ULA’s Starliner in countdown mode and Status Check for first human launch of NASA astronauts Wilmore and Williams to ISS
Atlas V will launch Boeing's Starliner with two NASA astronauts on the Crew Flight Test mission. Photo by United Launch Alliance Wednesday was busy again with the responsibilities and plans for United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket's launch on ...
SpaceX views Worldview launch for Maxar 1 mission Thursday
Unrivaled accuracy, agility and collection capacity. This high-resolution constellation offers customers around the globe affordable access to the highest quality view of their world. SpaceX is targeting Thursday, May 2 for launch of the Maxar 1 mission to orbit from ...
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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Gravitics Awarded USSF contract for Tactically Responsive (TacRS) space development
Gravitics, Inc. has been awarded a $1.7 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Direct-to-Phase II contract from SpaceWERX. In partnership with Space Systems Command’s Space Safari Program Office, this effort will focus on a new mission area for Gravitics, TacRS. Under ...
Hughes opens a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility + private 5G incubation center
Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), an EchoStar company (Nasdaq: SATS), has opened a cutting-edge manufacturing facility and private 5G incubation center in Germantown, Maryland. The Hughes Manufacturing Facility (EXM) produces U.S.-made hardware that powers the networks on which people, enterprises, ...
SpaceX’s update for Galileo L12 Mission the first of two Florida launches this weekend
SpaceX is targeting Saturday, April 27 at 8:34 p.m. ET for a Falcon 9 launch of the European Commission’s Galileo L12 mission to medium Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. If needed, there ...
Red Cat passes field testing with Doodle Labs vs. EW tech in Ukraine
Red Cat Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: RCAT) has successfully passed electronic warfare (EW) testing in Ukraine with Doodle Labs. The successful test is part of a continuous innovation cycle that began in May of 2023 with a partnership between the companies for the ...
AFWERX Director discusses role of tech startups, quick innovation in Great Power Competition
AFWERX, the Department of the Air Force’s innovation arm, met with technologists, startups and venture capitalists at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, earlier this year to discuss national and global security challenges and the role AFWERX plays in acquiring ...
Cobham Satcom SAILOR XTR VSAT contract agreement with China TranTech
Cobham Satcom and China TranTech (China TranComm Technologies Co., Ltd.) have signed a strategic contract which includes the largest delivery of SAILOR XTR Ku VSAT antennas to the Chinese market so far, supported also by an extensive training and global ...
GL Communications’ NetSurveyorWeb™ comprehensive network surveillance system
GL Communications Inc., a provider in telecom test and measurement solutions, revealed their advanced network monitoring and surveillance system, NetSurveyorWeb™. Customized for IP, Wireless, and TDM networks, this platform provides comprehensive solutions to fulfill your monitoring requirements in any environment ...
UK’s Independent Regulatory Horizons Council unveils new recommendations for future regulation of space technologies
The United Kingdom's (UK) Regulatory Horizons Council (RHC) – an independent committee, sponsored by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology – has published a report on the future regulation of space technologies. The report includes 40 recommendations for the ...
NGO constellations redefine the HTS market — a Novaspace report
Non-geostationary orbit constellations redefining the High Throughput Satellites market landscapeHTS capacity demand doubled in 2023; expected to surpass 50 Tbps by 2032. Significant and ongoing transformations in the High Throughput Satellites (HTS) market are confirmed in the 7th edition of ...
EOMAP delivers water quality monitoring
With the newly released eoapp AQUA from EOMAP, authorities and industry can gain comprehensive satellite-based information on coastal and inland waters with a few mouse clicks. This cloud based solution offers an unprecedented wealth of data and a panoptic view ...