Space Systems Command + Virgin Orbit National Systems set for Space Test Program launch
Space Systems Command is preparing to air-launch the STP-S28A mission on June 29th to deliver seven payloads for the DoD Space Test Program off the Southern California coast to an orbit of 500 kilometers at a 45 degree inclination. These ...
UPDATE 4: Rocket Lab looking good with their CAPSTONE launch + NASA reveals more about the agency’s mission to the moon
Rocket Lab launched the CAPSTONE cubesat from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Pad B, located on New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula on June 28th via an Electron rocket. The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) cubesat will ...
ULA Atlas V launch vehicle to lift the USSF-12 mission to orbit for Space Systems Command on June 30th from Cape Canaveral SFS
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 541 rocket with four, side-mounted boosters will launch the United States Space Force (USSF)-12 mission for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC). Liftoff is scheduled to occur from Space Launch Complex-41 ...
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NOAA’s Office of Space Commerce joins an industry focus on the effects of satellites on astronomy
Understanding the effects satellites have on astronomy observations is the focus of a new, collaborative effort between NOAA’s Office of Space Commerce (OSC), the American Astronomical Society, the International Astronomical Union and the Satellite Industry Association. The series will provide ...
Business Moves, C5, Command + Control, Contracts, Cyber, Military, Phase, Prototypes, Situational Awareness, Targeting, U.S. Army
Raytheon Technologies awarded next phase for U.S. Army’s TITAN program
Raytheon Technologies has been awarded a competitive, prototype phase through an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) with Consortium Management Group, Inc. (CMG) on behalf of Consortium for Command, Control and Communications in Cyberspace (C5) to continue development of the U.S. Army’s ...
Astronauts, Business Moves, Habitats, LEO, Lunar, Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC), MoU, Spaceplane, Technology, Turkey, USA
New cooperation agreement signed between Sierra Space, Turkish Space Agency + ESEN for LEO, lunar + astronaut programs development
Sierra Space, the Turkish Space Agency and ESEN Sistem Entegrasyon (ESEN) have signed a new Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) that will find the three parties combining efforts on Sierra’s Space’s LEO, lunar and astronaut programs. The MOC agreement outlines plans ...
Climate, Contract Amendment, Copernicus, ESA, Ka-Band, Ku-Band, Manufacturing, Maritime, Mission, News
Thales Alenia Space’s agreements regarding development of IRIS and CRISTAL for Europe’s Copernicus Earth observation program
Copernicus is a European flagship program providing Earth observation and in situ data, and a broad range of services for environmental monitoring and protection, climate monitoring and natural disaster assessment to protect European citizens. The CRISTAL satellite will feature, for ...
Orbital Sidekick using satellite technology to provide pipeline monitoring for Energy Transfer
Orbital Sidekick Energy Transfer is one of the largest energy infrastructure companies in North America with more than 120,000 miles of pipeline and related assets crossing 41 states. OSK is the first company to commercially... Orbital Sidekick (OSK) has been ...
Business Moves, Contracts, Earth Observation (EO), Europe, Infrared, Interferometry, Polar Orbits, Satellite Build, SmallSat
Airbus awarded an ESA contract for development of the FORUM satellite
Airbus has been awarded a 160 million euros contract for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) FORUM satellite to measure heat emitted from the Earth into space. FORUM (Far-infrared Outgoing Radiation Understanding and Monitoring) will be the first satellite to observe ...
ST Engineering iDirect’s installation process for Intelsat’s FlexEnterprise provides faster deployment of connectivity services
Satmotion Pocket, Auto Commissioning tool The Satmotion solution, developed by Integrasys, is now integrated into iDirect’s Velocity platform which underpins the global FlexEnterprise service fabric to enable even faster deployment of connectivity. ST Engineering iDirect, a global provider of satellite ...
Data Analytics, Data Transmission, Earth Observation (EO), Ecosystems, Fishing, Maritime, NGO / First Responder, Ocean, Radar, SAR
MDA provides Global Fishing Watch access to RADARSAT-2 imagery to assist in combating illegal fishing
MDA Ltd. (TSX:MDA) is revealing a major new contribution to international efforts to monitor, track and intercept illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities using satellite technology. MDA is providing Global Fishing Watch (GFW) – an international non-governmental organization committed ...
Business Moves, New Products, Radar Imaging, SAR, Satellite Build, Satellites, SmallSat, Space Project Management
ICEYE’s new business will offer complete SAR missions for customers
ICEYE has established a new line of business that is focused solely on delivering fully operational satellite missions to customers looking for their own orbital SAR capabilities. Governments and large multinational corporations are able to purchase their own radar imaging ...
A space sector incubator is launched by Beyond Gravity (formerly RUAG Space)
Beyond Gravity is launching their own start-up program —"Launchpad" — in October of 2022. The incubator supports young start-ups and their promising ideas around space technology. In the process, teams are developed from an early stage to an initial investment ...
