
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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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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LeoStella’s new Vice President of Business Development has 40 years experience in the space industry
He has served in senior leadership positions at NASA, Boeing, Raytheon Technologies, Ball Aerospace, Space Systems Loral, and most recently, Belcan. LeoStella, a specialized satellite constellation design and manufacturing company, has expanded its leadership team with the addition of Mike ...

Epsilon3’s Series A funding harvests million$$
Photo is courtesy of Epsilon3. Epsilon3 has raised $15 million in a Series A funding round led by investor Lux Capital — this funding will expand the company's suite of space project management solutions, according to the the company. Epsilon3’s ...

China’s newest EO satellite carried aloft by a Long March 4C rocket
A Long March-4C carrier rocket carrying the Gaofen-12 03 satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, June 27, 2022. Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua. On Monday, June 27th, China sent a new Earth Observation (EO) satellite ...

NASA’s Australian rocket launches seek habitable star conditions
On the heels of a successful launch on June 26, NASA is set to launch two more sounding rockets from northern Australia during the first half of July — these missions will help astronomers understand how starlight influences a planet’s ...
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Paper or plastic bag at checkout? NanoAvionics sells their first cubesat already operating in LEO
That's not what happens when a satellite is purchased but this small NanoAvionics cubesat is their first satellite sold already operating in Low Earth Orbit, which provides data on climate change, hidden resources, agricultural improvement and other valuable processes on ...