NASA has awarded GHGSat a task order to provide the agency with methane emission data under the agency’s Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition (CSDA) program for evaluation to determine the utility […]
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Intelsat starts testing NASA air pollution monitor
Intelsat has successfully powered up the first, space-based instrument to monitor major air pollutants across North America and send data back to Earth as part of the first phase of […]
MDA selected by L3Harris for SDA’s Tranche 1 Tracking Layer constellation
MDA Ltd. (TSX:MDA) has been awarded a contract from L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) as part of the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 1 Tracking Layer program. MDA will design and build […]
NASA names the winners of the 2023 Student Rocket Launch Competition
NASA has announced that the University of Alabama in Huntsville is the overall winner of the agency’s 2023 Student Launch challenge. More than 800 students from across the U.S. and […]
U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO): GPS Modernization
U.S. Space Force should reassess requirements for satellites + handheld devices The Department of Defense (DoD) has worked for years to upgrade GPS with a military-specific signal known as M-code […]
Planet partners with the UAE Space Agency to build satellite data-driven loss + damage atlas for climate resilience
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL) recently partnered with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Space Agency to build a regional, satellite data-driven, loss and damage atlas for climate change resilience. This […]
L3Harris to support NOAA’s GOES-R satellites
NOAA has awarded L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) the Geostationary Ground Sustainment Services contract, valued at up to $275 million, to provide services that extend the functions of the Geostationary Operational Environmental […]
New NASA mission to study ice clouds + Earth’s dynamic atmosphere
NASA has initiated a new mission to help humanity better understand Earth’s dynamic atmosphere – specifically, ice clouds that form at high altitudes throughout tropical and sub-tropical regions. The PolSIR […]
DARPA selects Umbra for the DRIFT program
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected Umbra as one of the agency’s partners for their Digital Radar Image Formation Technology (DRIFT) program. This partnership is a vital […]
Lockheed Martin on the Blue Origin team that has been selected to develop a human lunar lander
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] is on the team that has won a contract from NASA to develop and demonstrate a human landing system for the Artemis program under the agency’s […]