NASA’s Double Asteroid DART Mission Launched By SpaceX
Photo of the SpaceX Falcon 9 launch of NASA's DART mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Image is courtesy of the company. NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the world’s first full-scale mission to test technology for defending Earth against ...
Maritime Launch Services First Payload Services Provider Is Nanoracks — Spaceport Nova Scotia Is ‘Unveiled’
Maritime Launch Services spaceport location in Canso, Nova Scotia, Canada. Maritime Launch Services, the owner of Canada’s first commercial spaceport, has announced that Nanoracks, a Voyager Space company and a leading, commercial, payload provider to the International Space Station (ISS), ...
Space Systems Command’s STP-3 Satellites Now Encapsulated Aboard ULA’s Atlas V 551 Launch Vehicle At Cape Canaveral AFS
Space Systems Command’s Space Test Program (STP)-3 integrated payload stack, containing STPSat-6 and EELV ESPA, or LDPE-1 space vehicles, were encapsulated on November 20 in preparation for mating with ULA’s Atlas V 551 launch vehicle Nov. 22 at Cape Canaveral ...
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Space & Satellite Professionals International Names 2021 Better Satellite World Award Recipients
The Space & Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) have announced the recipients of the seventh annual Better Satellite World Awards. The awards honor established companies along with disruptive innovators who make the world a more prosperous, healthier, better-educated, sustainable and inclusive ...
The Italian Space Agency’s GNSS Frame Network Construction Is Completed
Construction of the New National GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) Frame Network of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) has been completed. This infrastructure is of vital importance in providing up-to-date, accurate, geodetic information for the scientific community and professional and ...
Rocket Lab’s Exclusive License From Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory To Manufacture Space Radio Technology
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), provider of launch services and space systems, announced it has entered into an exclusive license agreement with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) to commercialize near and deep ...
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NIC4 Acquires Knight Sky LLC
NIC4, a division of Network Innovations, Inc., has acquired U.S. government contractor Knight Sky LLC. — this acquisition will enhance the development and delivery of agile, secure and mission critical connectivity solutions for the collective clients of each organization. NIC4 ...
Northrop Grumman Australia Teams With Inmarsat To Develop Australia’s Future MILSATCOM Capabilities
Northrop Grumman Australia (NYSE: NOC) will partner with Inmarsat to develop an agile, resilient and sovereign satellite communications (SATCOM) capability to support the future joint force and protect Australia’s strategic interests in response to the JP9102 Australian Defence Satellite Communication ...
The First Counter-Hypersonic Interceptor To Be Developed By Raytheon M&D For The Missile Defense Agency
Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) business, has been selected by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) as one of the companies to develop and test the first interceptor specifically designed to defeat hypersonic threats. A conceptual design ...
Military GNSS Anti-Jamming Technologies To Change The Course Of EW Supremacy
The shift from PNT data supremacy to a decisive factor for electronic warfare makes Military GNSS Anti-jamming systems acquire many new tools and technologies. Military GNSS Anti-jamming technology has taken conventional military operations to the next level and has uplifted ...
The First APAC Ka-Band Mobile Backhaul Service Debuts From Kacific Broadband Svcs
Kacific Broadband Satellites has introduced the first Ka-band Mobile Backhaul service for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and telecom operators in Southeast Asia and the Pacific — this will allow operators to extend their network’s range in remote and difficult areas and ...
Ursa Space’s New Vice President
Morten Hagland Hansen Ursa Space has appointed and industry veteran Morten Hagland Hansen as Vice President of Energy & Maritime. The newly created sales position furthers Ursa Space’s plans for continued growth and commitment to the development of satellite-derived data ...
The DoD’s Pivot To LEO Smallsats Has Analysts Predicting A Commercial Satellite Industry Boon
The U.S. Military’s strategic “Pivot to LEO” plan to implement a global mesh network of optically connected satellites in LEO will be a significant growth driver for the commercial satellite industry, according to a newly released report by Quilty Analytics, ...
