US, UK, Australia announce trilateral Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability initiative
The United States, United Kingdom and Australia have announced a trilateral initiative called the Capability following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding in September. The new program is designed to provide 24/7, all-weather capabilities that will increase the ability ...
SpaceX’s two launches in a weekend and plans for Falcon Heavy’s test for U.S. Space Force
Making for a a busy weekend, on Saturday, December 2 at 11:00 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The Starlink 6-31 ...
UPDATE: Lift-off for EIRSAT-1, Ireland’s first ever satellite
UPDATE: Six years of hard work and dedication paid off in spectacular fashion today, as the Educational Irish Research Satellite, EIRSAT-1, successfully blasted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Hitching a ride on a Space-X Falcon-9 launcher, the tiny ...
Today On Satnews
Marlink adds Starlink + Eutelsat OneWeb to PONANT hybrid network for 1st triple LEO North Pole service
Marlink has completed the integration of Starlink and Eutelsat OneWeb LEO internet services on PONANT’s Le Commandant Charcot, the world’s only luxury icebreaker, to provide all three LEO solutions for the ship’s polar itineraries. The installation is the first in the ...
Smiths Interconnect awarded million£ in funding from the UK Space Agency
Smiths Interconnect has received £1,907,065 in funding from the UK Space Agency through its Space Clusters Infrastructure Fund (SCIF) — this funding will be used by Smiths Interconnect to enhance the company's Space Qualification Laboratory, a cutting-edge facility in Dundee, ...
Lockheed Martin selected for USSF OPIR ODETT prototype development
National Security Technology Accelerator (NSTXL), manager of the Space Systems Command (SSC) Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC) program, has announced the award of the Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) Data Exploitation Technology Transition (ODETT) to Lockheed Martin Corporation. Lockheed Martin will receive ...
TESAT delivers 1st SDA TRANCHE 1 optical comms terminal to Lockheed Martin
TESAT has delivered the first SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer Optical Communication Terminals (OCTs) to Lockheed Martin. The OCTs are now in place for integration on 42 smallsats that Lockheed Martin is building for the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche ...
UK aims to join Atlantic Constellation with funding for a new EO smallsat
Recently, the United Kingdom (UK) announced that the nation is joining Portugal and Spain as a member of the Atlantic Constellation and is contributing a new pathfinder satellite designed and built by a UK-based company to add to the innovative ...
Russia’s Progress MS-25 resupply ship launches to space station
The Russian Progress cargo ship launched at 4:25 a.m. EST (0925 GMT). (Image credit: NASA) BAIKONUR COSMODROME /Kazakhstan/, December 1. /TASS/. A Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with the Progress MS-25 resupply ship blasted off from the Baikonur spaceport to the International ...
Implementing DoD’s Replicator Initiative to accelerate all-domain attributable autonomous systems to warfighters at speed + scale
In August, Department of Defense (DoD) Deputy Secretary of Defense, Kathleen Hicks, announced the Replicator initiative, a DoD-wide process to accelerate the delivery of innovative capabilities to warfighters at speed and scale. In its first iteration, Replicator focuses on improving ...
GlobalSat Group partners with Rivada to bring The OuterNET™ to LATAM
Globalsat Group is partnering with Rivada Space Networks to provide access to a next-generation data network for customers in the energy, government, NGO, agriculture, utilities and transportation sectors throughout the Americas and beyond. Globalsat offers mobile and other satellite services ...
Tata Advanced Systems + Satellogic Sign strategic contract to build satellites in India
Tata Advanced Systems Limited (“TASL”) and Satellogic Inc. (NASDAQ: SATL) are collaborating to establish and develop local space technology capabilities in India — this collaboration is a first step in TASL’s satellite strategy and a significant milestone for Satellogic as ...
Russian Progress MS-25 (86P) Soyuz 2.1a launch on Friday
Soyuz 2.1a is starting its Progress MS-16 mission (Credit: ROSCOSMOS) Russia's Progress MS-25 is an uncrewed spacecraft that will deliver 1,535 kg of resource equipment and tools, experiment setups, clothing, and provisions for the ISS crew. Additionally Progress will carry ...
