The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced late March that Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi would be the first foreigner to travel to the International Space Station on board the Crew […]
Letter of Intent Signed Between Equatorial Space and Responsive Access Regarding Smallsat Launches
Equatorial Space has signed a letter of intent to work with Scottish launch aggregator, Responsive Access, on finding customers for launches of the firm’s smallsat launch vehicle. The company’s fully […]
PredaSAR Corporation’s New Chief Solutions Officer and Chief Operating Officer Effective Immediately
Two major appointments have been announced by PredaSAR Corporation (“PredaSAR” or “the Company”), which is building and will operate the world’s largest and most advanced commercially operated Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite […]
A New Mission for NanoAvionics Smallsats
A consortium of Norwegian and Dutch research centers have selected satellite integrator NanoAvionics to build two smallsats, ‘Birkeland’ and ‘Huygens.’ Artistic rendition of the Birkeland and Huygens smallsats on-orbit. Image […]
Forrester Reports: Another 60 for SpaceX + Arqiva Group’s New CEO
Chris Forrester SpaceX made a Twitter announcement on April 17 that the company had successfully test-fired the engines on a Falcon 9 rocket in readiness for its next ‘Starlink’ launch […]
Ball Aerospace Initiating the Manufacturing of the USAF SMC’s WSF Satellite Following Successful CDR
Ball Aerospace conducted a critical design review (CDR) of the Weather System Follow-on (WSF) satellite mission, which the company is building for the U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems […]
Aviation Leaders Coming Together for Inmarsat’s and APEX’s FlightPlan Online Event
Inmarsat has joined forces with APEX to connect the global aviation industry during the most challenging time in its history. A unique online broadcast event, to be held on April […]
Psyche: Five Questions with Maxar’s Program Management
By: Maxar Technologies On April 15, 2020, Maxar Technologies completed an important milestone in building Psyche, a spacecraft that will launch in 2022 to explore a metallic asteroid orbiting the […]
L3Harris Technologies Contributes $2 Million and Other Assistance for COVID-19 Relief and Recovery Efforts
Another company is stepping up to assist with providing additional equipment and resources to organizations involved in COVID-19 relief and recovery efforts around the world. William M. Brown, Chairman, […]
Successful On-Orbit Docking of Northrop Grumman’s MEV-1 with Intelsat’s IS-901 Satellite
Intelsat (NYSE: I) has announced that, on February 25, Intelsat 901 returned to service following the successful docking with the first Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV-1) from Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: […]