Rocket Lab’s HASTE suborbital launch vehicle soars testing hypersonic test launch capabilities
Rocket Lab’s second dedicated mission for Leidos successfully lifted off on November 24, 2024, at 06:00 UTC. The launch was performed by HASTE, a vehicle derived from the two-stage orbital-class expendable Electron, from Pad 0C (Rocket Lab LC-2) within NASA’s ...
SpaceX launches Starship’s sixth flight test including a banana as the payload
Satnews captured the launch of Starship from SpaceX's live video. SpaceX successfully launched Starship from Texas to complete the sixth flight test as Elon Musk continues his mission of sending memes to the moon. His Starship rocket will blast off ...
Impulse Space secures three SpaceX Falcon 9 missions
The launches are currently planned to begin in 2026 and will support the deployment of the Helios vehicle, among other payloads Impulse Space has signed a contract with SpaceX for three, Falcon 9 rocket launches that will support the ongoing ...
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Holt releases development kit for rad-hard MIL-STD-1553 dual transceiver
Holt Integrated Circuits has intro'd their ADK-1592, a development kit designed to help customers interface Holt’s recently announced HI-1592 rad-hard transceiver with a MIL-STD-1553 protocol controller or FPGA. The HI-1592 is latch-up immune and proven to withstand a single-event upset ...
Forrester’s Digest: Telesat retires satellite to graveyard slot
Some 24 years ago Telesat’s Anik F1 was launched. It has now been retired to a safe ‘graveyard’ orbit a few hundred kilometers above the normal geostationary arc. When Canada’s Anik F1 was sent into space in November 2000, it ...
SpaceX launches secret NROL-126 mission, the second launch from two coasts on Saturday
On Saturday, November 30 at 12:10 a.m. PT, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), in partnership with the U.S. Space Force Space Launch Delta 30, and SpaceX watched as the Falcon 9 launched the NROL-126 mission and 20 Starlink satellites from ...
AURA Network Systems appoints industry veterans to CEO + Executive Chairman roles
AURA Network Systems has appointed Kevin Steen as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Walter Berger as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors — these appointments mark a significant milestone in the company’s journey to reinforce its leadership and accelerate ...
SpaceX launches 24 Starlink smallsats on Saturday
On Saturday, November 30 at 12:00 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 24 Starlink satellites, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Photos by Satnews The Falcon 9's first stage returned ...
NASA to cover the 31st SpaceX Resupply Mission ISS departure
The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft departs the International Space Station as it orbits 264 miles above the south Pacific Ocean northeast of New Zealand.Image is courtesy of NASA. NASA and its international partners are set to receive scientific research samples and ...
Comtech’s new Executive Chairman brings expertise in leadership
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) (“Comtech” or the “Company”), a global technology leader, today announced that its Board of Directors (the “Board”) has unanimously elected Kenneth (Ken) H. Traub as the Executive Chairman of the Company. Mark Quinlan has stepped ...
Thales Alenia Space to lead Carb-Chaser project
Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), is pleased to unveil the Carb-Chaser project —this program is based on a constellation of new-generation satellites that will be specially designed to detect and measure human-induced carbon ...
Exolaunch set to deploy 22 customer satellites during the Bandwagon-2 mission with SpaceX
Exolaunch personnel preparing the CarboNIX microsat separation rings for the upcoming launch and deployment. Image: © Exolaunch Exolaunch is ready for its next major launch: the Bandwagon-2 Rideshare mission with SpaceX — this launch will build upon the success of ...
Eseye + Sateliot join forces for global IoT via seamless satellite-terrestrial integration
Eseye has partnered with Sateliot to deliver reliable and global 5G from space IoT solutions using advanced LPWAN satellite technology. The partnership aims to enable seamless and ubiquitous global connectivity in locations where there is no cellular coverage from a ...
