UPDATE: “Abort, abort, abort” as SpaceX’s launch of SDA’s Tranche 0 mission was scrubbed at T-3
UPDATE: Orders came, "Abort, abort, abort," as the Tranche 0 launch scrubbed at T-3. SpaceX is now targeting Friday, March 31 at 7:29 a.m. PT (14:29 UTC) for a Falcon 9 launch of the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 0 mission ...
SpaceX Starlinks launch from Cape Canaveral
SpaceX launched 56 Starlink satellites on Wednesday, March 29th, from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida — this was the 220th launch for the company. The first stage booster supporting this mission previously ...
SES statement regarding Intelsat
In response to rumors in the market, SES S.A. confirms that the company has engaged in discussions regarding a possible combination with Intelsat. At this stage, there can be no certainty that a transaction would materialize. The Board of SES remains ...
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First Eurostar Neo satellite reaches operational electric orbit
The first Eurostar Neo satellite built under ESA’s Neosat Partnership Project has completed its electric orbit raising to reach its geostationary position some 36,000 kilometers above Earth. The satellite — called Eutelsat Hotbird 13F — was developed and built by ...
Appointments, Board of Directors, Business Moves, Defense, Engineering, Military, President, Regulations, Spectrum, Speedcast, SSPI
SSPI’s new Chairwoman and President of Board of Directors come from ManSat and Speedcast
Space & Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) announced its Board of Directors has elected Katherine Gizinski, CEO of ManSat, as its Chairwoman, and James Trevelyan, Senior Vice President, Enterprise & Emerging Markets for Speedcast, as its President. The appointments take effect ...
Septentrio launches Agnostic Corrections partner program
Septentrio has started their Agnostic Corrections Partner Program that facilitates the use of Septentrio receivers with various, high-accuracy services that offer varying levels of accuracy, coverage and delivery methods. This also allows integrators and users to select the service which ...
SDA posts solicitation for Sabre payloads
The Space Development Agency (SDA) seeks industry solutions for a payload system that will add multiple new mission capability demonstrations to the NExT constellation. The payload system will deliver three (3) independent functional capabilities, collectively referred to as the Sabre ...
Neuraspace, News, Software, Space Collision Avoidance, Strategic Planning, Time Of Closest Approach (TCA)
Neuraspace intros “Machine Learning Prediction Plots” for earlier collision avoidance planning
Neuraspace recently introduced “Machine Learning Prediction Plots,” giving satellite and satellite constellation operators a tool for earlier collision avoidance planning. As a first in the space industry, the latest addition to Neuraspace’s STM software, using artificial intelligence (AI), enables operators ...
Agencies, Analysis / Reports, Business Moves, Contracts, Data-as-a-Service (DaaS), IDIQ, News, NOAA, PlanetiQ, Radio Occulation (RO), Space Weather, Spire Global, Weather, Weather Forecasting
NOAA awards RO Data Buy II IDIQ contracts
NOAA has awarded Space Sciences and Engineering LLC dba PlanetiQ (Golden, Colorado) and Spire Global Subsidiary, Inc. (Vienna, Virginia) Radio Occultation Data Buy II (RODB-2) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts with a total, maximum value of $59,312,954 million — the ...
BlackSky’s new satellites complete commissioning + enter ops within 18 hours
BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) successfully commissioned two new satellites that began revenue-generating commercial operations within 18 hours of “The Beat Goes On” launch mission. BlackSky’s first-of-a-kind, commercial constellation provides reliable and dynamic hourly monitoring, as many as 15 times ...
Iridium partner SKYTRAC provides global connectivity for offshore SaR
Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM) has made known that partner SKYTRAC is providing Iridium® satellite connectivity to a Sikorsky S-92®, which will be used for Search and Rescue (SaR) off the shores of Guyana. Photo of OHI's Sikorsky S-82 rescue ...
Agencies, Atmospheric Measurements, Business Moves, Contracts, News, NOAA, Radio Occulation (RO), Space Weather, Spire Global
Spire Global awarded NOAA contract
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) (“Spire” or “the Company”) was recently awarded an IDIQ contract by NOAA to compete for orders under a $59 million ceiling — this award is part of NOAA’s Commercial Weather Data Program's Radio Occultation Data Buy ...
Business Moves, Funding, Investments, Isar Aerospace, Launch Vehicle, Seed Funding, Series C, SmallSat, Spectrum
Isar Aerospace secures million$$$ in Series C funding
Isar Aerospace has closed their $165 million (155 million euros) Series C round — the funding enables Isar Aerospace to continue its journey toward the inaugural flight and ramp-up the cadence of the company's Spectrum launch vehicle and will also ...
