By Naval Research Laboratory This payload, designed to perform repairs and upgrades, promises to revolutionize satellite operations by enhancing longevity and reducing costs associated with satellite servicing. With successful thermal […]
Buses
ISRO to launch EOS-08’s three payloads on Friday
ISRO is prepped to launch an Earth observation satellite EOS-08 onboard the third and final developmental flight of its Small Satellite Launch Vehicle on Friday morning. The primary objectives of […]
SpaceX launches Maxar’s WorldView 3 & 4 Earth imaging satellites
On Thursday, August 15, a warm summer Florida morning at 9:00 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched the Maxar 2 mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at […]
SpaceX ready to go tomorrow with Maxar 2’s WorldView Legion 3-4 satellites mission
SpaceX is targeting Thursday, August 15 for launch of the Maxar 2 mission to orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The […]
SpaceX ready to send second pair of WorldView Legion 3-4 satellites
SpaceX will be launching Maxar’s WorldView Legion satellites on Thursday, August 15 between 6 – 9 am PDT, date and time may change. Two WorldView Legion satellites built by Maxar […]
Thales Alenia Space signs contract with ESA to develop a “Zero-Debris” platform
Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to support its zero-debris objectives for 2030 through immediate evolutions to Europe’s spacecraft buses, starting with Thales […]
Maxar’s Critical Design Review for first Maxar 300™ platform developed for the Space Development Agency is completed
Maxar Technologies, provider of comprehensive space solutions and secure, precise, geospatial intelligence, completed the first Critical Design Review (CDR) of the Maxar 300™ series bus for L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) […]
Kongsberg NanoAvionics’ new MAIT facility doubles production capacity and hires 100+ employees across all of its offices
Satellite production will be doubled with Kongsberg NanoAvionics‘ (NanoAvionics), the small satellite mission integrator and bus manufacturer, as they open their manufacturing, assembly, integration, and testing (MAIT) facility in Vilnius, […]
Raytheon Intelligence & Space’s contract with U.S. Space Force for missile track custody system
Raytheon Intelligence & Space has been awarded a prime contract to develop a prototype Missile Track Custody system for the U.S. Space Force. MTC is the service’s first Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) […]
Spire Global has unveiled their next-gen smallsat bus
Earlier this month, Spire Global, Inc. revealed the firm’s next-gen 16U satellite bus design — the bus is tailored for customers with missions that require larger payloads and more power, […]