ASTRA Selected By NASA To Provide TROPICS Mission Launch Services
NASA has selected Astra Space Inc. to provide a launch service for the agency’s Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of SmallSats (TROPICS) mission. The TROPICS mission consists of a constellation of six cubesats and ...
Rocket Lab SPAC’s Up To Become A Publicly Traded Company + Unveils Their New Launch Vehicle, Neutron
If you happened to attend the recent SmallSat Symposium 2021, you know that one of the "hot' topics for keynotes, panels and discussions targeted the information regarding the Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPAC) and the associated funding possibilities for satellite ...
ISRO’s PSLV-C51 Launches Amazonia-1 + 18 Co-Passenger Smallsats
The ISRO PSLV-C51 mission launch. Image is courtesy of ISRO. PSLV-C51, the first dedicated launch for NSIL, successfully launched Amazonia-1 and 18 co-passenger satellites from Sriharikota, India. India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C51 successfully launched Amazonia-1 along with 18 co-passenger ...
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Ursa Space Systems Names Nicole Robinson As The Firm’s President
Ursa Space Systems (Ursa Space) has appointed Nicole Robinson as the firm's President. With support and direction from this new leadership role, Ursa Space plans to expand its product offerings for both commercial and government customers. Nicole Robinson Nicole brings ...
Space-SI Releases Their First Multi-Spectral Image From The SFL-Built NEMO-HD Smallsat
Space-SI's NEMO-HD EO smallsat. Space-SI, the Slovenian Centre of Excellence for Space Sciences and Technologies, recently released the first multi-spectral image captured by the company's NEMO-HD Earth Observation (EO) smallsat, just 16 days after launch. Built by Space Flight Laboratory ...
OQ Technology To Manage + Operate The MACSAT Mission For ESA
OQ Technology recently signed a 2 million euros contract with the European Space Agency as part of the Luxembourg National Space program (“LuxIMPULSE”) for the on-orbit pathfinder mission (MACSAT). The contract aims to foster Luxembourg and European space partnerships and ...
Stoke-Space Technologies’ Raises Funds For Rocket 2nd Stage Development Work
Stoke-Space Technologies, with a C-level staff list that includes some hirings from Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk-backed businesses Blue Origin and SpaceX, has raised $9.1 million seed capital for the company's development work on a rocket’s important second stage. Musk’s ...
Russia Launches Space Satellite Arktika-M On First Mission To The Arctic
The satellite successfully reached its intended orbit after being launched from Kazakhstan's Baikonur cosmodrome by a Soyuz rocket. Pic: RUSSIAN SPACE AGENCY ROSCOSMOS The satellite has successfully reached its intended orbit after being launched on Sunday. Russia has launched a ...
ST Engineering Geo-Insights Teams With BlackSky To Expand Imaging Services To Southeast Asia
ST Engineering’s Earth Observation and geospatial analysis business, ST Engineering Geo-Insights (“Geo-Insights”), has partnered with BlackSky to provide customers in Southeast Asia an expanded satellite imaging and insights portfolio that now includes BlackSky products and services. In addition to the ...
Cybersecurity Support Services Sought By DCSA
The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) has released a Sources Sought Notice to ascertain both the availability and the technical capability of Certified 8(a) companies who can provide Cybersecurity Support Services. The overall objective is to provide comprehensive cybersecurity ...
SpaceX Delays Starlink Launch Until March 2
SpaceX has now delayed the firm's 60 Starlink satellite launch to Tuesday, March 2, at 7:53 p.m., EST, due to "poor weather conditions" on the original March 1 launch date ...
Kymeta’s Global Satellite Network To Be Optimized By Capanet Communications
Capanet Communications has announced that Kymeta Corporation has selected the firm's network operations management software to optimize its global satellite network. Kymeta will leverage the Capanet Ops Suite platform under a multi-year deal to provide critical insights into its network ...
KVH Partners With Smart Ship Hub for KVH Watch Maritime IoT Solution
KVH Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: KVHI) has announced that remote vessel and voyage management platform Smart Ship© Hub is now a KVH Watch® Solution Partner and will offer KVH Watch services as part of its wide range of remote technical and operational management ...
