UPDATE: ULA’s Atlas V STP-3 Mission Has Been Scrubbed — New Date For The Launch Is Now December 7
The launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 551 rocket carrying the Space Test Program-3 (STP-3) mission for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has been scrubbed. During initial operations, a leak was discovered in the Rocket ...
UPDATE 3: The Arianespace VS26 Mission Launches Successfully Via A Soyuz Rocket
Arianespace’s 13th launch of 2021 via the 8th Soyuz mission of the year successfully launched the Galileo FOC 23-24 satellite passengers for the European Space Agency (ESA) into Medium Earth Orbit (MEO). The launcher lifted a total payload of approximately ...
A Rocket Lab Reveal: The Neutron Rocket + The Hungry Hippo
The well-produced Rocket Lab Neutron video with Peter Beck is available for viewing at this direct link... Rocket Lab USA, Inc (Nasdaq: RKLB) has revealed new details about their next generation Neutron launch vehicle. Neutron rocket specs revealed by Peter ...
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Airbus Completes 2nd Ocean Satellite Sentinel-6B
Sentinel-6B loaded in a container for shipment. Image is courtesy of Airbus / T. Locher. Airbus has completed Sentinel-6B, the second ocean monitoring satellite of the European Copernicus program and is now testing it extensively over the next six months ...
Orbex Prime Rocket To Use BioLPG Ultra-Low Carbon Fuel
Orbex and Calor have entered into an agreement that will see the UK gas company supply the ultra-low carbon fuel that will launch the Orbex Prime rocket. Under the terms of the new deal, Calor will supply Orbex with its ...
Orbital Insight Integrates with Esri’s ArcGIS Platform To Streamline Satellite + Sensor Imagery Analysis
Orbital Insight's fusion of multi-sensor geospatial data and state-of-the-art algorithms has been helping customers address critical concerns for years—from determining the flow of container ship traffic amid unprecedented supply chain delays to visualizing dynamic intelligence and defense-related threats and anomalies ...
Constellation Of World’s First Fully 3D Printed Smallsats To Be Developed + Launched By Fleet Space
Fleet Space Technologies has announced their future strategy, led by the development of a new constellation of 3D-printed smallsats named Alpha, with the first satellites ready for launch in 12 months. This constellation will reside alongside the existing Centauri constellation ...
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Awarded Million$ Follow-On SSPA Order
During the company's first quarter of fiscal 2022, Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) was awarded a follow-on order valued at $1.2 million for their Ka-Band Solid-State Power Amplifiers (SSPAs) that use state-of-the-art Gallium Nitride (GaN) technology for an In-Flight Connectivity ...
Kymeta + OneWeb Sign A JDA For A Flat Panel User Terminal
Kymeta and OneWeb have entered a joint development agreement (JDA) to develop an innovative, flat panel, electronically steered, user terminal that is compatible with the OneWeb network to support land fixed applications and leading the way to various mobility applications ...
Satixfy’s Baseband Modem To Integrate With Telesat’s Lightspeed Earth Stations Across The Globe
Telesat (NASDAQ and TSX: TSAT) and SatixFy have agreed to deploy the latter's baseband modem equipment for Telesat Lightspeed gateway Earth stations throughout the world. The SatixFy advanced Sx3099 landing station modems will be capable of processing up to 1.6 ...
L3Harris’ Satellite Design For Missile Tracking Approved By The Space Development Agency
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) has successfully completed the final design review for the Space Development Agency’s missile-tracking program — the company will continue with development and integration of four satellites for Tracking Layer Tranche 0 under a $193 million firm, fixed-price ...
EUMETSAT’s Council Goes With Improving Weather And Climate Data
EUMETSAT headquarters in Darmstadt, Germany The European meteorological satellite agency, EUMETSAT, has consolidated its position as a leading provider of weather, climate and Earth system data, announcing a series of new agreements, contracts and data exchange arrangements today. Many of ...
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Rocket Lab Acquires Planetary Systems Corp. Via Crux CFO Advisors Sell-Side
Crux CFO Advisors (“Crux”) served as the exclusive financial advisor to Planetary Systems Corporation (“PSC”) in its recently completed sale to Rocket Lab. PSC was founded in 1998 to provide high-quality, affordable mechanical systems to the aerospace industry and brings ...
