UPDATE: SpaceX successfully launches the Korea 425 top secret mission with 25 smallsats on board
UPDATE: On a picture perfect Friday, December 1 at 10:19 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched the Korea 425 mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. There were a total ...
Arcfield acquires Orion Space Solutions
Arcfield has completed the firm's acquisition of Orion Space Solutions (Orion), a Colorado-based developer of end-to-end space mission capabilities and solutions. The acquisition of Orion enhances Arcfield’s space exploration and hypersonic detection and tracking capabilities for agencies in the Department ...
Space Systems Command, SpaceX prepare to launch National Security Payload for the USSF
The Assured Access to Space (AATS) Directorate of Space Systems Command (SSC) and SpaceX are preparing a Falcon Heavy rocket for the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program. The mission, designated U.S. Space Force (USSF)-52, is targeted to lift off ...
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Russia’s Progress MS-25 resupply ship launches to space station
The Russian Progress cargo ship launched at 4:25 a.m. EST (0925 GMT). (Image credit: NASA) BAIKONUR COSMODROME /Kazakhstan/, December 1. /TASS/. A Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with the Progress MS-25 resupply ship blasted off from the Baikonur spaceport to the International ...
Implementing DoD’s Replicator Initiative to accelerate all-domain attributable autonomous systems to warfighters at speed + scale
In August, Department of Defense (DoD) Deputy Secretary of Defense, Kathleen Hicks, announced the Replicator initiative, a DoD-wide process to accelerate the delivery of innovative capabilities to warfighters at speed and scale. In its first iteration, Replicator focuses on improving ...
GlobalSat Group partners with Rivada to bring The OuterNET™ to LATAM
Globalsat Group is partnering with Rivada Space Networks to provide access to a next-generation data network for customers in the energy, government, NGO, agriculture, utilities and transportation sectors throughout the Americas and beyond. Globalsat offers mobile and other satellite services ...
Tata Advanced Systems + Satellogic Sign strategic contract to build satellites in India
Tata Advanced Systems Limited (“TASL”) and Satellogic Inc. (NASDAQ: SATL) are collaborating to establish and develop local space technology capabilities in India — this collaboration is a first step in TASL’s satellite strategy and a significant milestone for Satellogic as ...
Russian Progress MS-25 (86P) Soyuz 2.1a launch on Friday
Soyuz 2.1a is starting its Progress MS-16 mission (Credit: ROSCOSMOS) Russia's Progress MS-25 is an uncrewed spacecraft that will deliver 1,535 kg of resource equipment and tools, experiment setups, clothing, and provisions for the ISS crew. Additionally Progress will carry ...
SpaceX’s Friday Korea 425 mission launch includes top secret reconnaissance smallsats for APA
SpaceX is targeting Friday, December 1 at 10:19 a.m. PT for a Falcon 9 launch of the Korea 425 mission to LEO from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The project is lead ...
UP42 + OroraTech facilitate geospatial thermal-infrared data access with on-demand tasking
UP42, a geospatial developer platform and marketplace, and OroraTech, a leader in space-based thermal intelligence, have signed a partnership agreement to grant easy and fast access to global, high-resolution, thermal-infrared imagery — OroraTech delivers low-latency, global coverage, near-real-time thermal data ...
Direct-to-phone satellite connectivity expected to revolutionize the SATCOM industry
The latest edition of Euroconsult's 'Prospects for Direct to Handheld and IoT Markets' unveils the developing potential of the satellite direct-to-device market, with projections indicating that direct-to-phone services could connect nearly 130 million average monthly users by 2032. Euroconsult's new ...
Intellian + Iridium enhance safety at sea
Intellian Technologies, Inc. and Iridium Communications Inc.have developed a new Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) safety display terminal. The Iridium® network's LEO location provides highly reliable, weather-resilient L-band connectivity everywhere on the planet, making it essential when other satellite ...
