SpaceX Starship 10 test run proves successful concluding with Starship landing “flat down in the Indian Ocean”
Starship’s tenth flight test lifted off on August 26, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. CT from Starbase, Texas, taking a significant step forward in developing the world’s first fully reusable launch vehicle.The results were a significant step forward as every major ...
SpaceX launches NAOS an EO spacecraft for Luxembourg + smallsats from sunny California
SpaceX's Falcon 9 launched a new Earth-observation satellite along with several smaller spacecraft from California on Tuesday (Aug. 26). Photos captured by Satnews. NAOS (National Advanced Optical System) is the space component of Luxembourg's governmental dual-use observation satellite system LUXEOSys ...
Rocket Lab’s Electron’s 70th mission sends “Live, Laugh, Launch,” soaring
Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB), a provider in launch services and space systems, successfully launched its 70th Electron mission, solidifying the Company as a global leader in responsive launch services and Electron as the world’s most frequently launched small orbital ...
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SpaceX launches 28 Starlink smallsats of Group 10-56 from Florida + the 400th Falcon 9 droneship landing at sea
On Wednesday, August 27 at 7:10 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 28 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit to join the Starlink constellation from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Photos captured by Satnews ...
Forrester’s Digest: EchoStar sells spectrum to AT&T for billions
Pay-TV operator EchoStar is selling $23 billions-worth (€19.8 billion) of terrestrial spectrum designed to improve 5G and home Internet access. AT&T and EchoStar have also agreed to enhance their long-term wholesale network services agreement, enabling EchoStar to operate as a ...
L3Harris begins sensor system manufacturing in Poland
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has begun manufacturing electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) sensor systems at a 2,000-square-meter facility in Katowice—this facility provides European operators with Targeting, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (T-ISR) sensors for crewed and autonomous platforms. The facility is equipped with tooling ...
Satnews Publishers wishes everyone an enjoyable Labor Day Holiday
Satnews offices will be closed on Monday, September 1st to observe the Labor Day holiday. As summer comes to a close, we hope you enjoy this day to relax. The Satnews offices will then reopen for business on Tuesday, September ...
Mercury awards AV $1.4 billion in new hardware production agreement to support U.S. Space Force’s SCAR Program
Mercury Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY), a technology company that delivers mission-critical processing announces a new production agreement with AeroVironment, Inc. (“AV”) (NASDAQ: AVAV) to support the U.S. Space Force’s Satellite Communication Augmentation Resource (SCAR) program. AV was awarded the $1.4 ...
Forrester’s Digest: Belgium vs France for IRIS2 LEO contract
The EU-backed IRIS2 mega-constellation of super-secure satellites has seen the SpaceRISE consortium, which is managing the project, launch its first contest for the building of the 270-satellite LEO segment of the scheme—the two competing suppliers are Aerospacelab of Belgium and ...
Upcoming WTA research report: Cyberthreats in Your Own Backyard
The World Teleport Association (WTA) will soon be releasing the organization's newest research report, Cyberthreats in Your Own Backyard, in September—this report will be free for WTA Members and available for purchase by others. About the ReportTeleport executives report a ...
ThinKom Solutions enters the high-power microwave market
ThinKom Solutions, Inc. has entered into the High-Power Microwave Directed Energy Weapons (HPM DEW) market, developing VICTS-based systems for C-UAS, Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD), and other counter-electronic missions. Because of significant internal investment, the company has already made ...
TI semiconductors enable advanced EO capabilities for ISRO’s first-of-its-kind NISAR mission
NISAR A partnership between TI (Texas Instruments) and SAC-ISRO helped enable the mission payloads for the NISAR satellite, which is currently orbiting Earth. Artistic rendition of an Earth Observation satellite on-orbit, courtesy of TI TI’s space-grade power management, mixed signal ...
Bright Ascension expands global presence with establishment of U.S. entity
Bright Ascension has announced the official launch of the company's new U.S. entity—Bright Ascension Inc. The establishment of Bright Ascension Inc. marks a significant step forward in the company’s continued growth and global expansion. With a new presence in the ...
