Insitu, a Boeing Company, recently set a company record for the longest duration flight with a 25.5-hour sortie with its Integrator Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) on an operational mission. The […]
Flight Dynamics
Terran Orbital completes CAPSTONE’s first TCM burn
Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP) has successfully completed the NASA CAPSTONE satellite’s first TCM burn (TCM-1) As the first statistical maneuver of the mission, TCM-1 is designed to clean up expected […]
The Airbus Zephyr HAPS Reaches New Heights
The Airbus Zephyr S completed a successful 2021 test flight campaign in the United States. The final Airbus solar-powered High Altitude Platform System (HAPS) flight touched down on September13 in […]
AstroAccess + ZERO-G Deliver A Weightless Experience To 12 Disability Ambassors
AstroAccess and Zero Gravity Corporation (ZERO-G) successfully completed a parabolic flight with a crew of 12 ambassadors with mobility, vision, and hearing disabilities on Sunday, October 17. The ZERO-G aircraft […]
Rocket Lab Acquires Advanced Solutions, Inc
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”) has completed their acquisition of Advanced Solutions, Inc. (ASI), a Colorado-based aerospace engineering firm delivering mission proven space software, […]
JAXA Awards MMX Mission Flight Units Contract To MDA
MDA Ltd. (TSX:MDA) has been awarded the full contract from MELCO (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation) in Japan to provide a Laser Rangefinder (LRF) altimeter for the JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) […]
Firefly Aerospace’s First Launch Of Their Alpha Rocket — Anomaly Occurs — Captured Flight Data Encouraging
On September 2nd, Firefly Aerospace Inc. conducted the maiden flight of their Alpha launch vehicle from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. “Firefly has conducted the first test flight of […]
Thuraya Selects GMV For Control + Flight Dynamics Systems For Thuraya-4 NGS
Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PJSC (“Yahsat”), listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (“ADX”) under (SYMBOL: YAHSAT) (ISIN: AEA007501017), has selected the Spanish group, GMV, to supply the Spacecraft […]