Axiom Space’s Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1), the world’s first all-private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS), has successfully launched. The four-person, multi-national crew of Ax-1 is, as of […]
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Telesat Government Solutions Receives Security Clearance From The DCSA For U.S. Services + Appoints Highly Experienced Board Directors
Telesat Government Solutions, a U.S.-incorporated, wholly-owned subsidiary of Canadian-based Telesat (Nasdaq and TSX: TSAT), has announced that the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) has granted the company a Facility […]
Amazon + Amazon Web Services To Reimagine Orbital Reef’s Space Station Ops + Logistics
Amazon Distribution and Fulfillment Solutions (Amazon) and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are helping Orbital Reef reimagine networking, logistics, and communications that will be an integral part of the next space […]
Northrop Grumman Successfully Tests The Crucial Abort Motor For NASA’s Orion Spacecraft
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) and Lockheed Martin have successfully performed the final full-scale ground test of the abort motor for NASA’s Orion spacecraft Launch Abort System (LAS) at Northrop […]
SES To Enable European Maritime Safety Agency RPAS Operations Via Satellite + Acquires DRS Global Enterprise Solutions
The latest contract awarded by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) will see the agency continue to use SES’s high-performance satellite connectivity services for Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems’ (RPAS) operations, […]
ESA’s + EUMETSAT’s MTG-I Weather Satellite Passes Test In Preparation For Liftoff
Following on from the success of the first and second generation of Meteosat satellites, the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) will soon take over the reins to ensure the continuity of […]
Space-Based Manufacturing To Be Explored Via DARPA’s New NOM4D Program
DARPA’s Novel Orbital Moon Manufacturing, Materials, and Mass Efficient Design (NOM4D) program, is underway with eight industry and university research teams on contract. The selected teams are tasked to provide […]
ESA’s Moon Rocket Milestone For Artemis
The Space Launch Systems rocket (SLS), with Orion atop it, left the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at around 23:00 CET (22:00 GMT) on March 17 to […]
CISA + FBI: Strengthening The Cybersecurity Of SATCOM Network Providers + Customers
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are aware of possible threats to U.S. and international satellite communication (SATCOM) networks. Successful intrusions into […]
Space Facilities Expansion + A New NASA Smallsats Contract For QinetiQ
The performance, versatility and availability of QinetiQ‘s P200 smallsat platform has helped the company to secure a new contractual agreement as part of NASA’s Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition IV (Rapid IV) […]