The combined Landsat-9 Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Secondary Payload Adapter (ESPA) Flight System (EFS) team recently passed a major program milestone for NASA, known as Design Status Review 3. After […]
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USGIF Assembles Consortium Under NGA’s GLAP Initiative
The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) has assembled an Academic Consortium (UAC) to respond to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)’s GEOINT Learning through Academic Programs (GLAP) initiative. The GLAP […]
European Space + Digital Players To Study Build Of EU’s Satellite-Based Connectivity System
The European Commission has selected a consortium of European satellite manufacturers, operators and service providers, telco operators and launch service providers to study the design, development and launch of a […]
SpaceX Launches The NROL-108 Mission For The NRO From Kennedy Space Center
On Saturday, December 19, at 9:00 a.m. EST, a SpaceX Falcon 9 launched the National Reconnaissance Office NROL-108 mission from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, completing […]
Rakon Helps Build A Satellite View of Climate Change
Rakon products are on-board the Copernicus satellite Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich (‘Sentinel-6’), which was launched on November 21 and sent back its first measurements of sea level last week. The mission […]
CNES Selects ANYWAVES For Reflectarray Antenna For Smallsats Demo
ANYWAVES has been selected by the French Space Agency (CNES) to demonstrate the technical feasibility of a Reflectarray antenna for smallsats. Selected from a call for tender, the French manufacturer […]
ISRO Launches Their CMS-01 Communications Satellite
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on December 17 successfully launched their 42nd communication satellite, CMS-01, on board the PSLV-C50 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC-SHAR) at Sriharikota. The […]
ESA Contracts ArianeGroup To Develop Themis Reusable Rocket Stage Demonstrator
ArianeGroup has received a 33 million euros contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) to begin the first development phase for the Themis reusable rocket stage demonstrator. Themis will use […]
Blue Origin’s New Glenn Launch Vehicle Awarded NASA NLS II IDIQ Contract
NASA has awarded Blue Origin a NASA Launch Services II (NLS II) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to launch planetary, Earth observation, exploration, and scientific satellites for the agency […]
HawkEye 360 Supporting NGA’s RF Geoint Pilot Program
HawkEye 360 Inc. is supporting a commercial radio frequency (RF) geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) pilot program for the United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), using its constellation of formation flying satellites […]