The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has retired two Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) demonstration satellites as of March 8, 2022, ending an extraordinarily successful experiment that demonstrated that a […]
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Comtech Partners with RapidSOS To Provide Life-Saving Data To 911 Agencies Across The U.S.
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) recently announced their firm’s new, SmartResponse™ solution is now designated “RapidSOS Ready.” RapidSOS is an emergency-response data platform that securely links life-saving data directly to […]
GMV Guarantees PAZ Satellite Services
GMV has signed a new contract with INTA (Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial) for the corrective maintenance of the main elements of its ground segment. The Spanish Paz satellite, with […]
Raytheon I&S’s Flight Ops System Supports JWST Launch + Interstellar Mission
Raytheon Intelligence & Space, a Raytheon Technologies business, built and delivered the ground test and flight operations systems in support of the recently launched James Webb Space Telescope and the […]
NASA’s Psyche Gets Huge Solar Arrays For Trip To Metal-Rich Asteroid
With its solar arrays installed, the spacecraft is close to its final configuration ahead of a planned August launch. NASA’s Psyche mission is almost ready for its moment in the […]
ESA / NASA’s Solar Orbiter Crosses The Earth-Sun Line As It Heads For The Sun
The ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft is speeding toward its historic first close pass of the Sun. On March 14, the spacecraft will pass the orbit of Mercury, the scorched inner […]
NOAA’s GOES-T Satellite Launched To Orbit By United Launch Alliance
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the GOES-T spacecraft for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA lifted off on March 1 at 4:38 p.m. EST from […]
SDA Awards Contracts For 126 Satellites
The Space Development Agency (SDA) has awarded three prototype agreements that are worth approximately $1.8 billion to establish the foundation for Tranche 1 Transport Layer (T1TL), a mesh network of […]
Advanced Space Completes Milestone Testing For Its Mission To The Moon
Advanced Space LLC. is reporting a successful, recent test for CAPSTONE, a NASA-funded mission to the Moon. Advanced Space owns and operates the CAPSTONE mission, a trailblazing pathfinder for the […]
NASA + NOAA’s GOES-T To Get Going On March 1
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket is in final preparations to launch the GOES-T mission for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA. The launch, managed […]