The magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 earthquakes that struck southern Turkey and western Syria on February 6, 2023, caused widespread destruction in both countries. The initial, stronger earthquake emanated from a […]
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Forrester’s Digest: Amazon’s Kuiper gets FCC approval
By Chris Forrester, SatNews Senior Columnist The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has formally approved Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband-by-satellite LEO system. The FCC said it is happy with Amazon’s mitigation plan […]
Japan’s new H3 rocket scheduled to launch on February 15th.
On Wednesday, February 15th, the maiden flight of Japan’s H3 rocket is scheduled to launch from the Tanegashima Space Center located in the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima. The H3 rocket, […]
NASA seeks comment for commercial flights for space technology draft solicitation
Comments are due no later than 2:00 pm PST on March 11, 2023 NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center invites review and comment on the draft of its Suborbital/Hosted Orbital Flight […]
Blue Origin’s ESCAPADE with NASA for Mars Science Mission
NASA’s Launch Services Program (LSP) has awarded Blue Origin’s New Glenn the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) contract. ESCAPADE is part of the NASA Small Innovative Missions […]
Mynaric delivers CONDOR Mk2 terminals to Telesat Government Solutions for DARPA’s Blackjack program
Mynaric (NASDAQ: MYNA) (FRA: M0YN) has delivered multiple CONDOR Mk2 optical communications terminals to Telesat Government Solutions (GS), a wholly-owned, U.S.-based subsidiary of Telesat (NASDAQ and TSX: TSAT). Mynaric’s first […]
HII wins million$$ with DLA contract
HII (NYSE: HII) has announced that the firm’s Mission Technologies division has been awarded a $21 million recompete contract by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) to research and develop technical […]
LeoLabs awarded Department of Commerce contract for space traffic management prototype
LeoLabs, Inc., late last year received an award to provide data and services to the U.S. Department of Commerce to support the development of a U.S. civil-led Space Traffic Management […]
U.S. + India agree to engage in bilateral space collaboration
Officials from the United States and the Republic of India gathered from January 30-31 at the Department of State for the eighth meeting of the U.S.-India Civil Space Joint Working […]
DARPA + NASA collaborate on nuclear thermal rocket (NTR) engine
NTR propulsion more efficient than current methods, expands options for future deep space missions DARPA, via its Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) program, is collaborating with NASA to […]