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 ...
SpaceX’s ‘two in two’ a success with 23 Starlink smallsats including 13 Direct to Cell
Photo captured on Thursday, May 9, by Satnews from SpaceX video stream. A one day delay didn't put a damper on the plan to launch two sets of SpaceX Starlinks. On Thursday night from Vandenberg AFB Falcon 9 hoisted the ...
ULA’s UPDATE valve vibration and launching NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test to ISS
NASA's statement regarding the scrub indicated that the two astronauts flying the CFT mission, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, will remain at the Kennedy Space Center in pre-flight quarantine for this latest delay. The delay enables United Launch Alliance to ...
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SpaceX’s successful first of a two part series as 23 Starlink smallsats soar, and launch part two includes 13 dedicated Direct to Cell
Photo captured on Wednesday, May 8, by Satnews from SpaceX video stream. Despite a few delays it was another success for SpaceX's Falcon 9 with the launch of 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in ...
Sidus Space is a now a team member on the Intuitive Machines LTV Services contract
Sidus Space (NASDAQ: SIDU) is now a teammate on the NASA Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services (LTVS) contract that was awarded to the Intuitive Machines-led Moon Reusable Autonomous Crewed Exploration Rover (RACER) team that was announced last month. This contract represents ...
ULA’s UPDATE: NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test targets new launch date
NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test now is targeted to launch no earlier than 6:16 p.m. EDT Friday, May 17, to the International Space Station. Following a thorough data review completed on Tuesday, United Launch Alliance decided to remove and replace ...
NAL Research merges with Blue Sky Network delivering enhanced SATCOM
NAL Research announces a merger with Blue Sky Network aimed at delivering enhanced satellite communications (SATCOM), mobile communications, and assured position, navigation, and timing (APNT) solutions to customers worldwide. The merger will unite both companies under NAL Research, leveraging their respective strengths ...
Rocket Lab completes Archimedes engine build + initiates engine test campaign
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has completed the first full assembly of the company's Archimedes engine, the new 3D printed, reusable, rocket engine for the firm’s Neutron medium lift launch vehicle — Rocket Lab has now begun an intensive ...
SpaceX has another ‘two fer two’ launches on two coasts same day including 13 Direct to Cell sats
SpaceX will be busy Wednesday May 8 with two launches same day from two coasts. The first launch, timewise, is from Florida's Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff is targeted for 11:00 a.m. with ...
RTX’s advanced ground system for space-based missile warning is now operational
An advanced ground system for space-based missile warning developed by Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, is now operational at the U.S. Space Force's Overhead Persistent Infrared Battlespace Awareness Center (OBAC). The Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution Mission Data Processing ...
Assured Space wins AFWERX’s $1.25M contract to advance Space Domain Awareness for Department of the Air Force
Assured Space Access, Inc. has been selected by AFWERX for an SBIR Phase II $1.25M contract focused on sensor technologies to advance Space Domain Awareness and delivering solutions to address the most pressing challenges in the Department of the Air ...
SES’s O3b mPOWER system launches service via Gilat’s SkyEdge IV platform
SkyEdge IV – the industry’s first MEO-GEO system – enables O3b mPOWER software-driven constellation to deliver serviceswith unparalleled flexibility and scale Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq: GILT, TASE: GILT) has announced that the firm's SkyEdge IV platform is enabling SES’s O3b mPower System to ...
Strategic agreements integrate Topcon GNSS tech into Bentley Systems + Worldsensing solutions
Last month, Topcon Positioning Systems announced strategic agreements with Bentley Systems and Worldsensing to integrate the the firm's advanced GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) technology into the companies’ innovative software and connectivity solutions. As part of this agreement with Bentley ...