ULA’s day L-4 update as first crewed Boeing Starliner ready to carry astronauts to ISS
An Atlas V N22 rocket will launch Boeing's Starliner on CFT. Photo by United Launch Alliance Everything continues to progress towards the ULA Atlas V launch carrying the first crewed Boeing Starliner spacecraft for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP). The ...
SpaceX launches Maxar’s WorldView mission from California, and another SpaceX Starlink to launch from Florida hours later
Photo captured by Satnews from SpaceX video stream. On Thursday, May 2 at 11:36 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched the Maxar 1 mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The ...
SDA awards an eight satellites build for the FOO Fighter program
Artistic rendition is courtesy of Millennium Space Systems. The Space Development Agency (SDA) has issued an award using Other Transaction Authority (OTA) with a total potential value of approximately $414 million to build eight satellites, for launch in first quarter fiscal ...
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Arianespace Vega C plans for an ESA SMILE in 2025
The Vega C will launch the SMILE (Solar-wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer) mission for the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). SMILE is designed to study the Earth’s magnetic environment, specifically its interaction with solar ...
TESAT + MPB Communications demo 100 Gbps LEO to GEO optical data transmission @ 40 W optical power in lab venue
TESAT and MPB Communications took an important milestone to a new performance level of optical LEO to GEO data relays: The companies successfully demonstrated a 100 Gigabit per second (Gbps) data transmission at 40 W optical output power over a ...
Spirent announces PNT X – the next generation test solution for PNT
Spirent Communications plc (LSE:SPT) has unveiled PNT X, the company's next-generation positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) simulation system. Designed to deliver unprecedented performance and flexibility in PNT simulation and testing, PNT X offers the highest fidelity and most signal sources in a single test ...
AgEagle announces million$ UAV sale to the French Army
AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc. (NYSE American: UAVS) has secured the firm's largest single purchase order to date to deliver 40 eBee VISION systems, and nine other eBees, including drones, sensors, datalinks, and control stations — the order was placed by ...
Slingshot Aerospace report reveals increasing risks of operating in space
Slingshot Aerospace, Inc. has released their inaugural State of Satellite Deployments & Orbital Operations report that examines the evolution of the satellite market through the lens of the satellite lifecycles from launch to end of life. The report was compiled based on ...
Kuva Space awarded €1.8 million contract to join ESA’s Civil Security from Space Program
Kuva Space has been awarded a €1.8 million contract to participate in the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Civil Security from Space (CSS) program to provide advanced hyperspectral situational awareness information for monitoring and mitigating civil security and crisis events. Within ...
Airbus to expand the company’s Earth Observation constellation with Pléiades Neo Next
Airbus has launched the Pléiades Neo Next program to expand its very high resolution Earth observation constellation. This new program will result in new satellite assets and capabilities, including enhanced native resolution. As a first step of Pléiades Neo Next, ...
Spire Global secures multi-million$ deal with financial firm for weather forecasts
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) has entered into a multi-million-dollar deal with a financial firm to provide the firm's High-Resolution Weather Forecast model, which offers a six-day outlook powered by proprietary data collected from space, and develop an AI-powered model ...
Umbra Advances to Phase II of the DARPA DRIFT program
Umbra has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to progress to Phase II of the Distributed Radar Image Formation Technology (DRIFT) program. This significant milestone underscores Umbra's pivotal role in advancing cutting-edge capabilities for DARPA's mission ...
NASA sets coverage for Dragon spacecraft relocation on ISS
The SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft pictured from the International Space Station. Photo is courtesy of NASA. In preparation for the arrival of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test (read this news item), four crew members aboard the ISS will relocate the SpaceX ...