Arianespace to launch CO3D + MicroCarb satellites via Vega C
On July 25, 2025, Arianespace will place into orbit Airbus Defence and Space’s CO3D satellites, as well as the CNES’s MicroCarb satellite, with a Vega C rocket. The CO3D mission is a constellation (Constellation Optique en 3D) composed of four ...
Rocket Lab launches ‘Symphony In The Stars’ and achieves new record of two launches under 48 hours
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launches a secretive satellite from New Zealand on Saturday, June 28, 2025. (Image credit: Rocket Lab) Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), provider of launch services and space systems, today successfully ...
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launches Axiom Space’s astronauts on Axiom Mission 4 enroute to ISS
On Wednesday, June 25 at 2:31 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched Axiom Space’s Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photos by Satnews. Following stage separation, ...
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Oxford Space Systems deploys S-Band helical antenna for Astro Digital enhancing satellite communication capabilities
Oxford Space Systems, a leading innovator in deployable antennas for space, was successful with the on-orbit deployment of an S-band isoflux helical antenna for Astro Digital, a provider of satellite systems. The isoflux pattern enables wide and consistent coverage on ...
Wishing Everyone a Happy July 4th … Independence Day, U.S.A.
Satnews Publishers’ offices will be closed on Friday, July 4th, to celebrate the July 4th holiday, returning on Monay, July 7th. The entire Satnews team wishes those who celebrate Independence Day a most enjoyable holiday. We remember sacrifices have been made ...
Maxar awarded contract by NGA to deliver AI-powered object detection services
Maxar Intelligence has been awarded Delivery Order 01 under the Luno A program by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). This award is focused on delivering commercial analytic services, specifically, automated AI/ML-generated object detections over many specified locations at once. Maxar ...
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 to launch MTG-Sounder satellite July 1st
SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, July 1 for a Falcon 9 launch of the Eumetsat MTG-S1 mission to geosynchronous transfer orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 150-minute window opens at 5:04 p.m. ET. If ...
ESA’s comments as MTG-S1 and Sentinel-4 are ready for launch Tuesday
The second of the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) satellites and the first instrument for the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission are ready for liftoff at Cape Canaveral in Florida, US. Live coverage of this launch will be shown on ESA WebTV, on ...
EUMETSAT’s Meteosat Third Generation Sounder 1 (MTG-S1) satellite will make a crucial contribution
Set to be launched this July, the Meteosat Third Generation Sounder 1 (MTG-S1) satellite will make a crucial contribution to doing just that. The first European satellite in geostationary orbit to carry a hyperspectral sounder, its instruments will complement those ...
Forrester’s Digest: EchoStar avoids Chapter 11
Charlie Ergen, founder and chairman of the EchoStar/DISH combination, is reported to be negotiating with some of the company’s bond and debt-holders for extensions to its debt payment obligations. However, some debt interest payment obligations have — or are about ...
UK’s Project Reach on track and online: landmark deal to end mobile dead zones
Department of Transport:Commuters will soon be able to work seamlessly and stay connected with loved ones as the Transport Secretary lands a landmark deal to eliminate mobile blackspots on Britain’s busiest rail routes. The breakthrough agreement will transform daily journeys ...
Teledyne Space Imaging CIS120 sensors launch on Japanese GOSAT-GW climate change observation mission
Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY) has two CIS120 sensors that were designed and manufactured by Teledyne Space Imaging that are playing a major role in the third in a series of Japanese climate change and Earth Observation (EO) satellite missions. The ...
Axient selected for USSF STEP 2.0 contract to accelerate military space innovation
Astrion, through its legacy company Axient LLC, was selected earlier this month by the U.S. Space Force (USSF) as one of 12 awardees on the Space Test Experiments (STEP) 2.0 program. STEP 2.0, a 10-year, multi-award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) ...
