ESA selects Kongsberg NanoAvionics to build spacecraft for the ESA-EC “IOD/IOV” program
ESA, through its European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), has selected Kongsberg NanoAvionics (NanoAvionics) to build a large CubeSat platform for its in-orbit demonstration/in-orbit validation (IOD/IOV) program. Under the project name IHE1-5 CubeSat, NanoAvionics will build a 12 to ...
Blue Origin’s New Glenn to carry EscaPADE the first multi-spacecraft orbital science mission to Mars on Wednesday
Blue Origin's second flight of New Glenn launch vehicle carrying the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (EscaPADE), a dual-spacecraft mission with University of California, Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory to study ion and sputtered escape from Mars on Wednesday ...
INNOSPACE to launch HANBIT-Nano SPACEWARD mission on November 22 including 5 smallsats
INNOSPACE (KS:462350), a South Korean satellite launch service company targets 3:00 p.m. on November 22 (Brazil time) for the launch of its first commercial launch vehicle ‘HANBIT-Nano’ as part of the SPACEWARD mission. The target launch date was determined following an ...
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Space Ocean + Enduralock sign LOI to standardize docking interface for in-space fluid delivery + logistics
Space Ocean Corp. has approved a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Enduralock that outlines a non-binding strategic collaboration between the firms to integrate Enduralock’s OneLink™ docking interface into future Space Ocean platforms as a standardized on-orbit connection for fluid, data ...
Starlink’s smallsat Group 6-87 breaks a record as it launches late on Monday from the Cape
A launch record was broken on Monday, November 10th at 10:21 p.m. ET, as the Falcon 9 launched 29 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit to join the Starlink mega-constellation from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force ...
AST SpaceMobile comments on launch delays
BlueWalker-3 has a 64-square-meter antenna, the largest deployed commercially in low Earth orbit. Credit: AST SpaceMobile AST SpaceMobile's delays for its commercial satellites are the result of supplier and manufacturing issues and hurdles in developing the satellites' core antenna element ...
Starlink Group 6-85 to launch 29 smallsats on Friday from the Cape
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is targeting the launch of 29 Starlink smallsats Group 6-85 to low-Earth orbit to join the Starlink constellation from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. A live webcast of this ...
Rheinmetall + ICEYE establish joint venture
The technology group Rheinmetall and ICEYE have completed the establishment of their joint venture, Rheinmetall ICEYE Space Solutions GmbH, based in Neuss, Germany. As the majority shareholder, Rheinmetall AG holds 60 percent of the shares in the joint venture, while ...
Rohde & Schwarz + partners unveil new satellite payload testing innovation
Rohde & Schwarz custom-designed Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) test bench integrates advanced RF instrumentation to simulate and analyze satellite payload performance under realistic conditions—this solution is engineered to accelerate development cycles, reduce errors, and scale validation across R&D, manufacturing, and maintenance environments ...
Avio + Lockheed Martin sign a term sheet for a new solid rocket motor plant in the U.S.
Avio and Lockheed Martin signed a non-binding term sheet to support the establishment of Avio USA’s solid rocket motor (SRM) facility in the United States, which expects to serve Lockheed Martin and other customers as a vertically integrated merchant supplier ...
INNOSPACE begins payload integration for ‘HANBIT-Nano’ prior to the firm’s 1st commercial launch
INNOSPACE (KS:462350) has begun functional checks and satellite–launch vehicle interface tests for customer satellites and experimental payloads as part of the operational procedures for its first commercial launch mission SPACEWARD of the ‘HANBIT-Nano’. This procedure verifies the electrical and mechanical ...
Tactical UAS + hyperspectral sensor integration boosts long-range ISR capabilities
TECHEKEVER and ARKEUS have successfully completed a joint integration and flight test campaign, proving the full compatibility and mission-readiness of the companies respective technologies. The collaboration brings together TEKEVER’s AR3 EVO tactical Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) and ARKEUS’ Warden Hyperspectral ...
Agile’s test stands supporting Firefly’s lunar program
At Agile Space Industries, testing is at the heart of what the company does and, recently, the team has been putting Firefly Aerospace’s Spectre engines through their paces at the Durango test facility under a new testing services contract. Agile's ...
