World’s 1st hacking testbed in space to launch on the SpaceX CRS-28 mission on June 5th
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, with the company’s Dragon spacecraft atop, stands ready for liftoff at NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in Florida on June 4, 2023, ahead of the company’s 28th resupply services mission to the International Space ...
Northrop Grumman’s rapid preparation in the Pacific Region for next-gen relay ground stations
Relay Ground Station-Asia (RGS-A) will be deployed in Guam and connect legacy and next-generation missile-warning and tracking satellites. Artist Rendering (Credit: Northrop Grumman) Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) recently completed a successful preliminary design review (PDR) of Relay Ground Station-Asia ...
Galileo Second Generation enters full development phase
The main procurements batch of Galileo Second Generation initiated last summer has been finalized — the system is now ready for its In Orbit Validation development phase. Galileo Second Generation will be made up of two independent families of satellites ...
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Spiral Blue brings space-based AI to Australians
Spiral Blue has announced a major breakthrough in the field of space-based Earth Observation (EO) — the company has released operational data from successfully running proprietary artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms in space. By optimizing Australian EO capabilities, Spiral Blue is ...
ESA’s CubeMAP mission development terminated
After very careful consideration, ESA’s Earth Observation Program Board has taken the decision to terminate the development of CubeMAP as a Scout satellite mission. This decision is based on the development path exceeding the programmatic constraints related to the timeline ...
RFA completes their Helix engine Integrated System Test
Rocket Factory Augsburg AG (RFA) has successfully hot fired the company's upper stage for a full duration of 280 seconds — this marks the successful completion of the Integrated System Test (IST) campaign, wherein a staged-combustion Helix engine was integrated ...
CGI Federal demos Microsoft Azure Orbital Cloud access + Nokia Private 5G comms to support USMC logistics
CGI Federal has successfully completed pilot testing of Microsoft Azure Orbital Cloud Access and Nokia Private 5G communications within the Marine Corps Platform Integration Center (MCPIC) systems at Blount Island Command (BIC). CGI Federal is the first Microsoft global partner ...
Fleet Reach ships out from Inmarsat Maritime
Inmarsat Maritime, a Viasat business, has announced the firm's new Fleet Reach coastal LTE service for maritime connectivity that brings uninterrupted, high-speed broadband to merchant, offshore, energy and fishing customers – even when they are sailing near the coast or ...
Pixxel’s $36 Million in Series B funding will advance hyperspectral satellite constellation and data platform
Pixxel, a hyperspectral Earth-imaging technology, announced $36 Million in a Series B funding round with participation from new investors such as Google, along with existing investors Radical Ventures, Lightspeed, Blume Ventures, growX, Sparta and Athera. The new funds as described ...
Northrop Grumman completes USSF’s DARC CDR
Northrop Grumman Corporation has successfully completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) and software demonstration for the U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capability Program (DARC). Following the completion of CDR, the program now turns its focus to the Factory ...
Orbit’s OceanTRx4 WGX maritime terminal in final stage for Inmarsat GX + Mil-Ka Type Approval certification
Orbit Communications Systems Ltd. (TASE: ORBI) has announced that the company's OceanTRx4 WGX maritime terminals are in the final stage of testing to support Inmarsat’s Global Xpress (GX) satellites and Mil-Ka as well as Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) ready. The ...
Department of the Air Force announces preferred locations for STARCOM HQ, three Deltas
Story by SAF/PA Staff Writer, Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs The Department of the Air Force has selected Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, as the preferred location to host the Space Training and Readiness Command Headquarters(STARCOM), along with ...
Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) initiates Workforce 2025 to meet ‘pacing challenges’
Story by the Office of Strategic Communication and Public Affairs As countries, including China, pose increasingly sophisticated IT and cyber threats against the United States, the Defense Information Systems Agency must attract and maintain an agile, skilled and diverse workforce ...
