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Sierra Space Defense initiated

Sierra Space has chartered a new operation dedicated to supporting national security space as a prime contractor: Sierra Space Defense. The company also unveiled expansion plans with a new production […]

Australia’s Gilmour Space Technologies ready to launch maiden Eris Test flight the nation’s first orbital launch in over 50 years

Gilmour Space Technologies is gearing up for their first Eris Test flight, no earlier than May 15. Gilmour Space’s Eris TestFlight1 will be the first Australian-made rocket, #Eris, to attempt […]

Firefly Alpha’s stage separation anomaly sends Lockheed Martin’s satellite into South Pacific near the Antarctic

Firefly Alpha rocket experienced a launch anomaly that left a Lockheed Martin satellite in a significantly “lower than planned orbit”, and the “stage and its payload reentered over the South […]

K2 Space’s double good news, $110M Series B and first successful in-space demonstration

K2 Space today announced its $110 million Series B to ramp up mass production of its multi-orbit, high power satellite platform. The funding round, co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Altimeter […]

DARPA’s Robots to the Rescue: Transforming Satellite Maintenance in Space

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 […]

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 […]