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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SpaceX to launch 23 Starlink smallsats on Friday
SpaceX is targeting Friday, April 12 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is targeted for 9:22 p.m. ET, with ...
Hughes contract from GA-ASI for next-generation UAS SATCOM
Satellite system upgrades will enhance security and resiliency on major UAS upgrade program Hughes Network Systems, an EchoStar (Nasdaq: SATS) company, was recently awarded a production contract from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) to produce a key component of the ...
Growing ideas on Earth to feed astronauts on the Moon—Deep Space Food Challenge winner named
Following a three-year competition, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) announced Vancouver-based Ecoation Innovative Solutions Inc. (Ecoation) as the winner of the Deep Space Food Challenge. As the Canadian grand prize winner, Ecoation will receive $380,000 for their CANGrow Modular Indoor Food Production System, ...
Gilat received multi-million$$$ order from a leading defense organization
Gilat to develop next-generation software-defined radio (SDR) modem for SATCOM-on-the Move (SOTM) and SATCOM-on-the-Pause (SOTP) military applications Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ, TASE: GILT) has been awarded a multi-millions of dollars award from a leading defense organization to develop a ...
Russia’s two scrubs in two days of test launch of Angara-A5 space rocket
Third time is possibly the charm that Russia will try on Thursday to proceed with a test launch of its Angara-A5 space rocket in the Vostochny Angara Test Flight of Angara A5/Blok DM-03 from Khrunichev State Research and Production Space ...
Fleet Space launches Centauri-6 satellite on SpaceX’s Bandwagon-1 mission
Fleet Space Technologies has successfully deployed the company's Centauri-6 satellite on SpaceX’s Bandwagon-1 mission, launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Bandwagon-1 launch photo is courtesy of SpaceX. The addition ...
Planet’s Planet Insights Platform debuts to unlock EO data
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL) has announced their Planet Insights Platform, the all-in-one venue for creating Earth insights — this offering unifies Planet’s product portfolio and the power of Sentinel Hub, which Planet acquired last year. Combining Planet’s analysis-ready Earth ...
L3Harris completes critical test of Advanced Sounder for NOAA’s 4th JPSS weather satellite
L3Harris recently completed electromagnetic interference (EMI) testing on the company's Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS), a mission-critical weather observation instrument that will be used on the next spacecraft in NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) series. JPSS-4 is expected to launch ...
SpaceX’s Thursday DoD’s USSF-62 Weather System Follow-on–Microwave mission
SpaceX is targeting Thursday, April 11 for Falcon 9’s launch of the USSF-62 mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The approximate 10-minute launch window opens at 7:25 a.m ...
Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace to provide maritime surveillance services to Norway
The Norwegian Intelligence Service (NIS) has the overall responsibility for space operations and development in the Norwegian Armed Forces and Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace (Kongsberg) will provide the data that will be used by the Norwegian Armed Forces, as well ...