NASA Selects 12 Companies To Provide Launch Services For VADR Missions
NASA has selected 12 companies to provide launch services for the agency’s Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) missions, providing new opportunities for science and technology payloads and fostering a growing U.S. commercial launch market. The award selections are: ...
Celestis Memorial Payload To Be Launched By ULA’s Inaugural Vulcan Flight
Celestis, Inc. has entered into a launch services agreement with United Launch Alliance (ULA) who will host a Celestis Memorial Spaceflight payload aboard the initial flight of ULA’s Vulcan Centaur, planned for later this year. Known as the Enterprise Flight, ...
FCC Blocks Lockheed Martin’s Acquisition Of Aerojet Rocketdyne
The Federal Trade Commission has sued to block Lockheed Martin Corporation’s $4.4 billion proposed vertical acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc., the last, independent, U.S. supplier of missile propulsion systems. Aerojet supplies advanced power, propulsion, and armament systems, which are ...
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Autonomy Software That Makes Navigation Safer + Less Complex For Space Operators Debuts From SCOUT
SCOUT Inc. has announced their Autonomy Software offerings: computer vision and guidance software to make navigation safer and less complex for space operators. These offerings include software-hardware integration providing: next-generation AI/ML-based autonomy, hybrid data fusion from various sensors, and closed-loop ...
Space Systems Command Starts JMS SP-9 Decommissioning As SDA Capabilities Are Modernized
Space Systems Command (SSC)’s Space Command and Control (Space C2) program began the decommissioning of Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC) Mission System (JMS) Service Pack 9 (SP-9) this month, marking a significant step toward the continued modernization of Space Domain ...
Arabsat + Globecast Upgrade CGTN-Arabic To HD
Extending their years-long partnership, Arabsat, in collaboration with Globecast in Asia, recently upgraded the broadcast of CGTN-Arabic TV channel to high-definition(HD), reaching viewers across the Arab world, via the Arabsat Badr-6 satellite. Through this collaboration, Arabsat and Globecast are providing ...
USSF Presents Space Micro With An Air-To-Space Lasercom Development Contract
Space Micro, powered by Voyager Space, has been selected by the United States Air Force (USAF) AFWERX program for an award to develop an air-to-space laser communications system. Under this contract, Space Micro will address some of the most challenging ...
Million€€s Awarded To Isar Aerospace By The European Commission
Isar Aerospace has won the European Commission’s EIC Horizon Prize “Low-Cost Space Launch” and has received 10 million euros in prize money. The European Commission’s award was given to Isar Aerospace for their launch service solution using ‘Spectrum,’ a two-stage ...
Xplore Contracts With OrbAstro To Acquire Smallsat Buses For A Variety Of Missions
Xplore Inc. has signed a contract with Orbital Astronautics Ltd. (OrbAstro) to use OrbAstro's satellite buses for a variety of innovative missions, starting with OrbAstro's ORB-6 platform — Xplore will fly Earth and astronomical observation imagers, with a first launch ...
Israel’s First Space Telescope To Be Developed + Built By Elbit Systems
Artistic rendition of the ULTRASAT space telescope. Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESLT, TASE: ESLT) (“Elbit Systems”) has been awarded awarded a contract valued at approximately $16 million to supply a space telescope to the Weizmann Institute of Science under Israel’s ...
mu Space CEO + Founder To Speak @ The SmallSat Symposium
Artistic rendition of mu Space's mu-B200 smallsat on-orbit. mu Space Corp has been invited to speak at the SmallSat Symposium in Silicon Valley — mu Space will be representing the space industry in Southeast Asia at this internationally renowned event ...
Northrop Grumman’s MQ-8C Fire Scout Makes Operational Deployment With The U.S. Navy
An MQ-8C Fire Scout takes off from the flight deck of the USS Milwaukee (LCS 5), Jan. 6, 2022. Credit: U.S. Navy Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE: NOC) MQ-8C Fire Scout, the U.S. Navy’s next generation ship-based autonomous helicopter system deployed ...
Strategic Alliance Between Synspective + AMH Philippines For SatSAR Support
AMH Philippines, Inc. and Synspective have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to use SAR technology as part of an integrated and comprehensive approach to mitigate geohazards for infrastructure in the Philippines. The partnership includes the Land Displacement Monitoring (LDM) ...
