Late last month, Rubicon Space Systems received a NASA contract to deliver ASCENT propulsion systems for use in a technology development effort to advance dual-mode propulsion. Dual-mode propulsion (sometimes called […]
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NASA selects Ball Aerospace to develop NOAA’s GeoXO sounder instrument
NASA, on behalf of NOAA, selected Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation to develop the sounder instrument for a Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) satellite program. This cost-plus-award-fee contract is valued at […]
Statement from Space Systems Command preparing for the NROL-107 mission aboard ULA’s “The Bruiser” rocket
The following announcement was released previous to the successful ULA Launch.Space Systems Command (SSC), in partnership with the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and United Launch Alliance (ULA) are preparing to […]
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries(MHI) launches JAXA payloads
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) lifted off on a H-IIA rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan at 08:42 JST / 00:42 […]
USSF awards Viasat contract for Proliferated Low Earth Orbit satellite services
Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) has announced that Inmarsat Government, now part of Viasat, was awarded a Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (PLEO) Satellite-Based Services (SBS) contract by the U.S. Defense Information […]
Launch Addendum: Lockheed Martin reports on their Transport Layer Satellites launch as part of the SDA’s Tranche 0 mission
Ten Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) satellites were successfully deployed into LEO in support of the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 0 Transport Layer (T0TL) mission. SDA’s T0TL is a proliferated […]
NGA, NRO, USSPACECOM plan for threats to commercial satellites
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and U.S. Space Command (SSC) recently signed a first-of-its-kind agreement outlining a framework to enable the protection of commercial remote […]
The James Webb Telescope captures an image of a cosmic whirlpool
The graceful winding arms of the grand-design spiral galaxy M51 stretch across this image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. Unlike the menagerie of weird and wonderful spiral galaxies […]
UPDATE 1: Launch of JAXA’s XRISM + SLIM now put on hold due to weather
JAXA has announced that the scheduled launch of the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) and the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) onboard the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 47 […]
LeoStella + Hera Systems establish a strategic alliance
LeoStella and Hera Systems have announced a strategic manufacturing alliance that will will mitigate supply chain risks, increase the reliability of production and delivery schedules and maintain competitive pricing for […]