The contract covers the launch and deployment of a satellite in October 2023 On the final day of the Global Space and Technology Convention of Singapore, the space transportation and […]
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European Space Agency selects DCUBED to lead smallsat deployable reflectarray antenna consortium
The Mechanical Assembly for Reflectarray Antennas of SmallSats (MARAS) project, funded through ESA ARTES 4.0, will enable small telecommunications satellites to take their antenna capabilities to the next level with […]
Spacemind launches three Italian smallsats to orbit from ISS
Spacemind, the space division of Italian company NPC, has accomplished a series of three smallsat launches. DanteSat, Futura-SM1 and Futura-SM3 have been successfully launched into orbit from the International Space […]
SatRev signs with Virgin Orbit for additional satellite launches + awarded million$ contract
Virgin Orbit (NASDAQ: VORB) and satellite manufacturer SatRev have announced a follow-on, launch services agreement (LSA) for additional launches of SatRev’s satellites in 2023 and beyond. This new agreement provides […]
NASA just released 2022 NASA State-of-the-Art Small Spacecraft Technology Report
The following is an announcement from NASA…NASA’s Small Spacecraft Systems Virtual Institute is pleased to announce the official release of the 2022 State-of-the-Art Small Spacecraft Technology report. This endeavor was made […]
AAC Clyde Space’s AIS communications satellite Kelpie-1 launches
Kelpie-1, a 3U AAC Clyde Space EPIC nanosatellite, was successfully launched on the SpaceX Transporter-6 mission on January 3, 2023. Kelpie-1 will deliver AIS data to the U.S. company ORBCOMM […]
D-Orbit launches Second Star to the Right and two ION Satellite Carriers on seventh orbital transportation mission
D-Orbit, the space logistics and orbital transportation company, launched Second Star to the Right, the seventh commercial mission of ION Satellite Carrier (ION), D-Orbit’s proprietary orbital transfer vehicle (OTV), and […]
Gama’s revolutionary propulsion Gama Alpha Solar Sail mission launches
Gama, a French aerospace company’s first solar sail was launched to space, with the support of the CNES and private companies including CMA CGM, a global player in sea, land, […]
Space Systems Command’s EWS tech demo smallsat launched by SpaceX
Space Systems Command successfully launched the organization’s Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) Weather Systems (EWS) cubesat technical demonstration onboard the SpaceX Transporter-6 mission at 9:56 a.m. (Eastern, 6:56 a.m. Pacific) from Cape Canaveral […]
Stanford’s Sapling Sempervirens smallsat to launch on the SpaceX Transporter-6 mission
Stanford Student Space Initiative (SSI), an undergraduate student group at Stanford University, will launch the Sapling Sempervirens (Sapling-1) satellite on the SpaceX Transporter-6 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. […]