SpaceX’s successful Wednesday Starlink satellite launch but No-Go for Maxar’s WorldView mission
Photo by Satnews captured from SpaceX video stream On Wednesday, April 17 at 5:26 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A beautiful Florida ...
SpaceX launches DoD’s next-generation operational environmental intelligence satellite
SpaceX launches USSF-62 mission Thursday. Photo by Satnews captured from SpaceX video stream On Thursday, April 11 at 7:25 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched the USSF-62 mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space ...
Astranis’ next generation product: Omega
Astranis has announced Omega which, according to the company, is pound-for-pound the most powerful communications satellite for a GEO satellite to ever offer, with more than over 50 Gbps in a smallsat form factor, with expectations for launch in 2026 ...
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SpaceX to have 2 launches on Wednesday of Starlink smallsats and Maxar WorldView Legion 1 & 2
SpaceX launches 23 Starlink on Wednesday, April 10. Photo by Satnews captured from SpaceX video stream A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Starlink 6-51 mission on Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at 9:24 PM (UTC) from LC-39AKennedy Space Center Florida, ...
KYOCERA AVX’s new 49,000 sq ft facility for high tech, low noise quartz crystal frequency control products
KYOCERA AVX, a global manufacturer of advanced electronic components engineered to accelerate technological innovation and build a better future, recently hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for KYOCERA AVX Components Corporation (Erie)’s new manufacturing and design center for high-quality, low-noise quartz crystal ...
SpaceX to launch Maxar WorldView Legion 1 & 2 mission for leading resolution and accuracy
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the WorldView Legion 1 & 2 mission on Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at 6:30 PM (UTC). WorldView Legion is a constellation of Earth observation satellites built and operated by Maxar. Constellation is planned to ...
NASA’s newest Artemis Accords signatory is Switzerland
Swiss Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin, right, shakes hands with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, after signing the Artemis Accords, Monday, April 15, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Switzerland is the 37th country to sign ...
Intelsat signs two major broadcast managed services deals in Latin America
Intelsat has signed agreements with two of the biggest names in broadcasting in Latin America — MVS Television (Mexico) and Caracol Television (Colombia) — to manage broadcast distribution services. Under the agreement with MVS Television, the company will send content ...
Leidos awarded million$$$ U.S. Army C5ISR + COTS systems task order
Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) was recently awarded a follow-on prime contract to provide the U.S. Army with technology-enabled services, including hardware sustainment, modernization, refresher training, and logistics support. The Responsive Strategic Sourcing for Services (RS3), indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) task order, has ...
Office of Space Commerce has released their Vision for Global SSA Coordination document
The Office of Space Commerce envisions that, in the future, there will be a global, coordinated system of space situational awareness (SSA) providers, with a series of national or regional hubs providing SSA information and services to spacecraft operators. Read ...
Aerospacelab acquires AMOS
Aerospacelab has acquired AMOS, known for their opto-mechanical systems that are widely used in space, astronomy and other industries. With a unique approach to vertical integration, this acquisition will reinforce Aerospacelab and AMOS’ market reach and product offerings throughout the ...
SSC awards Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) contracts
The United States Space Force (USSF)’s Space Systems Command (SSC)’s Space Safari Program Office, in partnership with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and SpaceWERX, is awarding contracts to two separate space industry vendors. The vendors will exercise a realistic threat ...
USSPACECOM, NATO leaders affirm cooperation at Space Symposium
U.S. Space Command and fellow NATO spacefaring nations reaffirmed their ironclad commitment to the safety and stability of the space domain throughout Space Symposium that was in session from April 8-11, 2024. Leaders within USSPACECOM met with foreign senior leaders ...