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 ...
Aerospacelab stellar JAXA spacecraft contract through Mitsui Bussan Aerospace
Aerospacelab, in partnership with Mitsui Bussan Aerospace (MBA), proudly announces its selection by the Japan Exploration Agency (JAXA) to supply the platform that will host JAXA’s SAMRAI payload as part of a demonstration mission—this contract represents an important step in ...
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SpaceX’s Friday at the beach and a launch of Starlink Group 15-3 smallsats
It was a beautiful sunny Friday at a California beach that hosted a launch from Vandenberg of a much delayed Starlink Group 15-3 smallsats to add to the SpaceX constellation. On Friday, May 9 at 5:19 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 ...
SpaceX launch of Starlink Group 15-3 smallsats finally to launch on Friday
Satnews photo of launch on Tuesday, May 6. SpaceX is targeting Friday, May 9 for a Falcon 9 launch of 26 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California ...
Australia’s Gilmour Space Technologies ready to launch maiden Eris Test flight the nation’s first orbital launch in over 50 years
Gilmour Space Technologies is gearing up for their first Eris Test flight, no earlier than May 15. Gilmour Space’s Eris TestFlight1 will be the first Australian-made rocket, #Eris, to attempt orbit, and the nation's first orbital launch in over 50 ...
SpaceX Starlink Group 6-92 smallsat Friday launch weather is questionable
On Friday, Starlink Group 6-91 smallsats will launch low Earth orbit at 11:28 PM - 3:28 AM PDT from Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral, Florida. A group of smallsats will be released to become part of the Starlink constellation ...
SWISSto12’s new Chief Financial and Strategy Officer was Chief Strategy Officer at Inmarsat
SWISSto12, one of Europe’s aerospace companies and a manufacturer of advanced satellite systems and radio-frequency products, has appointed Fredrik Gustavsson as its new Chief Financial and Strategy Officer (CFSO). This role will focus on driving the company’s strategic growth, financial ...
Success for ESA’s Biomass mission as Forest satellite’s big antenna opens up
Biomass antenna deployment selfie Just a week after its launch, ESA’s Biomass mission has reached another critical milestone on its path to delivering unprecedented insights into the world’s forests and their vital role in Earth’s carbon cycle – the satellite’s ...
Satellites tracked a volcano’s secret collapse for 12 years — then it sparked a killer wave
Anak Krakatau’s deadly 2018 collapse was preceded by years of unnoticed ground movement, now exposed through satellite radar analysis. Researchers believe such data could offer crucial early warnings for similar volcanic threats worldwide. Credit: SciTechDaily.com In 2018, the Anak Krakatau ...
Emirates Shipping Congress and IEC Telecom drive maritime digital transformation at UAE Maritime Week
IEC Telecom took the lead in accelerating maritime digitalization in the GCC at the Emirates Shipping Congress, held on the opening day of UAE Maritime Week and organized by Emirates Shipping Association. A leading international satcom solutions provider co-curated a ...
Forrester’s Digest: Telesat Q1 revenue down 23%
The good news for Canada-based satellite operator Telesat is that its backlog for its Lightspeed mega-constellation is likely to be worth more than C$1.1 billion (0.7 billion euros) by the end of this year. The bad news is that the ...
New Jet Propulsion Laboratory Director named by NASA
Dave Gallagher Dave Gallagher will become the director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California on Sunday, June 1. The following is a statement from acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro on the appointment of David Gallagher as director ...
