Rocket Lab to launch global wildfire detection and monitoring mission for OroraTech
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has signed a contract for a responsive launch on Electron with Orora Technologies (OroraTech), a German company developing a satellite constellation to monitor wildfires and alert first responders to danger. Launching from Rocket Lab ...
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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Forrester’s Digest: Thales, Hispasat start Quantum Key geo-system
Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67 per cent) and Leonardo (33 per cent), and Hispasat, Redeia’s satellite services operator, have announced the start of the development, manufacturing, verification, and validation phase of the QKD-GEO prototype, Spain’s quantum ...
Kratos receives $34.8 million contract for Valkyrie Mission system integration
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS) has received a $34,856,449 award modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract from the U.S. Marine Corps. The expanded scope is to support the XQ-58A Unmanned Aerial Systems mission systems and subsystems integration ...
SpaceX plans a Friday launch of Starlink Group 11-6 smallsats
Camp in the most remote areas across the world with high speed internet. SpaceX will one again be launching a batch of smallsats for the Starlink Group 11-6 to low Earth orbit to continue to build their mega-constellation to provide ...
Gilat awarded more than $5 million to support critical connectivity for defense forces
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ, TASE: GILT) has announced that the company's wholly owned U.S.-based subsidiary, Gilat DataPath, has been awarded more than $5 million in contracts from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and additional international Defense Forces. These ...
Viasat selected for $4.8 billion ceiling NASA Near Space Network services contract
Viasat’s Real-Time Earth network has antenna installations like this one in place around the globe. Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) has been selected by NASA to support the agency’s direct-to-Earth (DTE) capabilities via the Near Space Network (NSN) Services contract, part ...
AST SpaceMobile announces proposed private offering of convertible senior notes
AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS) intends to offer, subject to market conditions and other factors, $400.0 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2032 (the “notes”) in a private offering (the “offering”) to persons reasonably believed to be ...
Forrester’s Digest: Starlink “sold out” in much of Africa
Starlink is having a profitable time in at least five African countries where its broadband-by-satellite service is available. The five key nations (Nigeria, Kenya, Madagascar, Zambia and Zimbabwe) have seen sales paused in the main urban cities because of user ...
L3Harris names new Aerojet Rocketdyne President + expands leadership roles
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has appointed Ken Bedingfield as the President of Aerojet Rocketdyne, effective February 3, 2025, in addition to his responsibilities as L3Harris’ Chief Financial Officer. He succeeds Ross Niebergall, who will remain with the company to support ...
KRYTAR Announces Compact, 2-Way MLDD Power Divider
KRYTAR, Inc. has introduced a new, 2-way, Power Divider that offers high performance over the broadband frequency range of 2.0 to 20.0 GHz (S- through K-Bands) in a compact package. The new power divider offers the ultimate solution for emerging ...
SpaceX launches Starlink Group 11-8 record number 27 smallsats oceanside in California
The weather on the west coast was more forgiving than the foggy Florida launch earlier this morning. On a sunny Tuesday, January 21 at 7:45 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched 27 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex ...
