U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command’s Next Two Northrop Grumman-Built GSSAP Satellites Launched To Geosynchronous Orbit By ULA
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command, together with United Launch Alliance and its mission partners, have launched the fifth and sixth Northrop Grumman-built Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) satellites aboard an Atlas V 551 launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral ...
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V Rocket Lifts The USSF-8 Mission To Orbit
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the USSF-8 mission for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command lifted off on January 21, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. EST, from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ...
Northrop Grumman-Built USSF Mission-8 Satellites Successfully Pushed To Orbit By ULA
Artistic rendition of the USSF SSC GSSAP-5 and GSSAP-6 satellites on-orbit. Image is courtesy of Northrop Grumann. Two Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) satellites were successfully launched into orbit on a United Launch ...
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AAC Clyde Space Receives Provisioning Order From Space Forge
AAC Clyde Space recently received an order from Space Forge to provide space products for a demonstration spacecraft designed to leverage the space environment for production and experiments, capable of performing multiple trips to space. The order follows an order ...
HAPS Connectivity Services Under Study By Airbus, NTT, DOCOMO + Sky Perfect JSAT
Airbus, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), NTT DOCOMO, INC. (DOCOMO) and SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (SKY Perfect JSAT) jointly announced that they have begun studying the feasibility of collaborating on future, high-altitude platform stations (HAPS)-based connectivity services as part ...
The SmallSat Symposium Silicon Valley 2022 Event Has More Exhibitors Than Ever Before Experienced
One of the more excellent announcements any company can broadcast is when they have surpassed a previous record or set a new milestone or completed a project with better than expected results. Such has now occurred for the annual SmallSat ...
Fieldfisher Advises Azercosmos’ Expansion Of Satellite Services For More Than 100 Million African Households
Azerspace-1 Fieldfisher guides Azercosmos on expanding its satellite services for over 100 million households across Africa. Fieldfisher LLP has advised Azercosmos on its agreement with the Malaysian operator “MEASAT SATELLITE SYSTEMS SDN. BHD” (MEASAT) for the Azerspace-1 satellite at 46 ...
Governor Abbott Announces $10 Million In Spaceport Trust Fund Grants
Governor Greg Abbott announced Spaceport Trust Fund grant awards of $5,000,000 to the Cameron County Spaceport Development Corporation and $5,000,000 to the Houston Spaceport Development Corporation. Administered by the Governor’s Office of Economic Development and Tourism, the Spaceport Trust Fund ...
EDA Activities To Reinforce EU Resilience With Secure Satcom For Defense — Euroconsult To Lead 3 Specific Activities
Due to significant changes in the political and security environment, the nature of threats to which the European Union is exposed, within its territory and beyond its borders, has considerably evolved in recent years. In order to perform critical missions, ...
Loft Orbital Signs Airbus To Build 15 Arrow Satellite Platforms
Airbus has been contracted to supply space start-up Loft Orbital with more than 15 satellite platforms derived from the Airbus Arrow platform, the foundational satellite platform of the OneWeb constellation. There are 394 Airbus Arrow platforms on-orbit for the OneWeb ...
Teaming Up: Mission Microwave + AST Microwave To Advance GaN SSAs For Teleports + Gateways
Mission Microwave Technologies, LLC, and AST Microwave, Inc. have drafted a teaming arrangement to help customers take advantage of Mission Microwave’s advanced Gallium Nitride (GaN) Solid State Amplifiers in teleports and gateways. The companies have worked closely to develop integrated, ...
DcubeD Reveals Successful Pin Puller Use In FOSSA Systems PocketPod Deployer To Release Six Smallsats Aboard Transporter-3
DcubeD’s ride to space was the Transporter-3 mission, SpaceX’s third, dedicated, smallsat rideshare mission, launched from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Approximately 1 hour after liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket, deployment of FOSSA Systems’ payload was ...
Success For NearSpace Launch’s Smallsat Orbit Acquisition Via Virgin Orbit’s Mission
NearSpace Launch Inc. (NSL) is celebrating their 3U smallsat launch by Virgin Orbit’s third operational mission, along with six other customers, on January 13, 2022. Photo of the GEARRS-3 cubesat, courtesy of the company. GEARRS is the third cubesat to ...
