SpaceX may launch fourth flight test of Starship by June 5
Life's a beach SpaceX is ready to send off Starship 4 The fourth flight test of Starship could launch as soon as June 5, pending an updated Federal Aviation Administration license and regulatory approval. A live webcast of the flight ...
SpaceX’s hat trick succeeds with two same-day launches and one today on 5th anniversary of first Starlink launch
Photo captured on Thursday, May 23, by Satnews from SpaceX video stream. SpaceX Falcon 9 launched 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 10:45 p.m. ET. This was ...
NASA ‘indefinitely grounds’ Boeing’s Starliner launch with astronauts
The first astronaut mission aboard Boeing's Starliner is indefinitely grounded. NASA announced that the Starliner will not launch on May 25, which was the latest date given as the launch date kept moving further out with no explanation. However, the ...
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SpaceX’s second launch in under 24 on two coasts
Photo captured on Wednesday, May 22, by Satnews from SpaceX video stream. SpaceX sent another batch of 23 Starlink smallsats off on May 22 aboard Falcon 9 to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center ...
ST Engineering iDirect’s SKYflow wins Show Product of the Year at 2024 NAB
ST Engineering iDirect announces its SKYflow ecosystem solution is a winner under the Hardware Infrastructure category in the 2024 NAB Show Product of the Year Awards. This awards program recognizes some of the most significant and promising new products and ...
Infostellar working on new SATCOM gateway at the Taiki Ground Station
Infostellar recently started construction of a new SATCOM gateway at its Taiki Japan ground station in support of an unnamed satellite internet connectivity provider. In addition to this new gateway in Taiki, Infostellar is also the provider of GSaaS services ...
DoD extends Sidus Space + L3Harris Mentor-Protégé Program
Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIDU) announced that the Department of Defense (DoD) Mentor-Protégé Program (MPP) relationship with L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) has been extended for an additional year. The DoD Mentor-Protégé Program was designed to foster partnerships between established defense contractors ...
NASA’s Heliophysics experiment to study Sun on European mission
NASA's Science Mission Directorate Heliophysics Division studies the nature of the Sun, and how it influences the very nature of space – and, in turn, the atmospheres of planets and the technology that exists there. Image: NASA. NASA has selected ...
NASA selects BAE Systems to develop ocean color instrument for NOAA
NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected BAE Systems to develop an instrument to analyze ocean data as part of NOAA’s Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) satellite program. This cost-plus-award-fee contract is valued at approximately ...
Inmarsat launches NexusWave maritime comms network service
Inmarsat Maritime, a Viasat company, has launched NexusWave, a fully managed connectivity service underpinned by a ‘bonded’ multi-dimensional network, offering high-speed connectivity, unlimited data, global coverage, and ‘secure by design’ infrastructure. Delivered by a single provider, NexusWave is a fully ...
Yahsat’s Abu Dhabi teleport awarded Tier 4 Certification from the WTA
Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (ADX: YAHSAT) has announced that their Abu Dhabi Teleport has been awarded the World Teleport Association’s (WTA) Tier 4 Certification. WTA is the only trade association for the satellite communications sector. By presenting Tier 4 ...
iDirect Government to build 5G co-channel interference mitigation prototype for DIU
iDirect Government (iDirectGov) has won a contract with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to build an operational 5G co-channel interference mitigation solution prototype, leveraging iDirectGov’s Communication Signal Interference Removal (CSIR™) technology. The award builds momentum for the recently established iDirectGov Engineering ...
UPDATE SpaceX schedules Wednesday to launch NROL146 on a secret mission
SpaceX is now targeting Wednesday, May 22 for a Falcon 9 launch of the NROL-146 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Liftoff is aimed for 1:00 a.m. PT, with backup opportunities ...