UPDATE 2: Virgin Orbit Heads Straight Up with Space Systems Comand’s STP-S28A + six DoD rideshare partners aboard LauncherOne
Space Systems Command and Long Beach-based Virgin Orbit National Systems, a US-incorporated, wholly-owned subsidiary of Virgin Orbit, successfully air-launched seven Department of Defense Research and Development satellites for the U.S. Space Force on the company’s LauncherOne rocket, after taking off ...
UPDATE 2: Via an Atlas V 541 rocket, ULA advances the USSF-12 mission to GEO
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 541 rocket has accomplished the launch of the USSF-12 mission for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC). The USSF-12 features two satellite payloads: the Wide Field of View (WFOV) Testbed for ...
Wishing Everyone a Happy July 4th … Independence Day, U.S.A.
Satnews Publishers’ offices will be closed on Monday, July 4th, to celebrate the July 4th holiday, returning on Tuesday, July 5th. The entire Satnews team wishes everyone who celebrates Independence Day a most enjoyable holiday. Sacrifices have been made by ...
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UPDATE 5: Rocket Lab looking good with their CAPSTONE launch + more about NASA’s mission to the moon + July 4th planned actions
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 ...
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D-Orbit signs launch + deployment contract with Kepler Communications
D-Orbit has signed a launch and deployment contract with Kepler Communications that covers the launch of two, 6U, telecommunications smallsats. The satellites will be boarded inside the ION Satellite Carrier (ION), D-Orbit’s proprietary, versatile, and cost-effective, orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) ...
L3Harris infrared space tech will enhance battlefield imagery + missile defense detection
A L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) infrared instrument will significantly improve the ability to capture high-resolution imagery and other important battlefield information from space – a critical capability for the nation’s future missile defense efforts. L3Harris is providing the instrument as part ...
Planet’s SkySat views of a now abandoned Snake Island, Ukraine
Planet has released their latest satellite imagery of Snake Island, Ukraine. This SkySat imagery of the island, which is a strategic, Black Sea outpost that Russian forces have allegedly abandoned, was captured from June 26 to June 30th., 2022. According ...
CAAS, OSTIN, SITA and Startical’s proof-of-concept with VHF communication between pilots and air traffic controllers
Space-based VHF voice communications will have more comprehensive coverage, which helps to enhance the safety and efficiency of air traffic management. Four companies have joined together to perform a proof-of-concept on the use of space-based Very High Frequency (VHF) voice ...
Swedish Space Corporation partners with Boliden to reduce emission footprint using satellite data
Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) and the Swedish mining and metals company, Boliden, have entered into a partnership to track and reduce emissions from smelters. Benefiting from data analysis services offered by SSC subsidiary, GlobalTrust, Boliden will use satellite images to ...
SatixFy names a CEO who whose bold and turnaround strategies will lead to its next phase of growth
He has over 21 years of experience turning exciting new technologies into saleable products, and then scaling up manufacturing of those new products to meet customer demand. SatixFy Communications Ltd. (“SatixFy”), developer of state-of-the-art satellite communication equipment and systems, has ...
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Santos selects HiberHilo to monitor O&G wells in Papua New Guinea
Santos, one of the largest oil and gas producers in Australia and the largest oil and gas producer and exporter of Papua New Guinea (PNG), has selected Hiber’s HiberHilo, satellite-powered, remote well-monitoring solution to ensure the safety and environmental security ...
Additive Manufacturing, Business Moves, Development, Last Mile, New Products, Propulsion, Reusable, SmallSats, Space Tug
Plasmos to build a reusable space tug
A space tug that is fully reusable as well as a delivery system that addresses the last mile is being developed by Plasmos Inc., using the company's developed propulsion capability Ali Baghchehsara, the CEO of Plasmos, stated that he has ...
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 ...
