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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Spire’s satellite constellation to be protected by Neuraspace’s Space Traffic Management solution
Spire will deploy Neuraspace’s Space Traffic Management (STM) platform to its constellation of 100+ multipurpose satellites — all satellites will be monitored using Neuraspace’s software. This combined setup allows Spire to track and monitor potential conjunctions across its constellation and, ...
ST Engineering iDirect names USSI Global as the firm’s North American Broadcast Gold partner
USSI Global has announced that the company has achieved the ST Engineering iDirect 2024 North America Gold Partner status for their broadcast division. USSI Global will manage sales, customer service and technical support for ST Engineering iDirect broadcast solutions in the United ...
Vyoma secures million€€ from European Investment Fund-backed space fund
Vyoma has successfully secured additional capital from a dedicated space fund backed by the European Investment Fund (EIF). The EIF is an International financial institution owned by the European Investment Bank and the European Union that supports disruptive technologies through ...
Mercury Systems receives L3Harris contract for SDA’s T2TL constellation
Mercury Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY) has been awarded a $31 million contract from L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) to provide solid-state data recorders for the U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)’s Tranche 2 Tracking Layer satellite constellation. Artistic rendition of of L3Harris' ...
SpaceX’s Friday Starlink smallsats launch sets multiple records
Photo by Satnews captured from SpaceX video stream SpaceX successfully launched 23 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral at 9:40 EDT. This was also a record for the first time that a Falcon 9 first-stage booster has flown for the 20th ...
Viasat’s highly advanced London office focuses on tech innovation and scaling execution
Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), provider of satellite communications, opened its highly advanced International Business Headquarters in London. As part of Viasat’s focus to streamline operations and drive synergies to better serve its global mobility and government customer base, the company has ...
ATLAS Space Operations proves operational hybrid space architecture capability
ATLAS Space Operations recently completed the successful operational integration of a Department of Defense (DoD) antenna through ATLAS’ Freedom Software Platform – demonstrating true hybrid network capability. Hybrid Space Architecture (HSA) has long been a sought-after capability. This technology allows ...
Sidus Space announces 2nd agreement with HEO
Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIDU) announced during the recent Space Symposium in Colorado Springs that the company finalized an additional agreement with HEO, a leading provider of non-Earth imaging (“NEI”) and data, for NEI payload and data services. Under the ...
Rocket Lab returns previously flown Electron to production line in prep for 1st Reflight
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has returned a previously flown Electron rocket first stage tank into the Electron production line for the first time in preparation for reflying the stage — this step is a significant milestone in Rocket ...
Russia successfully launches Angara A5 rocket on third attempt
The Angara A5 heavy-lift rocket. Roscosmos Russia successfully launched its Angara A5 space rocket from the Vostochny Cosmodrome on Thursday afternoon after two aborted liftoff attempts earlier this week. The heavy-lift rocket was initially scheduled for launch on Tuesday at ...