ABAD pod for battlefield awareness + defense
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is working with the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) to develop a new Airborne Battlespace Awareness and Defense (ABAD) capability. The new ABAD pod is being developed for the GA-ASI-supplied MQ-9A Block 5 Medium-Altitude, ...
Portal Space Systems receives million$+ in DoD + USSF awards
Late last month, Portal Space Systems, a Seattle-based space startup, announced the acquisition of more than $3 million in funding from the Department of Defense (DoD) and United States Space Force (USSF) to support the development and launch of its ...
SpaceX’s Sunday Starlink smallsats launch
Recent photo captured on Thursday, May 9, by Satnews from SpaceX video stream. SpaceX is targeting Sunday, May 12 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral ...
Silicon Sensing accelerometer to equip on-orbit manufacturing demo satellite
Forge Star™ solar array development, image is courtesy of the company. Following a program of testing and development within satellite vehicles, Space Forge is to launch their on-orbit manufacturing demonstration satellite, ForgeStar-1, equipped with Silicon Sensing’s CAS291 accelerometer. ForgeStar™ satellites ...
iDirect Government partners with Tampa Microwave for MILSATCOM readiness solution
iDirect Government (iDirectGov) has engaged in a partnership with Tampa Microwave that combines iDirect Government’s Tactical Hub and Tampa Microwave’s Quad Band Satellite Simulator (QBSS) to deliver an easy to use, transportable and cost-effective solution to support all-encompassing mission-readiness scenarios, ...
Xona Space Systems raises million$$
Xona Space Systems Inc. has announced an oversubscribed $19 million Series A funding round led by Future Ventures and Seraphim Space — new investors NGP Capital, Industrious Ventures, Murata Electronics, Space Capital, and Aloniq also joined this investment round. This ...
VIAVI’s industry solution for resilient positioning, navigation and timing for critical infrastructure
Fugro AtomiChron® Timing Service Augments Resilience, Assurance, Precision and Availability on a Global Scale Viavi Solutions Inc. (VIAVI) (NASDAQ: VIAV) announces the availability of SecurePNT™ 6200 with SecureTimeSM services, a resilient timing clock solution that delivers a comprehensive assurance of positioning, ...
Rocket Lab selects CesiumAstro’s multi-beam Ka-Band communications payloads for Space Development Agency Tranche 2 Transport Layer Constellation
CesiumAstro’s Vireo payload is comprised of three distinct units: a receive antenna, a transmit antenna, and a reconfigurable processing unit (from left). Image courtesy: CesiumAstro CesiumAstro, a provider of active phased array communications technology for space and airborne systems, announces ...
Teledyne Space Imaging instrumentation onboard EarthCARE satellite when launched
Teledyne Space Imaging has provided the key imaging and sensor instrumentation for the EarthCARE (Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer) satellite, an advanced Earth climate monitoring project scheduled to be launched into space in May of 2024 and jointly implemented ...