Sierra Space has won a significant contract from NASA to study the use of the company’s expandable space station technology on the moon. The purpose of this contract will be […]
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Northrop Grumman invests $50 million in Firefly Aerospace to advance Eclipse™ medium launch vehicle
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has invested $50 million into Firefly Aerospace to further advance production of the companies’ co-developed medium launch vehicle, now known as Eclipse™. Filling a void […]
Can Europe fund mega-constellations?
By Chris Forrester Moderator: Tom Stroup (President, Satellite Industry Association, SIA) asked his panel to examine whether Europe was ready with its own constellations. Dallas Kasaboski (Principal Analyst, Analysys Mason) […]
MTG-S and Sentinel-4 undergo pre-launch maneuvers
Following its arrival at Cape Canaveral harbor in Florida,the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sounder satellite, with the Copernicus Sentinel-4 instrument on board, has been transported safely to the cleanroom at […]
Orion roars to life: successful power on by Lockheed Martin paves the way for Artemis III
In a major milestone for NASA’s Artemis campaign, the Lockheed Martin Orion team recently powered on the Artemis III spacecraft’s computers for the first time. This activity was the initial […]
FCC spectrum boost for satellite broadband
The Federal Communications Commission is aggressively pursuing spectrum abundance as part of its Final Frontiers agenda to secure U.S. leadership in space and supercharge the possibilities of satellite broadband. The […]
Infostellar contracted by the Japan MoD for “Satellite Frequency Analysis Technology Demonstration” project
Infostellar Inc. has been selected by Japan’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) for the “Satellite Frequency Analysis Technology Demonstration” project. This marks the first-ever contract signed under a newly established Japanese […]
BNP-Paribas Bank: “More headwinds ahead for Eutelsat”
Satellite operator Eutelsat saw its share price fall by almost 12 per cent on its Q3 revenue statement last week. BNP-Paribas, the financial services company, has now issued a report […]
DIU solicitation: CUAS Low Cost Sensing Challenge
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), in collaboration with the U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM), seeks to identify solutions for scalable, cost-effective, unmanned aircraft system (UAS) detection, identification, and tracking. This challenge […]
SSC selects CACI, General Atomics, and Viasat to develop EST Phase 2 prototypes providing on-orbit crosslink compatibility in future DoD space systems
The United States Space Force’s (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) awarded contracts to CACI, General Atomics, and Viasat to continue development of space laser communication terminal prototypes in Phase 2 […]