SBIRS GEO-6 Satellite control authority transferred to SpOC
The Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit – Satellite-6 (SBIRS GEO-6) was formally transferred from Space Systems Command (SSC) to Space Operations Command (SpOC) on March 24, 2023. SBIRS GEO-6’s LM2100 Combat Bus™ (Lockheed Martin) is an enhanced space ...
Successful ISRO / NSIL launch of 36 OneWeb Satellites
NSIL's launch from SDSC of OneWeb satellites, mission #18 - photo is courtesy of ISRO OneWeb has confirmed the successful deployment and contact of 36 satellites launched by NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC-SHAR) in ...
Space Systems Command’s $900 Million contract is awarded to 18 contractors for Space Command & Control Data Software services
Space Systems Command’s Battle Management Command, Control and Communications (BMC3) Program Executive Office will award a $900 million Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to 18 contractors to provide Data Software Services that directly support warfighter needs. IDIQ is a flexible ...
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Blue Origin’s report of NS-23 mishap
The following is a summation presented by Blue Origin regarding the New Shepard (NS) Mishap Investigation: Photo of the safe landing of the NS-23 capsule, which functioned as designed throughout the flight. All payloads landed safely. The direct cause of ...
Ball Aerospace has new Chief Technologist, and changes in executive leadership
Ball Aerospace has selected Jake Sauer as its new vice president and chief technologist, Paula Burns as vice president and general manager of its Tactical Solutions Strategic Business Unit (SBU), and John Martin as vice president of its Operations Strategic ...
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ABS-2 contracted to provide additional satellite capacity to TAP Digital Media
TAP Digital Media Ventures Corporation (TAPDMV) has extended the company's satellite broadcast partnership with ABS by adding four further channels on ABS-2. The four SD Channels will be on the MCPC media platform on the ABS-2 C-band East Hemi beam ...
Unibap receives a large SpaceCloud order for a satellite constellation
Unibap AB (publ) has received an order from an emerging, European, smallsat integrator to deliver payload data processing units for a satellite constellation, commissioned by a European authority. Unibap's solution is based on the SpaceCloud iX5-family and includes software and ...
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ABL Space Systems selected for million$$ tactical space STRATFI
ABL has been selected by AFWERX for the Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) program — this $60 million program will expand ABL’s existing work on operational flexibility for low-cost launches that support Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS). The effort extends multiple collaborative ...
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ESA’s Formation-flying Proba-3 satellites are now fully integrated
The two spacecraft that comprise ESA’s Proba-3 mission for precise formation flying in orbit are now complete — all of the instruments and sensors that allow the satellites to maneuver to millimeter scale precision relative to one another have been ...
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CONTEC selects Cailabs for the company’s next optical ground station
CONTEC recently ordered an optical ground station (OGS) from Cailabs, which will be installed in 2024. CONTEC, a Korean company that was spun off from the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), is developing an optical ground station infrastructure to enable ...
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Australian Space Agency selects Fugro-led AROSE consortium for lunar rover mission
Fugro SpAARC facility The Australian federal government recently selected the Australian Remote Operations for Space and Earth (AROSE) consortium for Stage 1 of the Trailblazer mission — this mission is a collaboration between the Australian Space Agency (ASA) and NASA ...
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GMV provides the core software for the Greek Space Surveillance and Tracking (SST) System
The National Observatory of Athens (NOA), supported by the Ministry of Digital Governance of Greece - General Secretariat of Telecommunications & Posts, awarded a contract to GMV to supply the core software as a complement to the existing national SST ...
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Mynaric to develop quantum comms for satellite networks
Mynaric (NASDAQ: MYNA) (FRA: M0YN) was selected for three technology development projects that are related to quantum communication — these projects are part of the second phase of the QuNET initiative funded by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and co-funded with a total amount of as much as 5.6 million euros between 2023 and 2025. Mynaric’s work as part ...
