On Tuesday, July 22 at 5:12 p.m. ET, SpaceX launched the SES O3b mPOWER mission to medium Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force […]
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From Boeing: two Boeing-built O3b mPOWER satellites successfully launch, enhancing SES constellation
Boeing [NYSE: BA] engineers have confirmed the 9th and 10th O3b mPOWER satellites, built for leading space solutions company SES, have successfully launched and are transmitting signals from space after […]
Loft Orbital and Marlan Space to create the Middle East’s first private manufacturing space company of commercial satellite constellations for LEO
Abu Dhabi-based Marlan Space, a new space company affiliated with International Holding Company (IHC) has established a joint venture with Loft Orbital to form Orbitworks, the Middle East’s first private […]
Rocket Lab receives up to $23.9 million for the CHIPS Act funding in preliminary agreement for semiconductor production for spacecraft and satellites in Albuquerque
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, welcomed government and community leaders at its space-grade solar cells […]
ARKA invests million$$ in facility expansion
ARKA Group, L.P. recently completed a major expansion of the company’s 550,000 square-foot facility in Danbury, Connecticut, where the company is headquartered, to expand production capability of smallsat systems, payloads […]
Da Ai TV is Taiwan’s first ST 2110 live production and playout facility with Imagine Communications
Da Ai TV, operated by the Tzu Chi Culture and Communication Foundation, a non-profit media group, has become the first broadcaster in Taiwan to implement SMPTE ST 2110 live production and […]
Lockheed Martin: Smallsat rapid development facility opens + also completes the CDR for SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has opened a facility that streamlines small satellite (smallsat) processing to enable high-rate delivery. The multi-million dollar facility will house the company’s Space Development Agency (SDA) […]
Australia’s Southern Launch and Koonibba Community Aboriginal Corporation are new frontier for space with space launch facility in Koonibba
Southern Launch and the Koonibba Community Aboriginal Corporation will begin work on Australia’s first permanent commercial sub-orbital space launch facility after planning consent was granted for the Koonibba Test Range. […]
SAIC and GomSpace’s MoU provides CubeSat, MicroSat and SmallSats for the Americas market
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) and GomSpace Group AB (GOMX) signed a strategic partnership to provide government and commercial customers in the Americas with new space-based mission capabilities leveraging CubeSat’s […]
Kongsberg NanoAvionics’ new MAIT facility doubles production capacity and hires 100+ employees across all of its offices
Satellite production will be doubled with Kongsberg NanoAvionics‘ (NanoAvionics), the small satellite mission integrator and bus manufacturer, as they open their manufacturing, assembly, integration, and testing (MAIT) facility in Vilnius, […]