
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 ...

Northrop Grumman’s “superb launch” NROL-174 on secret reconnaissance mission for Space Force and NRO
A Minotaur 4 rocket launches from Space Launch Complex-8 Thursday, April 22, 2010. Image: Vandenberg Space Force Base The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), in partnership with U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Small Launch and Targets Division, Space Launch ...
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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 ...

USSF awards WSF-M satellite Initial Operational Capability improving weather monitoring
First USSF WSF-M satellite reaches Operational Acceptance, advances Space-Based Environmental Monitoring Space Systems Command’s Weather System Follow-on – Microwave (WSF-M) satellite has been formally accepted and declared Initial Operational Capability (IOC) by Space Operations Command (SpOC). SSC launched WSF-M (Space ...

Shenzhou 20’s Long March 2F/G launches three replacement astronauts to the Chinese Space Station
This undated photo shows Shenzhou-20 crew members Chen Dong (C), Chen Zhongrui (R) and Wang Jie. Chen Dong will be the commander, the China Manned Space Agency announced at a press conference on Wednesday. (Xinhua) Shenzhou 20, from the China ...

Vodafone Business and ServiceNow enhance the customer experience with AI-powered service automation
Vodafone Business and ServiceNow, the AI platform for business transformation, have announced a five-year strategic collaboration to launch the next era of AI-powered service management. The solution is designed to transform the service experience for business customers with AI capabilities ...

Forrester’s Digest: Iridium to start testing D2D
Iridium, already a popular satellite system and in favor with military and first responders, says it will begin testing its satellite direct-to-device (D2D) service this summer with Norway’s Nordic Semiconductor. How long it will take before Iridium’s L-band D2D narrowband ...

Northrop Grumman begins the integration + testing Of NASA’s Habitation And Logistics Outpost
NASA and Northrop Grumman marked the arrival of the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) at the company’s Gilbert, Arizona, facility. (Photo Credit: Northrop Grumman) Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) and NASA marked a key milestone, enabling integration and testing to ...

AgEagle Aerial Systems releases latest eBee VISION app software featuring updated autonomous drone navigation GNSS signals
AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc. (NYSE: UAVS) has launched their eBee VISION next generation application software that includes a variety of critical updates. Of particular note is the capability for autonomous position updates with map referencing to provide precise navigation—even in ...

Sidus Space announces Notice of Allowance of U.S. Patent Application for modular satellite command + data handling system
Sidus Space (NASDAQ: SIDU) has received a Notice of Allowance of U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 17/828,233, titled System for a Modular Satellite Testing Platform. This patent application is directed to the structural elements of the LizzieSat® satellite, of which ...

HawkEye 360 + General Atomics Integrated Intelligence partner to enhance all domain ISR data analysis
HawkEye 360 Inc. has partnered with General Atomics – GA-Integrated Intelligence, Inc. (GA-i3) to integrate its advanced RF data capabilities into GA-i3’s Optix platform—this collaboration establishes HawkEye 360 as a channel partner and value-added reseller of the Optix platform. This ...

SpaceX to launch Starlink Group 6-74 smallsats on Thursday
SpaceX is targeting Thursday, April 24 for a Falcon 9 launch of 28 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Launch is targeted for 9:52 p.m. ET, with ...