Satnews Perspectives Video Interview with Curt Blake, CEO, Spaceflight
Curt Blake is the CEO of Spaceflight’s launch services group and previously served as SVP and General Counsel. Curt has led efforts to expand Spaceflight’s global network of launch service providers while building relationships with key commercial-, civilian- and defense-related ...
Welcome Home, Astronauts Behnken + Hurley
The SpaceX Dragon capsule as the craft approaches splashdown into the Gulf of Mexico.All imagery is courtesy of NASA TV. The SpaceX Dragon capsule with astronauts Behnken and Hurley aboard has completed its descent from space and into the Gulf ...
China’s BeiDou Satellite Navigation System Is Live
Artistic rendition of China's BeiDou-3 satellite, courtesy of CCTV. China has formally launched their BeiDou navigation satellite system which is planned to to rival America's GPS constellation and and provide independent navigation structure for that nation's military. Xi Jinping Chinese ...
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Space Dynamics Laboratory Building Smallsat Radios For NASA JANUS Mission
The Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) announced during the Small Satellite Conference that the company was recently awarded a contract for two smallsat radios for a NASA asteroid mission — the contract value has not been disclosed. Making long-distance calls from ...
Benchmark Space Systems Integrating Tesseract Space IPs For Non-Toxic Propulsion Systems
Benchmark Space Systems has concluded a permanent licensing partnership to integrate Tesseract Space intellectual property, assets, and staff to elevate Benchmark’s major expansion in the development, deployment and support of its exclusively non-toxic chemical propulsion solutions for global rideshare markets ...
Spaceflight + Benchmark Space Engage In An Exclusive Services Agreement
Benchmark Space Systems has announced an exclusive services agreement with Spaceflight Inc. to provide a full range of non-toxic, chemical propulsion solutions that are designed to accelerate satellite rideshare deployments to prime orbital locations aboard the company's next-generation Sherpa orbital ...
Peraton Wins Systems Development + Mission Capability Contracts Worth $Millions
Peraton has been awarded multiple new and expanded contracts for systems development and mission capability integration. The contracts—worth approximately $188 million—support U.S. government customers leading high-consequence national missions spanning multiple warfighting domains. Peraton supports some of the nation’s most important ...
SES Going With ULA Atlas V For C-Band Satellites Launch
SES has selected United Launch Alliance (ULA) to launch two C-band satellites — this launch is part of the company’s accelerated C-band clearing plan to meet the Federal Communications Commission’s objectives to roll out 5G services in the United States ...
Orbital Transports’ Space Catalog Adds Two To Partner Network
EnduroSat has joined the Orbital Transports partner network and will make their cubesat products and services available through the Space Catalog. EnduroSat products include cubesat platforms ranging from 1U to 6U; transmitters, receivers, and antennas for UHF, S-band and X-band ...
Northrop Grumman Completes Delta Critical Design Review of EPS-R CAPS Program
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) announces the successful completion of a delta Critical Design Review (dCDR) with the U.S. Space Force for the Enhanced Polar System Recapitalization (EPS-R) Control and Planning Segment (CAPS) program. “The successful completion of this milestone ...
Brokerage Agreement Signed By Southern Launch + HOSTmi
An online B2B platform to facilitate the matching of payloads with available launch capacity has been developed by German IT company HOSTmi GmbH. This enables the hosting of payloads across a diverse range of space platforms globally, including orbital, sub-orbital ...
Xiphos Reveals Their New Space Processor Board For SDR Applications
Xiphos Q8 processor. Xiphos Systems Corporation (“Xiphos”) is announcing the Q8J, the company's latest generation of space processor boards, designed specifically to support advanced Software Defined Radio (SDR) applications. The Q8J extends the capability of the popular Xiphos Q8 processor, ...
Thales Alenia Space and OHB System are Partners to Build Copernicus CO2M Satellites
Thales Alenia Space, and OHB System have determined the count and the amount of a major project. Thales Alenia Space has signed a €72 million first tranche contract with OHB System, prime contractor of the project, to develop the payload ...
