Endurosat‘s Shared Mission, Platform-2 has been successfully launched into orbit on SpaceX‘s Falcon 9 Transporter-6 mission. Safe deployment confirmed, and the commissioning has started. Platform-2 is the first of multiple […]
Electric Propulsion
Airbus’ EGNOS European satellite-based navigation augmentation system achieves key milestone
Airbus has successfully achieved the System Critical Design Review (CDR) on the EGNOS V3 satellite-based augmentation system. The EGNOS V3 (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service) is designed to add key […]
Hypernova to demo electric propulsion tech in-orbit via EnduroSat’s Space Service
Hypernova will validate its proprietary, plasma electric propulsion system on-orbit on EnduroSat’s Platform-2 — the launch is scheduled for December of 2022 on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Transporter-6 mission. With support […]
Beep…BEEP… RocketStar’s aneutronic fusion space propulsion engine earns AFWERX award to continue development efforts
RocketStar has been awarded a contract by the United States Air Force (USAF) AFWERX program for a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award to continue its effort in […]
SENER Aeroespacial’s actuators successfully operating in-space aboard Hotbird 13F
The first six actuators of the more than 100 currently in series production by SENER Aeroespacial have been successfully launched and operated in space aboard the Hotbird 13F satellite (artistic […]
Exotrail + Airbus partner together on the implementation of propulsion for EO smallsats
Airbus and Exotrail have signed an agreement for the integration of spaceware™ – mini thruster (formerly known as ExoMG™ – mini), Exotrail’s new 300 to 600W class electric propulsion system, […]
Rocket Lab successfully launches their 30th Electron rocket + 150th satellite to space
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has delivered its 30th mission and 150th satellite to orbit following the company’s latest successful Electron launch Thursday, September 15 at 20:38 UTC. “The Owl Spreads […]
Blue Canyon Technologies + SEAKR Engineering deliver 1st flight unit + payloads for the DARPA Blackjack Program
Blue Canyon Technologies, LLC, and SEAKR Engineering, LLC, wholly owned subsidiaries of Raytheon Technologies, have announced that they have delivered one, Saturn-class, microsat bus and have also completed acceptance testing […]
Boeing delivers SES 20 + 21 satellites to Cape Canaveral for ULA launch
Boeing [NYSE: BA] has delivered two satellites for SES to the firm’s launch site in Cape Canaveral, Florida, ahead of the upcoming launch of the twin spacecraft on a United […]
Benchmark Space Systems intends to keep popular orbits safer with their new Collision Avoidance Kit (CoLA)
With the most popular, revenue-generating orbits increasingly congested, Benchmark Space Systems has unveiled a breakthrough Collision Avoidance (ColA) Kit, featuring the firm’s heritage propulsion technology in a condensed package that […]