UPDATE: Going… Going… Great! The USSF’s GPS III SV05 Satellite Experiences A Successful SpaceX Falcon 9 Push To Orbit
The Falcon 9 liftoff of the GPS III SV05 satellite from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Screen capture is from the SpaceX live stream of the launch. Launched on June 17, 2021, the GPS III Space Vehicle 05 (GPS III ...
The Contract To Develop The SICRAL 3 Defense SATCOM System Won By Thales Alenia Space + Telespazio
Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio have signed a contract with the Italian Ministry of Defense, represented by TELEDIFE / Secretariat General of Defense, for the development of the SICRAL 3 secure satellite communications system, including its ground segment. Covering the ...
Plans Being Orbited By 4iG to Acquire A 51 Percent Stake in Spacecom
4iG Plc (“4iG” or “the Group”) has announced their first international transaction, which will allow the Group to continue building its telecommunications portfolio and expanding its space industry business. 4iG and its two subsidiaries, Hungaro DigiTel and CarpathiaSat, have entered ...
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New Board Leaders Elected For Aerospace Corporation That Include Former NASA Chief + Recent Deputy SecDef
The Honorable Stephanie L. O’Sullivan was elected chair of The Aerospace Corporation (Aerospace) Board of Trustees, effective June 11. Retired U.S. Air Force General Paul J. Selva will serve as vice chair, replacing O’Sullivan in this role. The Honorable Jim ...
Spaceport Cornwall + Sierra Nevada Corp.’s Sierra Space Sign An MoU
Spaceport Cornwall, the UK’s horizontal launch site, and Sierra Nevada Corporation, which will be engaging through its wholly owned subsidiary Sierra Space, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore future collaboration opportunities following the completion of UK Space ...
The Series B Round For SkyWatch Space Applications Is Completed
SkyWatch Space Applications Inc. ("SkyWatch") has completed a $17.2 million Series B round of financing to further enable access to Earth Observation (EO) data — Drive Capital led the investment round with participation from existing investors Bullpen Capital, Space Capital, ...
Exolaunch’s Big One Ton Load Of Smallsats Sent Into Orbit via SpaceX’s Transporter-2
Exolaunch, has just completed its launch campaign named ‘Fingerspitzengefühl’* by integrating 29 small satellites from the USA, Europe and South America aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rideshare mission scheduled for June 2021. With a combined mass of close to one ton, ...
Southern Launch Receives Construction Approval For Test Launch Campaign In South Australia
The Lower Eyre Peninsula and Australia are now one step closer to space — Southern Launch received approval for the construction of infrastructure to support a test launch campaign from Whalers Way, located on the tip of the Eyre Peninsula ...
SpaceX Launch Of USSF’s GPS III SV05 Weather Forecast For June 17 Launch
Courtesy of the United States Space Force and the USAF's 45th Weather Squadron at Patrick Air Force Base, here's the forecast as of June 16 for the SpaceX Falcon 9 launch of the Lockheed Martin built GPS III SV-05 satellite, ...
L3 Harris Technologies Debuts Their New Emergency Responder Radio
The L3 Harris XL Extreme™ 400P emergency responder radio. Image is courtesy of the company. L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) has expanded their XL platform of Project 25 (P25) radios to include the new XL Extreme™ 400P, the first and only handheld radio ...
The KSF Space Foundation Releases New, Inexpensive, Cubesat Board Systems
As part of its education outreach initiative and a leader in the smallsat industry driving space mission for universities, the KSF Space Foundation announced they have released new cubesat board systems for their education kit that is also ready To ...
Intellian’s New R&D Center In South Korea Is Now Operational
Intellian Technology's new, state-of-the-art, Research and Development (R&D) Center in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, is now complete and operational. The facility provides a new home for the continually growing engineering team, houses state of the art product and quality verification facilities ...
A Distribution Partner Agreement Signed Between OneWeb + Alaska Communications
Alaska Communications (NASDAQ: ALSK) has signed a Distribution Partner Agreement with OneWeb to expand the company’s connectivity solutions across Alaska. Through the agreement, Alaska Communications will sell OneWeb’s LEO satellite service to their customers and use OneWeb’s infrastructure for critical ...
