The Copernicus Polar Ice and Snow Topography Altimetry mission CRISTAL is clearly on track. Following an intensive review process, the European Space Agency (ESA) has confirmed that the preliminary design of the satellite meets all system requirements. CRISTAL will carry an advanced, multi-frequency altimeter that will measure sea ice thickness and ice sheet elevations – […]
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Terran Orbital Delivers The PTD-3 Satellite To Cape Canaveral SFS For Integration Into The SpaceX Transporter-5 Mission
Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP) has delivered the Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator 3 (PTD-3) satellite to the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida for integration ahead of SpaceX’s Transporter-5 mission. PTD-3 is a 6-unit (6U) cubesat built and integrated by Terran Orbital to host and support launch and on-orbit operations of the TeraByte InfraRed Delivery […]
Key Milestone Reached By Thales Alenia Space In The Ongoing Development of Prime OBH’s Copernicus CO2M Mission For The ESA
Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed an amendment to its CO2M contract worth €169 million with project prime contractor OHB for the development and qualification of the payloads for the first two satellites in the CO2M mission, part of Europe’s Copernicus program. Copernicus is the core satellite […]
NASA Selects Firms For NOAA Atmospheric Composition Instrument Study
On behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NASA has selected two firms for the Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) Atmospheric Composition (ACX) instrument Phase A Study. These firms will provide services to help meet the objectives of NOAA’s GeoXO program. Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. of Boulder, Colorado, and Raytheon Intelligence & Space […]
NOAA Is Predicting A Below-Normal 2022 Central Pacific Hurricane Season
There is a 60% chance of below-normal tropical cyclone activity during the Central Pacific hurricane season this year, according to NOAA’s Central Pacific Hurricane Center and NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, divisions of the National Weather Service — the outlook also indicates a 30% chance for near-normal activity and only a 10% chance of an above-normal […]
Optical Intersatellite Links In LEO Successfully Demo’d By CACI International In Partnership With DARPA + SDA + AFRL/RV
CACI International Inc. (NYSE: CACI) has successfully demonstrated space-to-space optical communications links in LEO in partnership with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Space Development Agency (SDA) as part of the Mandrake II program. Mandrake II is a joint risk-reduction program with DARPA, SDA and the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles […]
SBCs For JPL’s SunRISE Mission Delivered By Voyager Space’s Space Micro
Space Micro Inc., powered by Voyager Space, recently delivered a total of seven (7), flight-level, Single Board Computers (SBCs) to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of Pasadena, California, for the Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment (SunRISE). Slated for a 2024-2025 launch, SunRISE will collect data obtained by a smallsat array to help scientists better understand […]
AFSPACE Becomes The Fifth U.S. Space Command Service Component
The Department of Defense (DoD) has designated First Air Force as ‘Air Forces Space’ (AFSPACE) and the fifth service component to U.S. Space Command. The change postures First Air Force to provide airpower expertise and advocacy in support of USSPACECOM‘s mission to conduct operations in, from and to space while integrating spacepower into the support […]
CACI Awarded DARPA Contract For Mission Software Development
CACI International Inc. (NYSE: CACI) was awarded a $20.4 million contract to provide technology, research, development, and innovation in support of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Mission-Integrated Network Control (MINC) program. MINC leverages software-defined networking (SDN) technology for remote, intelligent control of heterogeneous networks. This mission technology contract was awarded in CACI’s third […]
Terran Orbital Delivers 1st Bus to Lockheed Martin in Support Of SDA’s Transport Layer Tranche 0
Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP) has delivered the first of ten satellite buses to Lockheed Martin in support of the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 0 Transport Layer. This foundation layer represents the initial step in building an interoperable, connected secure mesh network. Once in orbit, Tranche 0 will demonstrate Joint All-Domain Operations capabilities by linking […]