NASA’s Voyager 1 resumes sending engineering updates to Earth
NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is depicted in this artist’s concept traveling through interstellar space, or the space between stars, which it entered in 2012.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech After some inventive sleuthing, the mission team can — for the first time in five ...
Rocket Lab’s New Zealand success deploys satellites to separate orbits 500km apart for KAIST and NASA
Following payload deployment to two separate orbits, Electron’s Kick Stage completed a final engine burn to lower its altitude and speed up its reentry to help reduce space junk. Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) , a global leader in ...
SpaceX’s double success a Starlink smallsats launch and the 300th Falcon booster landing
Photo by Satnews captured from SpaceX video stream. On Tuesday, April 23 at 6:17 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 23 Starlink satellites packed inside the fairing atop the 230-foot rocket to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at ...
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Akula Tech qualifies for the XPRIZE Wildfire Challenge
Akula Tech, in partnership with the University of South Australia, Swinburne University of Technology, and AIILA Innovations, has officially qualified for the XPRIZE Wildfire competition’s Space-based Detection and Intelligence Track (Track A) — this qualification marks a significant milestone in the use ...
CACI awarded billions$$$ task order for comms + info tech to USEUCOM + USAFRICOM
CACI International Inc. (NYSE: CACI) has been awarded a five-year task order worth a total estimated value of $1.3 billion to provide communications and information technology expertise to U.S. European Command (USEUCOM) and U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM). This work continues ...
Strategic agreements integrate Topcon GNSS tech into Bentley Systems + Worldsensing solutions
Topcon Positioning Systems has announced strategic agreements with Bentley Systems and Worldsensing to integrate the company's advanced GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) technology into the companies’ innovative software and connectivity solutions. As part of the agreement with Bentley Systems, Topcon ...
mu Space + RBC Signals sign MoU for satellite ground station facilities project
mu Space and Advance Technology Co., Ltd. has entered into an MOU with RBC Signals International Inc.. The MOU, effective from March 1, 2024, is the start of a collaboration aimed at exploring opportunities related to satellite ground station facilities ...
ST Engineering + EY sign MOU in space tech + geospatial analytics
ST Engineering’s EO and geospatial analysis business, ST Engineering Geo-Insights Pte. Ltd. (ST Engineering Geo-Insights), and EY Corporate Advisors Pte. Ltd. (EY) have signed an MOU in space technology and geospatial analytics that is aimed at tackling pressing environmental challenges. Under ...
Lynred wins Sentinel-2 NG mission pre-development contract to design advanced multispectral infrared detector
Sentinel-2C ready for electromagnetic compatibility testing Lynred, a leading global provider of high-quality infrared detectors for the aerospace, defense and commercial markets, today announces its selection, in an open bidding process, to develop an advanced multispectral infrared detector for the ...
Rocket Lab’s ‘Beginning Of The Swarm’ mission launch window is open and ready for business
All is ready for the window of opportunity to occur during a 14-day launch window that opens on April 24th in order to launch Rocket Lab's Beginning of the Swarm mission for South Korea and NASA. Rocket Lab Launch Complex ...
SpaceX weather at the Cape delays Monday’s Starlink smallsats 6-53 mission
SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, April 23 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is targeted for 6:17 p.m. ET, with ...
D-Orbit announces on-orbit edge computing collaboration with SkyServe STORM
D-Orbit will be enabling edge computing capabilities with the SkyServe STORM platform aboard some of the ION Satellite Carriers that comprise the fleet of Orbital Transfer Vehicles (OTVs) that the company already has on-orbit (specifically, ION SCV004 Elysian Eleonora) and ...
Satellogic signs Letter of Intent with O.N.E. Amazon
Satellogic (NASDAQ: SATL) has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with O.N.E. Amazon to bring innovation to conservation — this announcement coincides with Earth Day, amplifying the importance of advancing geospatial sciences for planetary health and preservation. Satellogic will look to ...