Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) was by NUVIEW earlier this month to develop the bus for Mr. SPoC, their pathfinder smallsat that will demo the capabilities of the world’s first commercial, […]
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T-Mobile conducts the 1st wireless emergency alert via satellite
T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) successfully sent and received – for the first time in the U.S. – a wireless emergency alert (WEA) via satellite — this breakthrough opens up the 500,000 […]
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 […]
SpaceX ready to smallsat rideshare 116 payloads on Friday
SpaceX is targeting Friday, August 16 for Falcon 9’s launch of the Transporter-11 mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. […]
General Atomics awarded SSC follow-on contract for 2nd EO/IR EWS support satellite + services
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has been awarded a contract modification by the United States Space Force’s Space Systems Command to help alleviate on-orbit risks for the Government through the […]
Firefly Aerospace announces multi-launch agreement with Lockheed Martin
Firefly Aerospace, Inc. has signed a multi-launch agreement with Lockheed Martin for 25 launches on Firefly’s Alpha rocket through 2029. This agreement commits Lockheed Martin to 15 launch reservations and 10 […]
Sateliot to launch four satellites with SpaceX in July to enter commercial phase
Sateliot will launch four satellites for its 5G-IoT constellation on SpaceX’s Transporter-11 mission — the launch is scheduled for July and the satellites will fly aboard a Falcon 9 rocket […]
Rocket Lab prepares to launch mission for KAIST and NASA satellites to 2 separate orbits
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has set the launch window for the company’s next Electron launch. The ‘Beginning Of The Swarm’ mission is scheduled to launch from Rocket Lab […]
Benchmark electric propulsion thrusters on-orbit + poised for 1st firing
Benchmark Space Systems has revealed the firm’s Xantus™ electric propulsion system has successfully deployed and will undergo subsystem health check and operational verification, including a range of firing modes, aboard […]
SpaceX launches the Transporter-10 mission
On Monday, March 3 at 2:05 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched Transporter-10, SpaceX’s 10th dedicated smallsat rideshare program mission, from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in […]