SpaceX delivers for Amazon — launches Project Kuiper-01’s smallsats from the Cape on Wednesday
On Wednesday, July 16 at 2:30 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched the KF-01 mission of 24 smallsats to orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Photos captured by Satnews. Amazon now has ...
SpaceX launches “Israel’s most advanced communications satellite” built by Israel Aerospace from the Cape early Sunday morn
On Sunday, July 13 at 1:04 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched Commercial GTO-1 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The satellite will reach fixed point over Earth within 2 weeks. Photos ...
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SSC awards $2.8 billion contract for the first two satellites of the Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications (SATCOM) [ESS] program
Image is courtesy of Boeing The United State Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) awarded a $2.8 billion contract to The Boeing Company to build and deliver the first two satellites of the Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications (SATCOM) [ESS] program. ...
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IonQ completes acquisition of Capella Space + advances the company’s space-based quantum comms vision
IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) has completed their acquisition of Capella Space Corporation, a space tech company with synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and satellite solutions for government and commercial applications. The closing marks a significant step in IonQ’s mission to develop the ...
GomSpace draws 6 million euros under shareholder credit facility to support company growth
GomSpace has drawn down 6 million euros (SEK ~67 million) under the second tranche (“Tranche B”) of the 18 million euros shareholder credit facility established with Peter Kendal Hargreaves, the company’s main shareholder. The drawdown is being executed today, July ...
SpaceX to launch Starlink Group 17-3 smallsats on Friday from California
Access to the internet has become essential for education, but students and teachers in rural areas, often have very limited connectivity. Starlink has brought high-speed connectivity to thousands of students, opening up a world of possibility for the students in ...
Australia’s Gilmour Space explains why NO GO, and scrubs Wednesday’s maiden launch of Eris Test Flight1
LAUNCH SCRUBBED: NEXT WINDOW NET JULY 27 We’re standing down from this week’s launch window and aiming for our next opportunity starting July 27. Unfortunately, operational delays set us back a day and the latest upper wind forecasts have now ...
Amphinicy Technologies receives contract for operations support at EUMETSAT’s Svalbard and Azores facilities, and LEO ground stations monitoring and control solutions
Following an open invitation to tender, Amphinicy Technologies, a provider of advanced software solutions and software products for the satellite industry from Zagreb (Croatia) and Luxembourg (Luxembourg), has been awarded a contract by the European Organization for the Exploitation of ...
Redwire announces addition of the Edge Autonomy Stalker UAS to the DoD’s Blue List of approved drones
Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW) has announced that the Stalker uncrewed aerial system (UAS), developed by Redwire’s wholly owned subsidiary, Edge Autonomy, has been granted an Authority to Operate (ATO) and is now on the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) Blue UAS ...
Forrester’s Digest: Alphabet ups AST SpaceMobile investment
Alphabet, the parent company of Google, Waymo self-driving cars and dozens of other subsidiaries, is further investing in would-be satellite direct-to-consumer cellular activity AST SpaceMobile. Google is already a strategic investor in AST SpaceMobile, having participated in a $155 million ...
ATLAS Space Operations enhances global ground station network + support for COSMIC-2 with a new antenna in Rwanda
ATLAS Space Operations has activated its newest antenna in Mwulire, Rwanda, a strategic addition to the company's global ground network. The expansion significantly enhances COSMIC-2’s ability to collect and provide critical data to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ...
Modernized GPS operating system closer to operational integration
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Operations Command has accepted a modernized operating system for Global Positioning System (GPS), which is designed to maintain resiliency of the constellation and improve positioning, navigation and timing services to meet user demand now and ...
Network Innovations U.S. Government announces joint multi-orbit RF sensing deployment with INTEGRASYS + AvL Technologies
Network Innovations U.S. Government (NIUSG), a subsidiary of Network Innovations, has announced that the company has completed the deployment of a Multi-Orbit RF Sensing platform in partnership with INTEGRASYS and AvL Technologies. This supports ongoing collaboration with the three companies ...
