SpaceX’s successful Wednesday Starlink satellite launch but No-Go for Maxar’s WorldView mission
Photo by Satnews captured from SpaceX video stream On Wednesday, April 17 at 5:26 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A beautiful Florida ...
SpaceX launches DoD’s next-generation operational environmental intelligence satellite
SpaceX launches USSF-62 mission Thursday. Photo by Satnews captured from SpaceX video stream On Thursday, April 11 at 7:25 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched the USSF-62 mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space ...
Astranis’ next generation product: Omega
Astranis has announced Omega which, according to the company, is pound-for-pound the most powerful communications satellite for a GEO satellite to ever offer, with more than over 50 Gbps in a smallsat form factor, with expectations for launch in 2026 ...
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Rocket Lab schedules Electron launch Beginning Of The Swarm with NASA’s ACS3 and NEONSAT-1
The ‘Beginning Of The Swarm’ mission is scheduled to launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand during a 14-day launch window that opens on April 24th. Electron will carry two satellites for two separate customers: NEONSAT-1, ...
Vibrint and pureLiFi provide LiFi solution for national security and classified environments
Leading LiFi Engineers Offering World Class LiFi SolutionspureLiFi offer world leading LiFi engineering to solve customers specific LiFi requirements. Vibrint, an innovator in federal technology solutions, announces the launch of Vibrint LiFi, a transformational secure wireless communications capability for classified ...
Verus® Research’s $1 Million contract monitors anomalies for Space Vehicles Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory
Verus® Research, a New Mexico-based team of scientists and engineers with expertise in advanced research and development, announces the award of a two-year, $1 million contract from the Space Vehicles Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). The contract ...
SpaceX chalks up another smooth Starlink smallsat launch
It's a go again for SpaceX's 41st launch of the year and the 9th launch of the month. Weather was excellent for SpaceX's 180th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station making this the 305th Falcon ...
USSF extends partnership with L3Harris to enhance space domain awareness
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) has received an award of option year five of the Maintenance Of Space Situational Awareness Integrated Capabilities (MOSSAIC) program — this contract, worth up to $187 million from the U.S. Space Force (USSF), continues the modernization and ...
SpaceX Thursday launch ready to go
SpaceX is targeting Thursday, April 18 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is targeted for 6:40 p.m. ET, with ...
Apogeo Space announces agreement with INNOSPACE to manage multi-unit launches
Apogeo Space has announced the agreement with INNOSPACE to acquire multi-unit launches, starting in the second half of 2025. The agreement consists of the management, over the period 2025-2027, of three LEO launches and releases of Apogeo Space's picosatellites that will ...
SSC’s SBIRS Baseline Release control authority transferred to Space Operations Command
The United States Space Force’s Space Systems Command, through its Space Sensing Product Support Delta (SNP), has successfully completed the trial period of the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Baseline Release (SBR 23-1). Artistic rendition of SBIRS is courtesy of Lockheed ...
Kacific + Microsoft partner to reach 10 million people in APAC with internet access initiative
Kacific Broadband Satellites Group and Microsoft recently announced their collaboration to bring high-speed satellite internet access to 750 rural educational and healthcare institutions with a geographical coverage of 10 million across the Asia Pacific (APAC) region over the next two ...
Evolve Dynamics,+ Doodle Labs partner for anti-jamming resilience in the new SKY MANTIS 2 UAV
Evolve Dynamics and mesh networking technology provider, Doodle Labs, have announced a continuation of their partnership and the integration of Doodle Labs’ Helix Mesh Rider Radios as the on-board datalink in the new generation of the Evolve Dynamics’ flagship platform, ...