UPDATE 1: An additional 46 SpaceX Starlink satellites heading to orbit from Vandenberg SFB
SpaceX has successfully launched 46 Starlink satellites to LEO from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The instantaneous launch window opened at 2:40 p.m. PT (21:40 UTC), with the first stage booster having ...
L3Harris brings Maxar into their Tranche 1 Tracking Layer contract with the SDA for the design + production of 14 spacecraft
Maxar Technologies of Westminster, Colorado, announced on August 9th the firm had been selected by L3Harris Technologies for the design and production of 14 spacecraft platforms and associated support for their Tranche 1 Tracking Layer contract with the Space Development ...
UPDATE 1: 52 Starlinks are launched to join the SpaceX smallsat constellation
On Tuesday, August 9th, at 10:14 p.m., ET, SpaceX launched 52 Starlink satellites from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This was the third flight for the Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission, which ...
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Sierra Space rolls out high-power density Solar Power Systems
Sierra Space has started the delivery of the firm's proprietary, patented, Surface Mount Technology (SMT) solar power systems. Photo, courtesy of the company, of Sierra Space's SMT solar power systems. Sierra Space’s solar arrays will supply the satellite industry with ...
Analytics, GPS, Rendezvous Proximity Operations (RPO), Software, Space Collision Avoidance, Space Safety
Kayhan Space unveils their nexgen spaceflight safety platform
With thousands of satellites and countless debris bound for busy orbits, Kayhan Space has now unveiled their next-gen Pathfinder™ spaceflight safety platform to enable satellite and mission operators to better manage operational risks and make preemptive maneuvers based on precision ...
Aerojet Rocketdyne’s new $13.5 million Arkansas facility consolidates solid rocket motor manufacturing to increase efficiency, safety and capacity
Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Camden, Arkansas, site has opened a new facility to integrate solid rocket motor manufacturing activities, improving operational efficiency, increasing production capacity, reducing costs, and providing for even safer operations. “We are building upon our proud legacy of providing ...
IQ spacecom and Addvalue will develop InCommand
With its “always-on” and “schedule-free” connectivity, IDRS™ has demonstrated multi-year in-space reliability providing LEO satellite operators the ability to securely manage and task their LEO satellites in real time. Addvalue is a Singapore-based company, with experience in providing communications solutions ...
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Aerojet Rocketdyne successfully demos their Integrated System Test Bed for Advanced Defense Propulsion
Aerojet Rocketdyne has successfully demonstrated an Integrated System Test Bed (ISTB) that was designed and fabricated to test advanced liquid rocket engine thrusters and system components. The demonstration was independently funded by the company and conducted at the Air Force ...
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AccelerComm launches their LEOphy layer 1 modem for LEO 5G satellites
Recently, AccelerComm introduced LEOphy, a layer 1 modem that delivers enhanced performance for LEO SATCOM — the power-efficient, high PHY solution has been tailored to deliver maximum flexibility and reliability to enable more efficient 5G satellite communications, boasting the lowest ...
AXESS Networks selects SpaceBridge to enable high-speed broadband connectivity in Galápagos, Ecuador
SpaceBridge Inc. has announced that AXESS Networks has selected SpaceBridge to provide a high-speed, broadband trunk for community Internet access distribution in Santa Cruz Island in Galápagos, Ecuador. The SpaceBridge SBM-90X extreme broadband high-speed modem was selected for this mission ...
Advanced Space LLC receives the Mission of the Year award for the CAPSTONE mission.
The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment, CAPSTONE, led by Advanced Space, was launched seven weeks ago to perform its historic pathfinding mission to the Moon for NASA. The award was selected by the American Institute of ...
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DARPA initiates LEO Satellite ‘Translator’ development program
DARPA has selected 11 teams for Phase 1 of the Space-Based Adaptive Communications Node program, known as Space-BACN, which aims to create a low-cost, reconfigurable, optical communications terminal that adapts to most optical intersatellite link standards, translating between diverse satellite ...
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Northrop Grumman invests in new GEM rocket motor facilities in Utah
Northrop Grumman's GEM booster. Northrop Grumman has celebrated the expansion of solid rocket motor manufacturing facilities that will support increased production of the company's GEM solid rocket boosters in Magna, Utah. Wendy Williams, Northrop Grumman, vice president, Propulsion Systems, was ...
