SpaceX welcomes and celebrates successfully rescuing NASA’s stranded astronauts
After 171 days in space, Dragon and Crew-9 NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, as well as Rocosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin returned to Earth and splashed down off the coast of Florida at 5:57 p.m. ET on ...
KONGSBERG launches and is now operating their 1st satellite
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KONGSBERG’) has entered the space industry as a satellite operator and service provider after the company launched their first microsatellite from California. The satellite, named ARVAKER 1 N3X, was launched from the Vandenberg Space Force Base ...
Startical launches their first satellite—IOD-1
Startical, a company created by ENAIRE and Indra to optimize air traffic management from space, has launched its first satellite, the IOD-1 (In-Orbit Demonstrator-1), via launch integrator Exolaunch as part of the Transporter-13 rideshare mission with SpaceX. Startical entrusted GomSpace ...
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Germany’s Isar Aerospace to launch Spectrum vehicle’s test flight
Photo Credit: Copyright Isar Aerospace | Photo: Robin Brillert, Wingmen Media Launch period for Isar Aerospace’s first test flight of launch vehicle Spectrum, a small launch vehicle, begins today. Subject to weather, safety and range infrastructure, the company is preparing ...
Solvang signs Inmarsat NexusWave fleetwide providing connectivity for crew and business
Inmarsat Maritime, a Viasat company, has signed an agreement with Solvang to equip the company’s fleet with Inmarsat’s NexusWave fully managed bonded connectivity service to support the leading gas shipping company’s evolving crew and business connectivity requirements. Solvang’s fleet, which ...
SpaceX’s Thursday NROL-57 secret mission makes adjustment to launch time
SpaceX is targeting Thursday, March 20 for a Falcon 9 launch of the NROL-57 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Liftoff is now targeted for 11:49 p.m. PT. If needed, a ...
Could Rocket Lab gain ground in D2C race?
There’s no doubt that Elon Musk’s Starlink broadband-by-satellite system currently dominates Direct-To-Consumer (D2C) transmissions. Starlink is also enjoying success in serving Cruise ships and airlines with high-speed connectivity. There’s currently a battle for a would be/could be 2nd Place position ...
Teledyne delivers 100th infrared detector for the SDA’s Tracking Layer
Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY) earlier this month announced the company's on-time and early deliveries for the Space Development Agency's (SDA) proliferated constellation with the delivery of the 100th large format focal plane module, counting deliveries from the Tranche 0, Tranche ...
Aitech introduces their new S-A2300 AI COTS supercomputer designed for LEO
Photo of the company's S-A2300 supercomputer for LEO missions. Aitech has reached a significant milestone in AI technology with the S-A2300 COTS AI supercomputer that leverages NVIDIA’s GPGPU Orin architecture,—this new groundbreaking AI supercomputer is specifically designed for LEO missions ...
AVIO’s 1st bipropellant firing tests of the MPGE engine are successful
The MPGE, Multi Purpose Green Engine, is an environmentally friendly engine developed by AVIO that uses hydrogen peroxide and kerosene as propellants and is entirely designed, manufactured, assembled, and tested in Italy. The project, developed within the framework of the ...
3D stacking technology advances embedded AI in image sensor development
SI Sensors reports progress on designing a next generation image sensor that enables high-speed artificial intelligence (AI) processing within the sensor unit, on top of image processing. Traditionally image sensor design has primarily focused on capturing high-quality images and transmitting raw data to central processing ...
SpaceX’s Thursday NROL-57 top secret launch
SpaceX photo. SpaceX's Falcon 9 will launch the eighth batch of satellites for a secret reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to provide imaging and other reconnaissance capabilities. The launch is scheduled ...
U.S. Air Force to evaluate Northrop Grumman’s InSight™ in support of the DAF Battle Network
NG InSight™ is a software-programmable, open systems compliant processor designed to keep warfighters connected and adaptable in rapidly changing mission environments.Photo is courtesy of Northrop Grumman. Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) was awarded a follow-on contract to help the U.S ...
