HyImpulse launches the SR75 rocket from Southern Launch’s Koonibba Test Range
Photo of the SR75 rocket launch, courtesy of the companies. HyImpulse successfully launched their SR75 rocket from Southern Launch’s Koonibba Test Range, Australia, in a milestone achievement for commercial launch capabilities in Australia. The SR75 rocket is one of the ...
ULA’s Boeing Starliner launch for NASA astronauts delayed again adding to the $1.5 billion over budget
An Atlas V N22 rocket will launch Boeing's Starliner on CFT. Photo by United Launch Alliance Starliner's mission carrying two NASA astronauts had been scheduled for liftoff from Florida last week until a technical issue with its Atlas 5 rocket ...
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 ...
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UK MOD selects L3Harris T4 eobots for explosive ordnance disposal missions
The U.K. Ministry of Defence (MOD) has selected L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) for an $18 million contract to deliver up to 50 medium-sized T4™ explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) robots to defeat explosive threats located within confined urban spaces. The contract includes providing ...
Forrester’s Digest: EchoStar “…bankruptcy the most likely outcome.”
EchoStar, the Charlie Ergen-owned pay-TV and satellite operator, is struggling. CEO Hamid Akhavan told analysts in the company’s post-results call with analysts that the company has $1.98 billion of debt maturing in November of 2024, and is forecasting negative cash ...
SpaceX’s successful Sunday Starlink satellites Mother’s day launch despite geomagnetic solar storm
Photo captured on Sunday, May 12, by Satnews from SpaceX video stream. It was textbook perfect as SpaceX's Falcon 9 blasted off at 8:53 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on Sunday, May 12, 2024 despite ...
RKA joins the Satcoms Innovation Group (SIG)
The Satcoms Innovation Group (SIG) recently announced that ARKA Group, L.P. has joined the group as a full member — ARKA is a foundational mission partner providing innovative capabilities that enable the next generation of space operations. SIG is a membership organization aiming ...
NASA inspector alarmed by extensive damage to heatshield of astronaut moon vehicle
The capsule took a beating during its trip to the Moon. Image by NASA In November 2022, NASA launched its first uncrewed Moon-orbiting mission, Artemis I — kicking off the agency's greater ambitions to return humans to the lunar surface ...
GA-ASI developing new ABAD pod for battlefield awareness + defense
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is working with the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) to develop a new Airborne Battlespace Awareness and Defense (ABAD) capability. The new ABAD pod is being developed for the GA-ASI-supplied MQ-9A Block 5 Medium-Altitude, ...
Portal Space Systems receives million$+ 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, ...