Ball Aerospace has successfully launched NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The weather satellite is equipped with the Ball-built Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS), […]
Environmental Satellite
EUMETSAT’s statement highlights four key ways the agency works with global partners to limit climate change and its impact
“Current changes to the climate are posing a threat to the Earth. The steps we take today matter for our future and EUMETSAT aims to play a part in supporting […]
Satellogic’s Agreement with GREEN+ Jurisdictional Program will monitor all Earth’s subnational protected areas
Satellogic Inc., provider of sub-meter resolution Earth Observation (“EO”) data collection, announced a contract to monitor all subnational protected areas on the planet through the new GREEN+ Jurisdictional Program. The […]
Outpost’s successful flight tests could disrupt future of satellite operations with autonomous paragliders re-entry system in reusable satellites
Michael Vergalla, CTO of Outpost, presented a paper during a technical session at IACon regarding the findings of Outpost’s two successful flight tests on a breakthrough technology of an autonomous paraglider re-entry system […]
In final countdown to UK rocket launch Orbex to hire fifty new staff over next six months
UK-based launch services company Orbex is hiring an additional fifty staff members over the next six months. The new team members will support the company’s final push to prepare for […]
Australia’s Hon. Susan Close MP endorses space industry and opens Fleet Technologies’ expanded Australian HQ
Fleet Space Technologies marked the official opening of its extended Adelaide HQ with the visit of Susan Close MP, Deputy Premier of South Australia. Susan Close also holds the ministerial […]
The war in Ukraine shows how important private satellite companies have become—especially in times of conflict
Satellites owned by private companies have played an unexpectedly important role in the war in Ukraine. For example, in early August 2022, images from the private satellite company Planet Labs showed […]
CDR for NOAA’s SWFO-L1 spacecraft completed by Ball Aerospace + also building WSF-M satellite for USSF / SSC
Ball Aerospace successfully completed critical design review (CDR) for the NOAA Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) spacecraft — the company will now proceed with production, integration and testing of […]