UPDATE 3: The CAPSTONE smallsat is successfully carried aloft + Rocket Lab is triumphant with this phase of NASA’s moon mission
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 ...
Virgin Orbit’s launch window for the USSF’s STP-S28A + DoD payloads to ‘go’ on June 29th
Virgin Orbit (Nasdaq: VORB)’s launch system is in place at the Mojave Air and Space Port. The dress rehearsals are complete and the company remains on track for their upcoming Straight Up mission, with a launch window opening on June ...
ULA Atlas V launch vehicle to lift the USSF-12 mission to orbit for Space Systems Command on June 30th from Cape Canaveral SFS
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 541 rocket with four, side-mounted boosters will launch the United States Space Force (USSF)-12 mission for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC). Liftoff is scheduled to occur from Space Launch Complex-41 ...
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LeoStella’s new Vice President of Business Development has 40 years experience in the space industry
He has served in senior leadership positions at NASA, Boeing, Raytheon Technologies, Ball Aerospace, Space Systems Loral, and most recently, Belcan. LeoStella, a specialized satellite constellation design and manufacturing company, has expanded its leadership team with the addition of Mike ...
Epsilon3’s Series A funding harvests million$$
Photo is courtesy of Epsilon3. Epsilon3 has raised $15 million in a Series A funding round led by investor Lux Capital — this funding will expand the company's suite of space project management solutions, according to the the company. Epsilon3’s ...
China’s newest EO satellite carried aloft by a Long March 4C rocket
A Long March-4C carrier rocket carrying the Gaofen-12 03 satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, June 27, 2022. Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua. On Monday, June 27th, China sent a new Earth Observation (EO) satellite ...
NASA’s Australian rocket launches seek habitable star conditions
On the heels of a successful launch on June 26, NASA is set to launch two more sounding rockets from northern Australia during the first half of July — these missions will help astronomers understand how starlight influences a planet’s ...
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Paper or plastic bag at checkout? NanoAvionics sells their first cubesat already operating in LEO
That's not what happens when a satellite is purchased but this small NanoAvionics cubesat is their first satellite sold already operating in Low Earth Orbit, which provides data on climate change, hidden resources, agricultural improvement and other valuable processes on ...
A successful ISS reboost by Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus™ spacecraft
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE: NOC) Cygnus cargo spacecraft successfully boosted the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS). Docked to the ISS since February, Cygnus fired its main onboard engine to adjust the orbit of the station to the desired ...
An advanced edge platform for satellite tracking + telematics data introduced by Globalstar
Globalstar, Inc. (NYSE American: GSAT) has introduced Realm Enablement Suite, a portfolio of satellite asset tracking hardware and software solutions that feature a powerful application enablement platform for processing smart data at the edge. With Realm, partners can accelerate new ...
Leanspace closes financing round with million€s in seed funding
Leanspace has closed an oversubscribed Seed financing round of 6 million euros ($6.4 million) and the funding will be used to scale up the company’s cloud services platform. The financing round was led by Karista and 42CAP, with complementary, non-dilutive ...
ORBCOMM’s new Chief Operating Officer brings expertise to this newly created position
David Schmoock has joined ORBCOMM as Chief Operating Officer ...will oversee ORBCOMM’s day-to-day operations, including customer experience, supply chain management, business operations, project management and execution of the company’s strategy and related initiatives. ORBCOMM Inc., a global provider of Internet of ...
Avanti Communications + Viasat enter a long-term capacity agreement targeting the energy sector
Avanti Communications (“Avanti” has signed a long-term capacity lease agreement with Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) to help support the connectivity needs of their customers in the energy sector. Capacity from Avanti's fleet of HYLAS Ka-band satellites will be used to ...
