UPDATE Boeing, ULA and NASA team up for Starliner’s “closeout processes and flight rationale” to launch astronauts on May 25
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft aboard is seen on the launch pad illuminated by spotlights at Space Launch Complex 41 on Sunday, May 5, 2024. Photo Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky New information in the process ...
HyImpulse launches the SR75 rocket from Southern Launch’s Koonibba Test Range
Photo of the SR75 rocket launch, courtesy of the companies. HyImpulse successfully launched their SR75 rocket from Southern Launch’s Koonibba Test Range, Australia, in a milestone achievement for commercial launch capabilities in Australia. The SR75 rocket is one of the ...
Terran Orbital awarded subcontract from Lockheed Martin for SDA’s T2TL
Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP) has been selected by Lockheed Martin to produce 18 satellite buses for that firm's recent Space Development Agency (SDA) Tranche 2 (T2) Tracking Layer contract. Lockheed Martin will provide the SDA with 16 wide field-of-view ...
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WTA will release report The Year of the NGOSs free for WTA members
WTA will be releasing its newest research report, The Year of the NGOSs later this month. The report will be free for WTA Members and available for purchase by others. By the end of 2023, Starlink estimated that it had more than 2 million ...
EchoStar awarded a U.S. Navy contract to provide 5G smart devices + services for DoD + others
EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS) has been awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract as part of the U.S. Naval Supply Systems Command Spiral 4 wireless products and services purchasing program. EchoStar subsidiaries Hughes Network Systems and Boost Mobile will provide ...
Artemis Accords reach 40 signatories as NASA welcomes Lithuania
A milestone has been reached as Lithuania became the 40th nation to join NASA and the international coalition in pursuit of safer space exploration by signing the Artemis Accords. Aušrinė Armonaitė, Lithuanian Minister of Economy and Innovation, signs the Artemis Accords ...
AcubeSAT team travel to ESA ESEC for intense Environmental Test Campaign
AcubeSAT is a team participating in the third edition of Fly Your Satellite!, an ESA program that supports university students to design, build, launch, and even operate their own satellites. Screenshot AcubeSAT is a SpaceDot project, run by a multidisciplinary ...
The Exploration Company hires U.S. Operations VP lead
The Exploration Company has appointed Mark Kirasich as the VP of U.S. Operations. Mark Kirasich brings with him a wealth of experience and expertise that will further strengthen the company's position in the industry, especially for the NASA certification of ...
NASA’s Starliner Launch Facing ‘Disaster,’ Contractor Warns
After the initial launch for Boeing’s Starliner was scrapped last week due to a leaky valve, NASA could be looking to give it another go later this week. But one contractor is surprisingly and publicly asking the agency to reconsider ...
Blue Origin’s New Shepard’s crewed NS-25 mission targets a May 19th liftoff
Blue Origin has announced the the company's seventh human flight, NS-25, will lift off from Launch Site One in West Texas on Sunday, May 19th. The launch window opens at 8:30 AM CDT / 1330 UTC and the webcast at ...
SpaceX to launch NROL146 on a secret mission to “increase timeliness of access, diversity of communication paths and enhance our resilience”
. #NROL146 is scheduled to launch on a @SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base (@SLDelta30) May 19! This is the first launch of NRO's proliferated architecture, delivering critical space-based ISR to the nation. This is the first ...
ISS National Lab announces up to $750,000 in funding for LEO Tech development
The MISSE Flight Facility, a commercially available orbital research facility that resides externally onboard the ISS, offers researchers the ability to test concepts in the extreme environment of space.Image courtesy of NASA. The International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory is ...
ULA’s Boeing Starliner launch for NASA astronauts delayed again adding to the $1.5 billion over budget
An Atlas V N22 rocket will launch Boeing's Starliner on CFT. Photo by United Launch Alliance Starliner's mission carrying two NASA astronauts had been scheduled for liftoff from Florida last week until a technical issue with its Atlas 5 rocket ...