SpaceX’s ‘two in two’ a success with 23 Starlink smallsats including 13 Direct to Cell
Photo captured on Thursday, May 9, by Satnews from SpaceX video stream. A one day delay didn't put a damper on the plan to launch two sets of SpaceX Starlinks. On Thursday night from Vandenberg AFB Falcon 9 hoisted the ...
ULA’s UPDATE valve vibration and launching NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test to ISS
NASA's statement regarding the scrub indicated that the two astronauts flying the CFT mission, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, will remain at the Kennedy Space Center in pre-flight quarantine for this latest delay. The delay enables United Launch Alliance to ...
Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) + Perigee to launch satellites from Esrange
SSC and South Korean rocket company Perigee Aerospace Inc. have signed a collaborative agreement to launch satellites jointly from the Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden, starting in 2025 — Perigee’s Blue Whale 1 microlauncher will be the first orbital ...
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Forrester’s Digest: EchoStar “…bankruptcy the most likely outcome.”
EchoStar, the Charlie Ergen-owned pay-TV and satellite operator, is struggling. CEO Hamid Akhavan told analysts in the company’s post-results call with analysts that the company has $1.98 billion of debt maturing in November of 2024, and is forecasting negative cash ...
SpaceX’s successful Sunday Starlink satellites Mother’s day launch despite geomagnetic solar storm
Photo captured on Sunday, May 12, by Satnews from SpaceX video stream. It was textbook perfect as SpaceX's Falcon 9 blasted off at 8:53 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on Sunday, May 12, 2024 despite ...
RKA joins the Satcoms Innovation Group (SIG)
The Satcoms Innovation Group (SIG) recently announced that ARKA Group, L.P. has joined the group as a full member — ARKA is a foundational mission partner providing innovative capabilities that enable the next generation of space operations. SIG is a membership organization aiming ...
NASA inspector alarmed by extensive damage to heatshield of astronaut moon vehicle
The capsule took a beating during its trip to the Moon. Image by NASA In November 2022, NASA launched its first uncrewed Moon-orbiting mission, Artemis I — kicking off the agency's greater ambitions to return humans to the lunar surface ...
GA-ASI developing new ABAD pod for battlefield awareness + defense
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is working with the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) to develop a new Airborne Battlespace Awareness and Defense (ABAD) capability. The new ABAD pod is being developed for the GA-ASI-supplied MQ-9A Block 5 Medium-Altitude, ...
Portal Space Systems receives million$+ in DoD + USSF awards
Late last month, Portal Space Systems, a Seattle-based space startup, announced the acquisition of more than $3 million in funding from the Department of Defense (DoD) and United States Space Force (USSF) to support the development and launch of its ...
SpaceX’s Sunday Starlink smallsats launch
Recent photo captured on Thursday, May 9, by Satnews from SpaceX video stream. SpaceX is targeting Sunday, May 12 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral ...
Silicon Sensing accelerometer to equip on-orbit manufacturing demo satellite
Forge Star™ solar array development, image is courtesy of the company. Following a program of testing and development within satellite vehicles, Space Forge is to launch their on-orbit manufacturing demonstration satellite, ForgeStar-1, equipped with Silicon Sensing’s CAS291 accelerometer. ForgeStar™ satellites ...
iDirect Government partners with Tampa Microwave for MILSATCOM readiness solution
iDirect Government (iDirectGov) has engaged in a partnership with Tampa Microwave that combines iDirect Government’s Tactical Hub and Tampa Microwave’s Quad Band Satellite Simulator (QBSS) to deliver an easy to use, transportable and cost-effective solution to support all-encompassing mission-readiness scenarios, ...
Xona Space Systems raises million$$
Xona Space Systems Inc. has announced an oversubscribed $19 million Series A funding round led by Future Ventures and Seraphim Space — new investors NGP Capital, Industrious Ventures, Murata Electronics, Space Capital, and Aloniq also joined this investment round. This ...