NASA‘s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP), an advisory committee that reports to NASA and Congress, issued its 2021 annual report Tuesday examining the agency’s safety performance over the past year […]
Agencies
Partnering Up… Telesat + ENCOR 5G To Advance 5G Throughout Canada
Telesat (NASDAQ and TSX: TSAT) and ENCQOR 5G now have a new strategic partnership to advance 5G technology forward — investment and collaboration in an ultra-high-speed communications infrastructure will enable […]
Arianespace To Launch PLATiNO 1 + 2 Smallsats For Italian Space Agency
Arianespace has been awarded a launch contract by SITAEL, with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) as the final customer, to orbit PLATiNO 1 and 2 satellites. The action should occur […]
NASA’s JWST 21-Foot Primary Mirror Is Successfully Deployed
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope team has now fully deployed its 21-foot, gold-coated primary mirror, successfully completing the final stage of all major spacecraft deployments to prepare for science operations. […]
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Succeeds With The Milestone Of Deploying The 70 Foot Sunshield
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope team has fully deployed the spacecraft’s 70-foot sunshield, a key milestone in preparing it for science operations. The sunshield – about the size of a […]
The SmallSat Symposium Returns… Bigger + Better Than Ever…
The SmallSat Symposium Silicon Valley 2022 will be in session from February 8 through 10, with the event workshops occurring on February 7. The SmallSat Symposium will, once again, be […]
Swedish Space Corporation Joins The UN:IO European Space Consortium
Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) has joined the European space consortium, UN:IO, that is creating an independent, European constellation of satellites for commercial and institutional communication channels. As a vital part […]
NEW SYMPHONIE CONSORTIUM WINS A New Symphonie Consortium Awarded A European Union Concept Study For Future Global Connectivity
New Symphonie, the recently established consortium of 22 European companies, has won the European Commission call for tenders entitled “New Space solutions for long-term availability of reliable, secure, cost-effective space-based […]
South Africa’s SunbandilaSat Heading For Deorbit + Re-Entry Burn Up
The South African satellite SumbandilaSat (Pathfinder in Venda) is reaching the end of its life and initiated deorbit procedures on Friday, December 10, 2021. The satellite was launched in 2009 […]
Flexible Signal Processing Tools Contract From ESA Awarded To Spire
Spire Global, Inc.(NYSE: SPIR) has been awarded a contract under the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Navigation Innovation and Support Program (NAVISP) Element 2 Program funded by UK Space Agency. Spire […]