ST Engineering to support UAE’s space ambitions with SAR satellite
ST Engineering has been selected by FADA, the space-focused entity under EDGE Group, to deliver a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite as part of the UAE National SAR Constellation Program, Sirb. This project is aimed at enhancing the UAE’s Earth ...
Rocket Lab launches BlackSky Gen-3 beating the annual launch record with 2 launches in 2 days from 2 hemispheres
Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) a global provider in launch services and space systems, today completed its second launch in two days from its launch sites in two hemispheres, setting a new annual launch record for the Company: 18 Electron ...
Isar Aerospace signs launch agreement with SEOPS for dedicated mission
Isar Aerospace has signed a launch service agreement with SEOPS for a dedicated mission scheduled in 2028. Isar Aerospace’s launch vehicle ‘Spectrum’ will deploy multiple payloads into LEO from its dedicated launch complex at Andøya Space in Norway. This launch ...
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Kratos has opened a 60,000 sq ft Jerusalem facility for the firm’s Microwave Electronics division
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: KTOS) recently relocated their Jerusalem branch of the firm's Microwave Electronics Division to a new, purpose-built facility within the Gav Yam Group high-tech complex, adjacent to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Kratos Microwave Electronics Jerusalem The new facility encompasses approximately ...
Starlab, developer of commercial space stations, secures strategic investment
Janus Henderson Group (NYSE: JHG; “Janus Henderson”) and Voyager Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: VOYG) are reporting that the former will make a strategic investment in Starlab Space, which develops next generation commercial space stations. Founded in 2021 and headquartered in Houston, ...
Falcon 9 launches Starlink smallsat Group 6-79 early Saturday from the Cape
Another Falcon 9 mission lifted off on Saturday, November 22, at 2:53 AM EST (07:53 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The Starlink Group 6-79 mission launched 29 smallsats into the ...
Satnews Publishers Wishes Everyone a Happy Thanksgiving
The team at Satnews Publishers wishes everyonecelebrating Thanksgiving an enjoyable holiday with whoever — and whatever — joins you at your table. The Satnews offices will be closed Thursday, November 27through Friday, November 28 for Thanksgiving returning on Monday, December ...
Starlink’s early Sunday smallsat Group 11-30 launch from California
It was dark for this midnight launch of SpaceX's Falcon 9 to launch 28 Starlink smallsats on Sunday, November 23 at 12:48 a.m. PT, Falcon 9. The smallsats were launched to low-Earth orbit to join the evergrowing Starlink constellation from ...
Eutelsat and du’s contract renewal provides broadcasting services across Middle East and North Africa
Photo: Eutelsat/Adrien Daste It's always a good sign when companies renew contracts or partnerships. And so it is with Eutelsat and du renewed their long-standing partnership to deliver broadcasting services across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). du, a ...
Thales Alenia Space signs multiple contracts for ESA’s Argonaut Lunar Descent Element
Thales Alenia Space has signed multiple contracts shaping the core industrial team that will build the European Space Agency (ESA) Argonaut Lunar Descent Element. ESA’s Argonaut Mission, planned for launch from the 2030s, will deliver cargo, infrastructure and scientific instruments ...
Firefly Aerospace joins Kratos MACH-TB 2.0 team for hypersonic testing
Firefly is partnering with Kratos Defense and Security Solutions as a member of the MACH-TB 2.0 team—an expanding national coalition driving the next era of American hypersonics—as a partner, Firefly will be helping to advance Kratos’ goal of one hypersonic ...
Rohde & Schwarz + SRC deliver EW signal generation system to a major U.S. DoW research lab
Rohde & Schwarz and SRC, Inc. has completed the first delivery of the RSGEN™, an electronic warfare (EW) environmental signal generation system, to a major DoW test facility. The RSGEN system is compatible with the military’s Next Generation Electronic Warfare ...
A first for Europe as Infinite Orbits and SES will provide geostationary satellite life extension mission
Endurance™ is a 750kg life-extension vehicle for geostationary satellites. Arrangements for a commercial mission have been signed by Infinite Orbits and SES. Together their contract will provide a first for Europe with a geostationary satellite life extension mission. Following an in-orbit ...
