Sateliot advances its constellation with 5 new satellites to be manufactured by Alén Space
Sateliot has taken another step forward in the deployment of its satellite constellation by entrusting the manufacture of its next five satellites to the Spanish firm Alén Space. These satellites, which will become part of its LEO network, are scheduled ...
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SSC awards $2.8 billion contract for the first two satellites of the Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications (SATCOM) [ESS] program
Image is courtesy of Boeing The United State Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) awarded a $2.8 billion contract to The Boeing Company to build and deliver the first two satellites of the Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications (SATCOM) [ESS] program. ...
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launches MTG-Sounder satellite to address air pollution and extreme weather events + ESA + EUMETSAT
On Tuesday, July 1 at 5:04 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched the Eumetsat MTG-S1 mission to geosynchronous transfer orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Both MTG and Copernicus Sentinel-4 are world-class Earth observation missions ...
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UK’s SatVu secures multi-million ESA contract to power climate and security intelligence
SatVu, has been awarded a contract worth up to €3 million by the European Space Agency (ESA) to supply advanced thermal data to the Copernicus Contributing Mission (CCM) program. Spanning a three-year period, the agreement marks the first Category 1 ...
SpaceX’s Monday launch from Cape of Starlink Group 10-28 now on Tuesday
Carnival Corporation Tourism"[Starlink] helps our amazing crew stay in touch with friends, family and loved ones and makes it as easy as possible for our guests to share all their great moments and memories.. SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, July 8 ...
PLD Space preselected by ESA for the European Launcher Challenge
PLD Space has been preselected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to participate in the European Launcher Challenge (ELC), the largest European program aimed at fostering new sovereign launch capabilities on the continent. ESA officially launched the ELC this year ...
Forrester’s Digest: Starlink de-orbits 472 satellites
Screenshot Starlink has well over 8,000 satellites in orbit, but they have an orbital life of around five years. The first batch of 60 operational craft were launched in May 2019. This means that some of those early launches have ...
Gilmore Space scrubs maiden launch of Eris-1, no earlier than July 16
Gilmore Space delays maiden launch of Eris-1 again after scrubbing July 2. Per their website posted July 3:"Our earliest available launch window is currently 𝗡𝗼 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻 (𝗡𝗘𝗧) 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟭𝟲. This includes a required two-week notification to CASA and, as ...
Redwire deploys a powerful Roll-Out Solar Array + prepares for major delivery in Q4
Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW) has successfully completed the first deployment test for one of its Roll-Out Solar Arrays (ROSA) for the lunar Gateway’s Power and Propulsion Element (PPE). Powered by PPE and Redwire’s ROSAs, the Gateway will represent the pinnacle ...
ParaZero achieves 100% effectiveness against fast incoming drone threats in live field demo
ParaZero's DefendAir™ in action, image courtesy of the company ParaZero Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: PRZO) has successfully completed a live demonstration of the firm's DefendAir™ Personal Net Gun System to a select group of Israeli security and defense professionals. The demonstration ...
Could Amazon buy into AST SpaceMobile?
An intriguing idea been floated around by Defence news expert Larry Ramer, suggesting that Amazon should buy — or make a considerable investment — in AST SpaceMobile. Ramer explained: “In light of the tremendous potential of AST’s technology, I also ...
Volatus Aerospace delivers ~$1.8 million in tactical ISR drones to NATO Country
Volatus Aerospace Inc. (TSXV:FLT) (OTCQX:TAKOF) has delivered a fleet of tactical intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) drone systems to a partner in NATO member country. The transaction, valued at approximately C$1.85 million, was just completed, with all systems now fully ...
Orbex pre-selected by ESA in European launcher challenge
Orbex is the only UK-based orbital launch company among the five shortlisted by the European Space Agency to take part in ELC. Orbex, the UK-based orbital launch services company, has been pre-selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to take ...
