Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] was selected by the NASA to further refine concepts for a critical instrument and the spacecraft bus for the NOAA’s GeoXO weather satellites, the next generation […]
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Viasat selected by ESA to conduct multi-layered SATCOM study
Viasat UK Ltd., a subsidiary of global communications company Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), was selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to conduct a multi-layered SATCOM study focused on evaluating […]
NASA prepares for Space Launch System (SLS) rocket services contract
As NASA prepares for the first integrated flight test of the SLS rocket and the Orion spacecraft to the Moon this summer as part of Artemis, the agency is moving […]
RAL Space works on the MWS Proto Flight Model calibration for the MetOp-SG satellite
ESA’s MetOp Second Generation (SG) series, developed under EUMETSAT Polar System Second Generation (EPS-SG) and integrated by Airbus Defence and Space, will consist of three successive pairs of satellites working […]
The launch of a supersonic scramjet engine test is completed by JAXA
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, has successfully test-launched a small research rocket that conducted tests for a future, supersonic, scramjet engine. JAXA is researching this engine that uses atmospheric […]
UPDATE 1: Northrop Grumman + NASA successfully test the Space Launch System Booster (SLB-2) — new test photo
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) and NASA successfully conducted a full-scale static fire of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket motor, known as Flight Support Booster-2. The five-segment solid rocket […]
Millennium Space Systems demos advanced smallsat constellation tech
Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing (NYSE: BA) company, demonstrated several new technologies – expected and unexpected — on-orbit with their RED-EYE smallsat constellation. Built for DARPA, the satellite was nicknamed […]
Space Domain Awareness to be advanced by SCOUT Space thru an SBIR AFWERX contract
SCOUT Space Inc. has been granted a Phase II SBIR contract through AFWERX, the Technology Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and the innovation arm of the Department […]
Startical’s European air traffic management to space project supported by European Union
Startical, created by Indra and ENAIRE, proposes to launch a constellation of smallsats to improve air traffic management (ATM) and has received significant backing from the European Commission, which will […]
NASA selects Draper to fly research to the far side of the Moon
NASA has awarded Draper a contract to deliver Artemis science investigations to the Moon in 2025 — the commercial delivery is part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative […]