Blue Origin completes 35th New Shepard mission
Blue Origin has completed their 35th New Shepard flight and 15th payload mission from Launch Site One in West Texas—this flight carried more than 40 payloads from students, NASA, research institutions, and commercial companies, bringing the total number of science ...
Space Norway signs new launch agreement with SpaceX
Artistic rendition of the THOR 8 satellite is courtesy of Thales Alenia Space. Space Norway has signed a contract with SpaceX for the launch of the new communications satellite, THOR 8, into GEO. The mission, which will launch aboard a ...
SpaceX launches Northrop Grumman’s biggest cargo spacecraft Cygnus CRS-2 NG-23 (S.S. William “Willie” C. McCool) on Sunday from the Cape
On a sunny Sunday at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida SpaceX's Falcon 9 launched Northrop Grumman’s next Cygnus mission (NG-23) to the International Space Station. Liftoff was 6:11 p.m. ET This mission will be the first flight of ...
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SpaceX sends Starlink Group 10-27 smallsats from Florida
On Sunday, September 21 at 6:53 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 28 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit to join the Starlink constellation from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. This was the 11th ...
Pakistan halts broadband direct-from satellite
India has been reported to be slowing down its permissions for the likes of Starlink, OneWeb, Kuiper and SES/Jio to start services. Now it seems Pakistan – no friend of India – is also stuck in what has been described ...
SpaceX to launch NROL-48 secret mission on Monday from California
SpaceX is targeting Monday, September 22 for a Falcon 9 launch of the NROL-48 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The one-hour launch window opens at 10:23 a.m. PT. If needed, ...
GA-ASI UAS offerings pass 9 million flight hours
Ongoing flight operations of the new YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft helped General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., set a new company record, pushing past a total of 9 million flight hours. GA-ASI has been tracking total flight hours across its fleet ...
Forrester’s Digest: Telesat withdraws plan for extra satellites
Canada-based satellite operator Telesat has formally cancelled its plans for an additional 1,671 low Earth orbiting (LEO) satellites. Telesat has already admitted that its important geostationary DTH business is under pressure and is betting its business mainly on a new ...
NASA selects Blue Origin to deliver VIPER Rover to the moon’s South Pole
As part of the agency’s Artemis campaign, NASA has awarded Blue Origin a CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) task order with an option to deliver a rover to the moon’s South Pole region. NASA’s VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) ...
Maxar partners with AIDC to accelerate the resilience of Taiwan’s UAV industry against GPS interference
Maxar Intelligence has partnered with Taiwan’s Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) to deploy the Maxar Raptor software suite across Taiwan’s unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) industry, helping the country accelerate the resilience and reliability of autonomous systems in GPS- and GNSS-denied ...
AV awarded price option for 2 BADGER phased array systems for SCAR Program
At AV's Albuquerque, New Mexico, manufacturing center, the initial BADGER units near completion for the USSF. Photo is courtesy of the company. AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV) has received a new, firm‑fixed‑price (FFP) contract option with the U.S. Space Force Space ...
SpaceX sends Starlink Group 17-12 smallsats into the California fog
On Friday, September 19 at 9:31 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched 24 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit joining the Starlink constellation from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. This was the 10th flight ...
Infinite Orbits selects Simera Sense to supply space-based SSA payload with Orbit Guard™ mission as part of the CNES and France 2030 program.
Simera Sense and Infinite Orbits have signed a contract to incorporate Simera Sense's optical payload onto an Infinite Orbits mission—this collaboration is part of the French governmental program named France 2030 and led by the French Space Agency (CNES). Under ...
