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 ...
Creotech Instruments secures a 52 million euros contract with ESA for the CAMILA constellation
Creotech Instruments SA has signed the largest contract with the European Space Agency (ESA), a landmark 52 million euros contract for the CAMILA (Country Awareness Mission in Land Analysis) satellite constellation. Under the contract, Creotech Instruments will provide a national ...
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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 ...
Rocket Lab awarded new HASTE launch contract for the DoD by Kratos
Screenshot Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has been selected by Kratos to launch a full-scale, hypersonic test flight for the Department of Defense (DOD) under the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test Bed (MACH-TB) 2.0 program—the mission will launch on ...
JAXA selected Spirent’s industry-first Lunar PNT simulation solution to support lunar navigation program
Spirent Communications plc (LSE:SPT) last month was selected by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to provide a pioneering lunar positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) simulation solution. Image of the lunar surface captured by LEV-2 (SORA-Q)Copyright: JAXA/TOMY/Sony Group Corporation/Doshisha University ...
Global space collaboration strengthened with MoU between Space ISAC + French Space Command
The Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Space ISAC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the French Space Command (Commandement de l’Espace) during CYSAT USA, which took place the week of the 40th Annual Space Symposium—this milestone marks ...
Comtech completes initial VSAT deliveries for Navy partner in the APAC region
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) recently completed initial deliveries of the their next generation Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) systems to a strategically significant allied Navy partner in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region The initial deliveries of Comtech’s VSAT systems ...
Viasat demos 1st of its kind D2H SATCOM tech in Brazil
Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) has successfully performed the first successful direct-to-handset (D2H) communication test using direct-to-device (D2D) technology in L-band in Brazil. Viasat's D2D demo in Brasília, Brazil. The groundbreaking demonstration showcased two smartphones connecting directly via satellite using 3GPP NTN ...
ESA welcomes inauguration of the African Space Agency
The European Space Agency has joined the world space community in congratulating the African Space Agency on its official inauguration. The African Space Agency (AfSA) is the second regional space agency after ESA and has been in development since 2015, ...
ESA’s Biomass; on the launch pad, the mission and Europe’s Spaceport
ESA-CNES-ARIANESPACE/Optique vidéo du CSG–T. Leduc ESA’s Biomass satellite, encapsulated within a Vega-C rocket fairing, has been rolled out to the launch pad at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana ahead of liftoff, planned for 29 April at 11:15 CEST. Carrying a ...
Hughes launches innovative + compact ESA
Hughes Network Systems, LLC, an EchoStar company (Nasdaq: SATS), earlier this month informed the industry of the commercial availability of the firm's HL1100W single panel electronically steerable antenna (ESA), a cost-effective, high performing addition to the Eutelsat OneWeb user terminal ...
The Bahamas: Future SpaceX Falcon 9 landings pending EIA approval
The Bahamian Government has revealed it is looking forward to future Falcon 9 booster droneship landings in Bahamian waters, pending the satisfactory completion of the post-landing report and the approval of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) currently being finalized by ...
