Boeing delivers advanced O3b mPOWER satellites to SES
Boeing [NYSE: BA] teams have successfully delivered the 7th and 8th O3b mPOWER satellites to SES. These satellites, featuring Boeing’s advanced software-defined communications payload, are being transported to Cape Canaveral for a planned launch in December. O3b mPOWER satellite at ...
AST SpaceMobile selects Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket to deliver BlueBird satellites to space
Blue Origin's New Glenn launch vehicle on pad, image is courtesy of the company. Blue Origin now has a multi-launch agreement (MLA) to deliver multiple, next-generation, AST SpaceMobile Block 2 BlueBird satellites to LEO on New Glenn— all launches will ...
SpaceX Starship to fly 25 launches in 2025
The fifth flight saw the ‘super heavy’ booster stage captured by a pair of ‘chopsticks’ upon its return to Earth SpaceX’s giant 400 ft tall Starship will make a sixth test flight on November 19th, subject to the usual weather ...
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Kratos awarded million$$$ prime contract from SDA for ground systems support
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS) has been awarded a contract valued at a maximum of $116.7 million over five years to create and operate an Advanced Fire Control Ground Infrastructure (AFCGI) for the U.S. Space Development Agency’s ...
SpaceX sends 24 of Starlink Group 6-68 smallsats soaring on a beautiful Florida morning
Satnews photo taken during SpaceX streaming video of launch. On Thursday, November 14 at 8:21 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 24 Starlink satellites, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida ...
L3Harris delivers optical system to NASA for Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) has delivered the Optical Telescope Assembly (OTA) to NASA that serves as the critical “eye” for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope by providing precise and stable imagery. Photo of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope,, courtesy of L3Harris ...
NASA awards contract for NOAA’s Space Weather program
NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected Southwest Research Institute of San Antonio to build three coronagraphs for the Lagrange 1 Series project, part of NOAA’s Space Weather Next program. Once operational, the coronagraphs will provide critical data ...
ESA signs contracts to advance Greece’s Earth Observation capabilities
The European Space Agency has signed six contracts that will help position Greece as a key player in the field of Earth Observation (EO). The contracts fall under Greece’s National Satellite Space Project, which is a new initiative. In fact, ...
SpaceX launches 20 smallsats including 13 Direct to Cell and one launch closer to completing the DTC constellation
Satnews captured the launch from SpaceX's streaming video. SpaceX launched 20 satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 9:23 p.m. PT ...
SpaceX still on track Wednesday to launch Starlink Group 9-11 of 20 smallsats including 13 Direct to Cell
SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, November 13 for a Falcon 9 launch of 20 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Liftoff ...
Starfish Space secures million$$ in new funding to advance Otter development
Starfish Space has raised $29 million in a new funding round led by Shield Capital. Major participants in the round include new investors Point72 Ventures, Booz Allen Ventures, Aero X Ventures, Trousdale Ventures, and TRAC VC, as well as existing ...
Lockheed Martin + Anduril join forces to detect + track drone threats in the Middle East
Lockheed Martin has successfully integrated the Q-53 multi-mission radar (MMR) with Anduril's Lattice Command and Control (C2) environment during the U.S. Central Command Desert Guardian exercise held at Fort Drum earlier this month. Desert Guardian is part of a set of exercises ...
Rocket Lab announces Q3 2024 financial results — plus — MLA constellation contract signed
Screenshot Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has shared the firm's financial results for fiscal third quarter, ended September 30, 2024. Rocket Lab founder and CEO, Sir Peter Beck, said, “In the third quarter 2024 we once again executed against ...