SSC continues to transform acquisition of SATCOM capabilities—5 companies contracted
Artistic rendition of the Protected Tactical SATCOM payload will use the protected tactical waveform to provide anti-jamming communications to war fighters globally.Image is courtesy of U.S. Space Systems Command. The United States Space Force’s (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) continues ...
Gilmour Space Technologies’ giant leap for Australia’s space capability with successful first test launch of Eris rocket
Gilmour Space Technologies has completed the maiden test launch of Australia's first locally designed and built orbital rocket — a major milestone toward offering low-cost, responsive launch services for small satellites globally. The 23-meter, 30-tonne Eris rocket, powered by new ...
MicroCarb launched
The launch of the MicroCarb satellite from Korou, French Guiana, by Arianespace. The scientific mission, MicroCarb, led by the French space Agency CNES, was successfully launched from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Artistic rendition of MicroCarb on-orbit MicroCarb is ...
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Firefly awarded $177 million NASA contract for mission to the Moon’s south pole
Artistic rendition of Firefly’s Elytra Dark vehicle deploying Blue Ghost into lunar orbit as part of Blue Ghost Mission 4. Image courtesy of Firefly. Firefly Aerospace has been awarded a $176.7 million NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contract to ...
SpaceX launches Starlink Group 10-29 of 28 smallsats from the Cape
SpaceX launched its next Starlink Group 10-29 of 28 V2 Mini satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket launch from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, in Florida shortly before midnight on Tuesday at 11:37 p.m. EDT (0337 ...
BAE Systems delivers NOAA’s SWFO-L1 + NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory satellites for launch
A BAE Systems technician inspects the Carruthers Geocorona Observatory satellite after the integration of the ultraviolet (UV) spectrometer onto the satellite bus.Credit: NASA/BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems BAE Systems has delivered two spacecraft in support of National Aeronautics and ...
Boeing-built X-37B Spaceplane set for 8th mission
Boeing-Built X-37B Spaceplane lands at Vandenberg Space Force Base to complete its seventh mission on March 7, 2025. It is slated to launch for its eight mission no earlier than August 21, 2025.(Image courtesy of the U.S. Space Force) The ...
NearSpace celebrates 1,000+ systems and subsystem on-orbit
NearSpace Launch, Inc. (NSL) has gained a major milestone: over 1,000 systems and subsystems have been successfully deployed on-orbit. Since the company's founding in 2014, NSL has grown from a visionary startup into a trusted spaceflight provider, delivering cutting-edge flight-proven ...
DataM Intelligence: Space propulsion market growth driven by deep space missions, green engines + satellite constellations
According to DataM Intelligence, the space propulsion market is set to grow at 12.42% CAGR, fueled by satellite constellations, lunar missions, and sustainable propulsion technologies. The Space Propulsion Market is rapidly gaining momentum as demand surges for more efficient, sustainable, ...
Aussie, Gilmour Space Technologies, posts launch ‘will be back’ Wednesday
MISSION: Gilmour Space’s Eris TestFlight1 will be the first Australian-made rocket to attempt orbit, and the nation's first orbital launch in over 50 years. The launch will be from Bowen Orbital Spaceport, a private orbital launch facility owned and operated by ...
Comtech amends Senior Secured Credit Agreement resulting in $35 million capital infusion
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) has negotiated amendments to its senior secured credit agreement that significantly improve the terms in the Company’s favor, increase financial flexibility and enhance liquidity to support the Company’s business plans. The improved terms of the ...
NASA and ISRO’s joint project, NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite set to launch from India on Wednesday
The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar, or NISAR satellite, will use advanced radar imaging to map the elevation of Earth's land and ice masses 4 to 6 times a month at resolutions of 5 to 10 meters. It is designed to ...
Australia’s Gilmour Space Technologies posts delay of launch now Tuesday. hopefully
Announcement today regarding the Eris launch has been pushed out one day as shown below: The launch will be from Bowen Orbital Spaceport, a private orbital launch facility owned and operated by Gilmour Space hosts of the Eris Pad which ...
