UPDATE: Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB), a launch and space systems company, successfully launched the second of two dedicated Electron launches to deploy a constellation of storm monitoring satellites […]
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Rocket Lab’s May 25 launch is Coming to a Storm Near You with storm monitoring satellites for NASA’s TROPICS constellation
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a launch and space systems company, is preparing for the second of two dedicated Electron launches to deploy a […]
New NASA mission to study ice clouds + Earth’s dynamic atmosphere
NASA has initiated a new mission to help humanity better understand Earth’s dynamic atmosphere – specifically, ice clouds that form at high altitudes throughout tropical and sub-tropical regions. The PolSIR […]
Students successfully conclude the Baseline Design Review of their CubeSats
Last April, students from six CubeSats Teams successfully concluded the Baseline Design Review of their CubeSats as part of ESA Academy‘s new Fly Your Satellite! (FYS!) Design Booster Program — […]
Aviosonic + HPS join forces to fight space debris
Aviosonic Space Tech‘s patented DeCAS (Debris Collision Alert System) for tracking and re-entry footprint prediction extends Europe´s satellite deorbit system and this sail system — ADEO — is already a […]
A NASA smallsat swarm to be launched by Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has signed a deal to launch NASA’s Starling mission, a multi-CubeSat mission to test and demo autonomous swarm technologies, as well as automated space […]
Lockheed Martin CubeSats validate essential maneuvering capabilities for on-orbit servicing
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has announced that the firm’s In-space Upgrade Satellite System (LM LINUSS™) accomplished a successful, on-orbit demo, proving how smallsats can serve an essential role in sustaining […]
UPDATE 5: SpaceX’s beauty in the night as Transporter 7 launches
UPDATE: On Friday, April 14 at 11:48 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched Transporter-7, SpaceX’s seventh dedicated smallsat rideshare program mission, from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base […]
Fly Your Satellite! design booster teams starts baseline design reviews
Fly Your Satellite! Design Booster is an educational program for university student teams that have a preliminary CubeSat design — ESA offers the students support and expert advice, guiding them […]
Neumann Drive® propulsion system now integrated onto Australia’s Skykraft satellite
Neumann Space, a leader of in-space electric propulsion has successfully completed integrating its world leading propulsion system, called the Neumann Drive®, onto Skykraft’s Australian designed and manufactured satellite. This marks […]