NASA’s Double Asteroid DART Mission Launched By SpaceX
Photo of the SpaceX Falcon 9 launch of NASA's DART mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Image is courtesy of the company. NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the world’s first full-scale mission to test technology for defending Earth against ...
Maritime Launch Services First Payload Services Provider Is Nanoracks — Spaceport Nova Scotia Is ‘Unveiled’
Maritime Launch Services spaceport location in Canso, Nova Scotia, Canada. Maritime Launch Services, the owner of Canada’s first commercial spaceport, has announced that Nanoracks, a Voyager Space company and a leading, commercial, payload provider to the International Space Station (ISS), ...
Space Systems Command’s STP-3 Satellites Now Encapsulated Aboard ULA’s Atlas V 551 Launch Vehicle At Cape Canaveral AFS
Space Systems Command’s Space Test Program (STP)-3 integrated payload stack, containing STPSat-6 and EELV ESPA, or LDPE-1 space vehicles, were encapsulated on November 20 in preparation for mating with ULA’s Atlas V 551 launch vehicle Nov. 22 at Cape Canaveral ...
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New Companies Join The Space Safety Coalition
The Space Safety Coalition (SSC) has doubled the number of space companies who have endorsed SSC’s set of best practices since the organization's inception in 2019, increasing to more than 50 global participants. The SSC is the first-of-its-kind, global, ad ...
Aegis Aerospace Awards STPSat-7 Smallsat Mission Power Systems To AAC Clyde Space
AAC Clyde Space AB has won an order from U.S.-based Aegis Aerospace to supply the Starbuck power systems and battery solutions, worth $500,000, for a satellite mission carried out on behalf of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). The mission, ...
UPDATE: The United Launch Alliance Launch Of USSF SSC’s STP-3 Mission Is Now Postponed Until December 5
A new launch date of December 5th for the USSF's STP-3 mission has had to be set by United Launch Alliance, due to inclement weather that occurred during the launch vehicle processing. An Atlas V launch, photo courtesy of United ...
SES, MDDIAI RK, RCSC, And AsiaNetCom Test High-Speed Connectivity In Remote Villages of Kazakhstan Via O3b Satellite Constellation
The demo is done in the framework of the country’s national project called “Technological breakthrough via digitalization, science and innovation”, that aims to bridge the digital divide. Residents of two remote Kazakhstan villages now benefit from unprecedented internet speeds via ...
Rocket Lab Launches Have The Support Of New Zealand’s Air Traffic Controllers
As Rocket Lab’s Electron rockets take off into space, New Zealand’s air traffic controllers are ensuring a safe passage through controlled airspace. Airways New Zealand, the country’s air navigation service provider, has supported Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket launches since 2017, ...
BSN’s World Trade Center Grand Prize For Sat Tech Expansion
World Trade Center San Diego (WTCSD) named Blue Sky Network, provider of satellite-based communications and fleet management solutions for aviation, maritime, and IoT customers, as the winner of the fifth year MetroConnect export accelerator program. Made possible through a grant ...
BlackSky’s Significant Constellation Expansion Plans For Real-Time Global Intelligence Demand
BlackSky's growing constellation provides enhanced situational awareness for commercial and government customers around the world. BlackSky’s (NYSE: BKSY) latest satellites reached orbit and delivered first insights within 14 hours of launch. The company’s constellation growth signals a return to space ...
MILSATCOM Solutions To Be Provided To The Irish Defence Forces By Marlink
Marlink has been awarded the contract to equip the Irish Defence Forces with a secure and reliable satellite connectivity solution for their global military missions. The agreement will see the country’s defence forces concentrate their communications infrastructure via the company's ...
LEOcloud and CommStar Space Communications Team to Provide Lunar Cloud Services – The Ultimate Edge
LEOcloud and CommStar announced they have executed a Memorandum of Understanding in which they will co-develop advanced cloud computing services for government and commercial customers in Cislunar, as well as around and on the lunar surface. The development of such ...
Space Data Association Names New Executive Director
The Space Data Association (SDA) has announced that Intelsat’s Joe Chan is now the Executive Director of the organization. Joe is Director of Flight Dynamics (FDS) at Intelsat and is succeeding Jean-Luc Froeliger representing Intelsat within the SDA — the ...
