Blue Origin completes 35th New Shepard mission
Blue Origin has completed their 35th New Shepard flight and 15th payload mission from Launch Site One in West Texas—this flight carried more than 40 payloads from students, NASA, research institutions, and commercial companies, bringing the total number of science ...
Space Norway signs new launch agreement with SpaceX
Artistic rendition of the THOR 8 satellite is courtesy of Thales Alenia Space. Space Norway has signed a contract with SpaceX for the launch of the new communications satellite, THOR 8, into GEO. The mission, which will launch aboard a ...
SpaceX launches Northrop Grumman’s biggest cargo spacecraft Cygnus CRS-2 NG-23 (S.S. William “Willie” C. McCool) on Sunday from the Cape
On a sunny Sunday at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida SpaceX's Falcon 9 launched Northrop Grumman’s next Cygnus mission (NG-23) to the International Space Station. Liftoff was 6:11 p.m. ET This mission will be the first flight of ...
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Infinite Orbits selects Simera Sense to supply space-based SSA payload with Orbit Guard™ mission as part of the CNES and France 2030 program.
Simera Sense and Infinite Orbits have signed a contract to incorporate Simera Sense's optical payload onto an Infinite Orbits mission—this collaboration is part of the French governmental program named France 2030 and led by the French Space Agency (CNES). Under ...
SpaceX to launch Starlink Group 17-12 from California on Friday
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is targeting the launch of 24 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit joining the Starlink constellation from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The forecast calls for a temperature of 66°F, ...
SpaceX launches Starlink Group 10-61 smallsats from the Cape
On Thursday, September 18 at 5:30 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 28 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit to join the Starlink constellation from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Photos captured by Satnews ...
Forrester’s Digest: Kuiper will start in 5 countries in March 2026
Amazon’s broadband-by-satellite service Project Kuiper says it will have broadband coverage in five countries by March 2026. Ricky Freeman, president of Project Kuiper’s Kuiper Government Solutions division at Amazon, speaking at the Novaspace World Space Business Week event in Paris, ...
Alaska Capital invests $30 million in Fenix Space Inc. to advance next generation launch capabilities
Alaska Capital, LLC has signed a letter of intent to invest $30 million in a Series A financing of Fenix Space Inc. for advanced launch capabilities. As part of the collaboration, Alaska Capital also intends to assist Fenix Space with ...
Sentinel-1D begins streamlined simulations training
For more than a decade, mission control teams at the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) have successfully commissioned and operated most of the Sentinel fleet of satellites. In preparation of the coming launch of Sentinel-1D, mission controllers have started the ...
Viasat to deliver space crypto solution for USSF SSC
Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) is developing a new, space-based encryption solution to support data security for U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC). Under this multi-year development award, Viasat’s encryption team within its Defense and Advanced Technologies segment will ...
Redwire announces contract to deliver Stalker UAS to another European NATO ally
Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW) has announced that the firm's wholly owned subsidiary, Edge Autonomy, has been awarded a contract from an undisclosed European NATO country to deliver its Edge Autonomy Stalker Group 2 fixed wing uncrewed aerial system (UAS) to ...
Teledyne FLIR Defense opens new office in Arlington, Virginia
Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY), held an opening event yesterday for its new office in the Crystal City area of Arlington, Virginia, minutes from the Pentagon. Ribbon cutting at the New Teledyne FLIR office Designed to ...
Berg Insight: The global satellite IoT subscriber base to reach 32.5 million by 2029
The global satellite IoT communications market is growing at a good steady pace according to a new research report from specialist IoT analyst firm Berg Insight. The global satellite IoT subscriber base grew to surpass 5.8 million in 2024. The ...
