Rocket Lab partners with U.S.A.F. | AFRL for Neutron launch for rocket cargo missions
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) will launch their medium-lift, reusable rocket—Neutron—for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for a Rocket Cargo mission that supports point-to-point cargo transportation and this mission is scheduled for a return-to-Earth launch no earlier ...
Rocket Lab schedules next mission for multi-launch customer iQPS
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has announced the launch window for the firm's next mission for multi-launch customer, Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS). The mission, named ‘The Sea God Sees’, will launch from Rocket Lab Launch ...
Terran Orbital selected by USSF for $237 million STEP 2.0 smallsat buses contract
Terran Orbital Corporation has been selected by the U.S. Space Force as one of 12 companies awarded a position on the Space Test Experiments Platform (STEP) 2.0 contract. This 10-year, $237 million, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, administered by Space ...
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SpaceX scrubs Florida launch of Starlink Group 6-83 smallsats to Tuesday
Monday's launch was scrubbed as weather at Kennedy Space Center was nasty. SpaceX is now targeting Tuesday, May 13 for a Falcon 9 launch of 28 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space ...
SpaceX launches Starlink Group 15-4 smallsats from California beach
At sunset on a clear California evening the ocean could be clearly seen as SpaceX's Falcon 9 launched 26 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit at 6:05 PM PDT on Monday, May 12 from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at ...
NASA 2026 budget proposal: The impact on the Prospects for Space Exploration
The White House’s proposed discretionary budget for fiscal year 2026 includes some of the steepest cuts to NASA in recent memory — targeting the backbone of its Moon-bound ambitions under the Artemis program; a downside scenario that was predicted by ...
SpaceX to launch Group 6-83 smallsats from Florida late on Monday
SpaceX is targeting Monday, May 12 for a Falcon 9 launch of 28 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff is targeted for 11:36 p.m. ET, with backup opportunities ...
SpaceX Starlink Group 15-4 smallsats launch moved to Monday
SpaceX is targeting Monday, May 12 for a Falcon 9 launch of 26 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Liftoff is targeted for 6:15 p.m. PT, with ...
USSF’s SSC advances dynamic satellite operations Through Joint Antenna Marketplace
U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) is advancing dynamic satellite operations through the Joint Antenna Marketplace program, which provides adaptive scheduling of satellite contacts and data transport workloads. SSC has selected Boecore, d/b/a Auria, and Sphinx Defense, to ...
Gilat ESA has a successful test flight on the Eutelsat OneWeb network
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ: GILT, TASE: GILT) has successfully completed a series of test flights featuring its ESR-2030Ku electronically steered antenna (ESA). Conducted in collaboration with Gogo, which will be the exclusive distributor of the antenna for the business ...
iDirect Government’s 450 SDR Modem completes successful field trials with Airbus DS Government Solutions’ SATCOM terminal
iDirect Government (iDirectGov) has successfully integrated and tested its 450 Software Defined Radio (SDR) satellite modem into Airbus DS Government Solutions’ Ranger Flyaway Terminal—this seamless integration marks a milestone in delivering enhanced resiliency, flexibility and security to MILSATCOM customers. The ...
Forrester’s Digest: EchoStar lying in wait
EchoStar-owned Hughes Network Systems has reported a 3 percent fall in revenue and a loss of 30,000 broadband subscribers during the first quarter. The company now has 853,000 subscribers. However, CEO Hamid Akhavan told analysts that, while EchoStar was yet ...
Sierra Space marks 3rd testing milestone with USSF’s R-GPS satellite program
Sierra Space has accomplished another successful demo of the company’s Resilient GPS (R-GPS) technology for the USSF via an SSC contract. In this third milestone, Sierra Space demonstrated an early integration of the R-GPS satellite technology through FlatSat flight software ...
