Almagest Space successful launch + deployment of their ELEVATION-1 E-Band satellite
Almagest Space Corporation has announced the successful launch and deployment of ELEVATION-1, a demonstration satellite carrying the world’s first E-band communications payload with the foundational technology for Almagest to develop innovative, high performance, bulk data solutions. ELEVATION-1 was launched, with ...
Pixxel has launched Firefly hyperspectral satellite
Pixxel has successfully launched the first three satellites of its Firefly constellation. The satellites were integrated via Exolaunch and launched aboard the Transporter-12 rideshare mission via SpaceX from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Pixxel's smallsats, image courtesy of the company. This ...
SpaceX’s bittersweet seventh flight test, the loss of Starship but successful catch of booster
All began smoothly as SpaceX's Starship tore through the skies from Boca Chica, Texas with 33 out of 33 engines working to send it on it's seventh flight test. All photos provided by Satnews. As the journey continued ground control ...
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SpaceX sends Maxar 3’s mission Worldview Legion 5 & 6 soaring through Florida fog
On Tuesday, February 4 at 6:13 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched the Maxar 3 mission to orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. "The launch of these two satellites will complete the first block of ...
Iridium’s Desch: We also believe in D2D
By Chris Forrester Dara Panahy, Partner, Millbank LLP, interviewed Matt Desch, CEO at Iridium at the SmallSat Symposium, held at Mountain View, on February 4. Desch admitted – with a smile on his face – that he is very old ...
Blue Origin earns another ‘feather in their cap’ with success of NS-29 mission launch
Blue Origin successfully completed its 29th New Shepard flight and 14th payload mission today from Launch Site One in West Texas. The payloads experienced roughly two minutes of lunar gravity forces. The New Shepard crew capsule used its reaction control ...
Rocket Lab’s Tuesday launch of IOT 4 You and Me is scrubbed with concerns of collision with ISS and others
Rocket Lab's Tuesday launch is also scrubbed with an explaination indicating that: Rocket Lab has delayed the launch of the IOT 4 You and Me mission in order to ensure the mission does not interfere with "space traffic from other ...
Optical Communication demand is growing, just like data
By Chris Forrester Moderator: Noel Rimalovski, MD at GH Partners, brought together a specialised panel at the SmallSat Symposium in Mountain View on February 4 to discuss optical communications. Each and every panelist expressed confidence in the prospects for laser-based ...
Sir Peter Beck, Founder and CEO, Rocket Lab “This is the best time in history to be bold”
By Chris Forrester Rocket Lab is increasingly making very real headlines for its end-to-end solutions – not dissimilar to Elon Musk in terms of practical and reliable rockets – and his Rocket Lab’s two-stage Electron vehicle. Founder Sir Peter Beck, ...
SpaceX Starlink Group 12-3 smallsats launch success including 13 Direct to Cell
With a launch that was definately fogged in, on Tuesday, February 4 at 5:15 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 21 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape ...
Flexibility is important in Multi-Mission task, but so is cash
By Chris Forrester Moderator: Dr. Tim Farrar, President, TMF Assoc. asked his panellists at the SmallSat Symposium conference in Mountain View on February 4 to examine multi-mission developments and the emergence of more sophisticated launchers able to handle multiple tasks ...
SmallSats: “Sell better, and sell the right thing”
By Chris Forrester The 2025 SmallSat Symposium opened on February 4 with a session which looked at the Risks, Realities and Regulations which shape the SmallSat market. Moderated by Janna Lewis (SVP/Policy & General Counsel, Astroscale US) the panel of ...
ATLAS Space Operations enters a strategic partnership with HawkEye 360
ATLAS Space Operations® has secured a strategic partnership with Hawkeye 360—the collaboration is to enhance HawkEye 360’s RF monitoring capabilities by integrating ATLAS’ Mingenew, Australia, and Awarua, New Zealand, ground stations into its existing ground network coverage. Selected for their ...
