On Monday, October 14 at 12:06 p.m. ET Falcon Heavy launched NASA’s Europa Clipper mission from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This was the […]
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NASA + partners conduct the 5th asteroid impact exercise release summary
NASA has released a summary Thursday of the fifth biennial Planetary Defense Interagency Tabletop Exercise. NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office, in partnership with FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) and with the assistance […]
Space Systems Command contracts Johns Hopkins University APL for nexgen protected strategic SATCOM GRIFFON mission support
Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded a $10 million University-Affiliated Research Center laboratory contract to the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Applied Physics Lab (APL) to ensure software and cyber best practices are adhered to […]
The Satcoms Innovation Group (SIG) announces new members
The Satcoms Innovation Group (SIG) has welcomed Hispasat as a full member, Cobham Satcom as an Associate member, Atheras Analytics as a Startup Member and John Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory […]
NASA awards contracts for NOAA coronagraph instrument Phase A study
NASA, on behalf of NOAA, has selected five firms for the Space Weather Next Lagrange 1 Series (L1 Series) Coronagraph (COR) Phase A Study. These contracted firms will provide services […]
Rocket Lab increases space systems offerings for smallsats
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”) has released two, new, high-performance space systems products designed to increase the availability of essential satellite components to the […]
NASA’s Webb confirms its first exoplanet
Researchers confirmed an exoplanet, a planet that orbits another star, using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope for the first time. Formally classified as LHS 475 b, the planet is almost […]
Rocket Lab and Inmarsat Government to develop L-Band radio for NASA’s Communications Services Project
Rocket Lab USA, Inc., a launch and space systems company, has been selected by Inmarsat Government as partner to develop and manufacture an L-band radio in support of NASA’s Communications […]
UPDATE 2: NASA’s Hubble Spots twin tails in new image following the DART Impact
Two tails of dust ejected from the Didymos-Dimorphos asteroid system are seen in new images from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, documenting the lingering aftermath of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test […]
DART Team Confirms Orbit of Targeted Asteroid
Using some of the world’s most powerful telescopes, the DART investigation team last month completed a six-night observation campaign to confirm earlier calculations of the orbit of Dimorphos—DART’s asteroid target—around […]