NASA ‘indefinitely grounds’ Boeing’s Starliner launch with astronauts
The first astronaut mission aboard Boeing's Starliner is indefinitely grounded. NASA announced that the Starliner will not launch on May 25, which was the latest date given as the launch date kept moving further out with no explanation. However, the ...
UPDATE SpaceX launches NROL146 on next gen spy mission sending the first reconnaissance satellite constellation
The NROL146 launch was obscured with heavy fog early in the morning at Vandenberg. Photo captured on Wednesday, May 22, by Satnews from SpaceX video stream. On Wednesday, May 22 at 1:00 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched the NROL-146 mission ...
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 ...
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Terran Orbital joins the Mobile Satellite Services Association (MSSA)
Screenshot Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP) has joined the Mobile Satellite Services Association (MSSA), an industry effort to advance the development of Direct-to-Device (D2D) and IoT connectivity through an ecosystem of Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) providers that are committed to seamlessly ...
WISeKey’s WISeSat.Space satellite scheduled to launch in Q3 of 2024
WISeKey International Holding Ltd. (SIX: WIHN, NASDAQ: WKEY) has announced that, through its subsidiary WISeSat AG, their focus is on space technology for secure SATCOM, specifically for IoT applications, and is developing constellations that are aimed at climate change monitoring ...
Blue Origin completes 25th mission to space with six crew onboard
Blue Origin has now successfully completed their seventh human spaceflight and the 25th flight for the New Shepard program. The astronaut crew included: Mason Angel, Sylvain Chiron, Kenneth L. Hess, Carol Schaller, Gopi Thotakura, and former Air Force Captain Ed ...
NASA awards contracts for Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition services
Hubble Views the Dawn of a Sun-like StarThis NASA Hubble Space Telescope image captures a triple-star star system. NASA has selected four companies to provide spacecraft and related services, including acquiring spacecraft components and equipment, in support of NASA’s Goddard ...
Pasqal + Thales solve satellite planning challenges with neutral-atom quantum computing
Screenshot Pasqal, in partnership with Thales, have revealed a major advancement within the AQUAPS project that aims to explore neutral atom architectures to solve optimization problems, with a particular focus on satellite planning. Screenshot For the past three years, the teams ...
DISH TV + Hughes debut 1st bundled service offering to enhance connectivity
DISH Network and Hughes Network Systems, both EchoStar companies (Nasdaq: SATS), have introduced a new bundled service offering that brings the power of DISH satellite TV together with Hughesnet® satellite internet to create a superior solution in TV and internet for rural ...
Microchip expands radiation-tolerant microcontroller portfolio for aerospace + defense markets
Screenshot Microchip Technology (Nasdaq: MCHP) has announced their SAMD21RT, a radiation-tolerant (RT) Arm® Cortex®-M0+ based 32-bit microcontroller (MCU) in a 64-pin ceramic and plastic package with 128 KB Flash and 16 KB SRAM. Designed for space-constrained applications, where size and ...
Collins Aerospace delivers 1st TruNet™ AR-1500 networked comms airborne radio to Europe
Collins Aerospace, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, recently delivered the first networked communications airborne radio to a European nation. The Polish Ministry of Defense will equip their C-130H Hercules fleet with Collins’ TruNet™ AR-1500 new software-defined radio. TruNet™ AR-1500 is ...
Boeing Donates $200,000 to support flod recovery + relief Efforts in Brazil
Boeing [NYSE: BA] is committing $200,000 from the Boeing Charitable Trust to assist with recovery and relief efforts following the recent flooding in Brazil — these funds will support the BrazilFoundation’s Rio Grande do Sul Humanitarian Campaign to provide immediate ...
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 ...