ULA’s Atlas 5 is ready but is the weather at the Cape ready for Amazon’s Project Kuiper launch?
For those who have been ready for a long time for the Amazon Kuiper launch it looks like Monday might be the day, if the weather holds. The Kuiper 1 launch will deliver the first satellites into space for Amazon's ...
Hubble—Celebrating the space telescope’s 35th anniversary year on-orbit
In celebration of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s 35 years in Earth orbit, an assortment of images that were recently taken by Hubble have been released. Barred spiral galaxy NGC 5335 These images stretch from the planet Mars to images ...
USSF defines path to space superiority in 1st warfighting framework
The United States Space Force (USSF) has released the Space Warfighting framework that outlines the service's vision for achieving and maintaining space superiority, while ensuring the long-term safety and sustainability of the space domain. This landmark document underscores the critical ...
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SpaceX’s Starlink of Group 11-9 smallsats ready for Monday launch
Adriana, a thanatologist in Merida, Yucatan with her family to embrace a coastal lifestyle. SpaceX is targeting Monday, April 28 for a Falcon 9 launch of 27 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit, that will build a smallsat constellation, from Space ...
SpaceX’s Sunday launch of Starlink Group 12-23 smallsats including 13 Direct to Cell
SpaceX's Falcon 9 was successful on Sunday, April 27 launching 23 Starlink small satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. These satellites ...
Firefly Aerospace ready for Monday launch of Lockheed Martin’s FLTA006 Message in a Booster mission
Firefly Aerospace's launch of Lockheed Martin's FLTA006 has now been scheduled for Monday, April 28th, at 6:37 AM -7:29 AM PDT from Vandenberg. Space Launch Complex 2W has launched 97 rockets, including 97 orbital launch attempts. While Vandenberg SFB, California, ...
DARPA solicitation is seeking to LASSO SSA performers
Posted at SAM.GOV is DARPA's Lunar Assay via Small Satellite Orbiter (LASSO) solicitation for their program that seeks to develop technologies to support significantly increasing the United States’ ability to conduct operations in support of space situational awareness (SSA). The ...
Home for ACES
ESA's ACES and Columbus robotic arm on the ISS. Image courtesy of ESA. The Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space (ACES), ESA’s state-of-the-art timekeeping facility, has been successfully installed on the International Space Station (ISS), marking the start of a new ...
ATMOS Space Cargo conducts 1st re-entry mission
Image is courtesy of ATMOS ATMOS Space Cargo (ATMOS) has conducted the first orbital test flight of its innovative PHOENIX 1 re-entry capsule to and back from LEO. ATMOS Phoenix 1 on-orbit, image courtesy of the company. Initial analysis confirms ...
Spire Global completes sale of the firm’s Maritime business—debt eliminated
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) has completed the previously announced sale of the firm's maritime business to Kpler for approximately $233.5 million, before adjustments, plus a $7.5 million agreement for services over a 12 month period, post close. Spire used these proceeds of ...
Planet signs contract with EMDYN to provide satellite data for intelligence, insurance + security solutions
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL) has signed a multi-year contract with EMDYN, a European-based company that provides agile intelligence-led solutions and security services. EMDYN's bespoke geospatial intelligence fusion Platform draws together location intelligence data from an array of sources in ...
Space Systems Command expands commercial space vehicle processing capacity
Contract awarded to support increased demands of both military and commercial launch activities, to include National Security Space priorities and improve the U.S. Space Force’s responsive and resilient launch capabilities. The United States Space Force (USSF)’s Space Systems Command (SSC) ...
SpaceX’s successful Thursday launch of Starlink’s Group 6-74 smallsats
SpaceX's Falcon 9 on Thursday, April 24 launched 28 of Starlink's Group 6-74 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The satellites will become a part of the ...
