Rocket Lab partners with U.S.A.F. | AFRL for Neutron launch for rocket cargo missions
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) will launch their medium-lift, reusable rocket—Neutron—for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for a Rocket Cargo mission that supports point-to-point cargo transportation and this mission is scheduled for a return-to-Earth launch no earlier ...
Rocket Lab schedules next mission for multi-launch customer iQPS
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has announced the launch window for the firm's next mission for multi-launch customer, Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS). The mission, named ‘The Sea God Sees’, will launch from Rocket Lab Launch ...
Terran Orbital selected by USSF for $237 million STEP 2.0 smallsat buses contract
Terran Orbital Corporation has been selected by the U.S. Space Force as one of 12 companies awarded a position on the Space Test Experiments Platform (STEP) 2.0 contract. This 10-year, $237 million, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, administered by Space ...
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USSF’s SSC advances dynamic satellite operations Through Joint Antenna Marketplace
U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) is advancing dynamic satellite operations through the Joint Antenna Marketplace program, which provides adaptive scheduling of satellite contacts and data transport workloads. SSC has selected Boecore, d/b/a Auria, and Sphinx Defense, to ...
Gilat ESA has a successful test flight on the Eutelsat OneWeb network
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ: GILT, TASE: GILT) has successfully completed a series of test flights featuring its ESR-2030Ku electronically steered antenna (ESA). Conducted in collaboration with Gogo, which will be the exclusive distributor of the antenna for the business ...
iDirect Government’s 450 SDR Modem completes successful field trials with Airbus DS Government Solutions’ SATCOM terminal
iDirect Government (iDirectGov) has successfully integrated and tested its 450 Software Defined Radio (SDR) satellite modem into Airbus DS Government Solutions’ Ranger Flyaway Terminal—this seamless integration marks a milestone in delivering enhanced resiliency, flexibility and security to MILSATCOM customers. The ...
Forrester’s Digest: EchoStar lying in wait
EchoStar-owned Hughes Network Systems has reported a 3 percent fall in revenue and a loss of 30,000 broadband subscribers during the first quarter. The company now has 853,000 subscribers. However, CEO Hamid Akhavan told analysts that, while EchoStar was yet ...
Sierra Space marks 3rd testing milestone with USSF’s R-GPS satellite program
Sierra Space has accomplished another successful demo of the company’s Resilient GPS (R-GPS) technology for the USSF via an SSC contract. In this third milestone, Sierra Space demonstrated an early integration of the R-GPS satellite technology through FlatSat flight software ...
General Atomics awarded USSF contract for Phase 2 of the Enterprise Space Terminal Program
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) for Phase 2 of the Enterprise Space Terminal (EST) program. This Phase 2 contract award was issued through the Space ...
SpaceX to launch Starlink Group 15-3 smallsats on Monday from California
Paul Akwabi is a tech enthusiast from Mombasa, Kenya, who has dedicated his life to teaching children vital tech skills. A self-taught tech wiz since age 11, Paul now runs a community lab called Tech KidZ Africa where kids explore ...
Black hole that swallowed star 600 million light-years ago found, NASA shares pic
NASA has released a stunning image of a black hole swallowing a star and causing a massive explosion. Although the cosmic event took place 600 million light-years ago, the burst of radiation has only reached us now, which appears like ...
Forrester’s Digest: India gives ‘Letter of Intent’ to Starlink
Elon Musk’s Starlink broadband by satellite system has received a ‘Letter of Intent’ from India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT). The official message covers Starlink’s satellite communications services. However, there are many tough limitations being set which might make a deployment ...
AST SpaceMobile to launch 243 satellites
AST SpaceMobile (AST), a would-be supplier of direct-to-consumer cellular telephony from space, has told the FCC that it will have 243 of its BlueBird satellites in orbit by the end of 2028. The schedule will see 100 working in orbit ...
