Terran Orbital awarded subcontract from Lockheed Martin for SDA’s T2TL
Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP) has been selected by Lockheed Martin to produce 18 satellite buses for that firm's recent Space Development Agency (SDA) Tranche 2 (T2) Tracking Layer contract. Lockheed Martin will provide the SDA with 16 wide field-of-view ...
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 ...
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SWISSto12 to supply Northrop Grumman with RF products for GEOStar-3 program
St12 RF Solutions, the U.S. entity of SWISSto12, has developed, qualified and delivered three fully-integrated RF Antenna Feed Chains in various bands for a Northrop Grumman commercial GEOStar-3 satellite program. SWISSto12 completed the qualification program in January of 2024, delivering ...
Forrester’s Digest: Telesat struggles, but Lightspeed is coming + Avanti in S. Africa
Telesat reported an underwhelming set of Q1 numbers. Every key metric showed a decline in revenues. Overall revenue was down a worrying 17 percent year-on-year to C$152 million (€103.1 million) for the three months to March 31st. “The decrease was ...
Resilient software-defined radio for SATCOM under co-development by Inovor + ANU
Inovor Technologies and The Australian National University (ANU) are co-developing a new software-defined radio (SDR) solution that is set to be onboard all of Inovor’s locally manufactured satellites. Satellites rely on radio systems to generate, transmit, receive and process signals ...
UK MOD selects L3Harris T4 eobots for explosive ordnance disposal missions
The U.K. Ministry of Defence (MOD) has selected L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) for an $18 million contract to deliver up to 50 medium-sized T4™ explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) robots to defeat explosive threats located within confined urban spaces. The contract includes providing ...
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 ...