Rocket Lab partners with U.S.A.F. | AFRL for Neutron launch for rocket cargo missions
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) will launch their medium-lift, reusable rocket—Neutron—for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for a Rocket Cargo mission that supports point-to-point cargo transportation and this mission is scheduled for a return-to-Earth launch no earlier ...
Rocket Lab schedules next mission for multi-launch customer iQPS
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has announced the launch window for the firm's next mission for multi-launch customer, Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS). The mission, named ‘The Sea God Sees’, will launch from Rocket Lab Launch ...
Terran Orbital selected by USSF for $237 million STEP 2.0 smallsat buses contract
Terran Orbital Corporation has been selected by the U.S. Space Force as one of 12 companies awarded a position on the Space Test Experiments Platform (STEP) 2.0 contract. This 10-year, $237 million, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, administered by Space ...
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ST Engineering iDirect leads the European Protected Waveform Consortium into Phase 2
ST Engineering iDirect’s EU Satcom Centre of Excellence, ST Engineering iDirect Europe, has advanced the European Protected Waveform (EPW) project to its second phase. Under the leadership of Belgium’s Ministry of Defence and with ST Engineering iDirect Europe as the ...
SpaceX launches Starlink Group 6-83 smallsats on a foggy Florida Tuesday morning
On Tuesday, May 13 at 1:02 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 28 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. These smallsats help build the Starlink constellation. Photos by Satnews. This ...
Viasat’s JetXP business aviation in-flight connectivity service hits new milestone
Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global provider in satellite communications, announces that JetXP, its next-generation business aviation connectivity service, has been selected by more than 400 customers since becoming commercially available at the end of last year. JetXP builds on ...
Forrester’s Digest: SpaceX breaks another Starlink record
A routine launch of 28 Starlink satellites today [May 13th] will be looking to break an impressive record for SpaceX. The new record is that the launch will be the 28th use of the Falcon 9 booster rocket. The launch ...
SpaceX to launch Starlink Group 6-67 smallsats on Wednesday
SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, May 14 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. Liftoff is targeted for 12:38 p.m. ET, with ...
Abu Dhabi clamps down on satellite TV users
CABSAT Dubai is now in flow with the event focused on satellites – whether for TV, for Earth observation or other uses. However, the Dubai Emirate is different from its neighbors in the Emirates capital city Abu Dhabi, which is ...
Clarus Networks delivers 1st rail-certified LEO satellite connectivity
ScotRail, in partnership with Clarus Networks Group, has launched a transformational connectivity project that sees the world’s first deployment of a rail-certified LEO satellite antenna. This deployment delivers high-speed, resilient internet access to trains operating across some of the UK’s ...
Exail to equip Airbus SIRTAP tactical UAS with advanced inertial navigation technology
IMU photo Exail has been selected with Spanish partner, Grafinta, to supply the UmiX-40 Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) for its integration in the navigation system of Airbus’s SIRTAP tactical unmanned aerial system (UAS), developed by GMV. This collaboration will provide ...
SpaceX scrubs Florida launch of Starlink Group 6-83 smallsats to Tuesday
Monday's launch was scrubbed as weather at Kennedy Space Center was nasty. SpaceX is now targeting Tuesday, May 13 for a Falcon 9 launch of 28 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space ...
SpaceX launches Starlink Group 15-4 smallsats from California beach
At sunset on a clear California evening the ocean could be clearly seen as SpaceX's Falcon 9 launched 26 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit at 6:05 PM PDT on Monday, May 12 from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at ...
