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’s successful Wednesday Starlink satellite launch but No-Go for Maxar’s WorldView mission
Photo by Satnews captured from SpaceX video stream On Wednesday, April 17 at 5:26 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A beautiful Florida ...
SpaceX launches DoD’s next-generation operational environmental intelligence satellite
SpaceX launches USSF-62 mission Thursday. Photo by Satnews captured from SpaceX video stream On Thursday, April 11 at 7:25 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched the USSF-62 mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space ...
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Skyports raises million$$$+
Skyports has announced that ACS Group has made a substantial equity investment in the company, becoming the largest investor in the firm. ACS Group, which in 2023 generated revenue of $39 billion, has invested via its wholly owned infrastructure development/concessions ...
Rocket Lab updates ‘Beginning Of The Swarm’ mission for Korea’s KAIST and NASA’s ACS 3
This latest mission will see Rocket Lab perform multiple in-space engine burns to deploy two payloads to separate orbits several hundred kilometers apart. Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has set the launch window for its next Electron launch. The ...
SpaceX may have weather issues on Monday’s Starlink Group 6-53 launch
Starlink satellites before deployment. (Image credit: SpaceX) SpaceX's Falcon 9 is set to launch a batch of Starlink satellites into LEO from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral, for the Starlink mega-constellation, on Monday, April 22 from 3:40 - 7:40 ...
Global space defense + security investment — major growth trend over the coming decade
NovaSpace, formerly Euroconsult, is forecasting that the worldwide launch rate for defense and dual-use satellites will increase by 160% over the coming decade. NovaSpace estimates that worldwide government expenditures in space defense and security reached more than $58 billion, a ...
KP Labs releases 1st hyperspectral images processed by AI on-board the Intuition-1 satellite
KP Labs announces the successful capture of the first hyperspectral images by the Intuition-1 satellite, which provides detailed observations of the equatorial region. This development and onboard data processing supported by AI highlights a significant advancement in Earth observation capabilities, ...
Red Cat flies into an agreement with Sentien Robotics UAS
Red Cat Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: RCAT) has entered into a partnership with Sentien Robotics that will enable organizations using Sentien’s Hive UAS management platforms to deploy Teal Drones as part of a larger autonomous drone swarming strategy for mobile and fixed-position land, ...
Blackswan Space secures $$$ in pre-seed funding round
Since 2019, Blackswan Space has pioneered autonomous space technologies in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) and commercial partners. The company's Mission Design Simulator (MDS) enables customers to simulate complex spacecraft maneuvers for on-orbit servicing, object retrieval missions, space ...
SpaceX to launch Starlink satellite Group 6-53 on Monday
From Thursday, April 18 launch. Photo by Satnews captured from SpaceX video stream SpaceX's Falcon 9 is set to launch a batch of Starlink satellites into LEO from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral, for the Starlink mega-constellation, on Monday, ...
China launches new remote sensing satellite
China on Sunday launched a Long March-2D carrier rocket, placing a remote sensing satellite in space. The rocket blasted off at 7:45 am (Beijing Time) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern province of Sichuan and sent the ...
ABI Research: Global connectivity demands rapid growth of the satIoT Market
The satellite Internet of Things (satIoT) market is transforming remarkably, driven by technological advancements and an ever-increasing demand for global connectivity. As the world becomes more interconnected, the limitations of terrestrial networks become apparent, particularly in remote and underserved regions ...