ICEYE launched three additional synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites on March 4, 2024, including a 1200 MHz radar bandwidth on-orbit technology demonstrator that will enable 25 cm imaging. The satellites […]
Constellations
SpaceX launches the Transporter-10 mission
On Monday, March 3 at 2:05 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched Transporter-10, SpaceX’s 10th dedicated smallsat rideshare program mission, from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in […]
Hughes to support SES Space & Defense’s + AFRL’s DEUCSI program
Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), an EchoStar company (Nasdaq: SATS), has been awarded by SES Space & Defense, a wholly owned subsidiary of SES, a contract to provide a flexible, software-defined, […]
Hubble views a massive star forming
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is teeming with color and activity. It features a relatively close star-forming region known as IRAS 16562-3959, which lies within the Milky […]
SpaceX to deorbit 100 Starlink satellites due to detected flaw
The removal of so many satellites at once is unprecedented, highlighting the challenges of huge satellite constellations.An unspecified defect in early model Starlink satellites has prompted SpaceX to preemptively deorbit […]
COTS systems support nexgen satellites— SmallSat Symposium panel of experts upcoming…
A live panel discussion will occur at the currently running SmallSat Symposium in Silicon Valley, California, entitled “The Use of Microelectronics that Enable SmallSats.” This panel discussion will start at […]
Carbice collaborates with RTX’s Blue Canyon Technologies for CNT spacecraft solutions
Carbice Corporation is collaborating with RTX’s subsidiary, Blue Canyon Technologies, Inc., a provider of turnkey smallsat solutions, as a key supplier of aligned carbon nanotechnology (CNT) solutions for critical spacecraft […]
SDA’s draft solicitation for Tranche 2 Transport Layer- Gamma variant space vehicles
Early last month, the Space Development Agency (SDA) sought industry feedback for the final of three types of Tranche 2 Transport Layer (T2TL) space vehicles—T2TL Gamma. This draft solicitation expanded […]
Innoflight successfully delivers avionics hardware to L3Harris
The Space Development Agency (SDA) awarded a prototype agreement to L3Harris Technologies in 2023 to provide initial missile warning/missile tracking warfighting capability of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). Innoflight […]
Update 1: Rocket Lab has delayed the launch the NorthStar SSA mission
UPDATE 1: The mission is now scheduled to launch no earlier than January 27 between 19:15-20:00 NZT (January 27 between 06:15-07:00 UTC) from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New […]