Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) launched the company’s first Electron mission for 2024, a space-junk focused mission for Spire Global, Inc. (“Spire”) and NorthStar Earth & Space (“NorthStar”). The […]
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Sidus Space’s 3D hybrid satellite ready for launch
Sidus Space (NASDAQ: SIDU) has successfully completed the launch processing of LizzieSatTM at the Astrotech Space Operations facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The Sidus team executed final […]
RTX completes DARPA Blackjack milestones with four Blue Canyon Technologies smallsats
RTX‘s (NYSE: RTX) smallsat manufacturer and mission services provider, Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT), has announced that the satellites supporting the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Blackjack program have completed […]
Voyager Space’s former VP of Exploration is now CTO and member of Starlab’s Space Board
Voyager Space (Voyager), a global leader in space exploration, today announced the appointment of Marshall Smith as the company’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and as a member of Starlab Space’s Board of Directors. […]
AAC Clyde Space laser comms terminal in space succeeds
AAC Clyde Space, with its partner TNO, have successfully transferred data from a compact laser SATCOM terminal, called SmallCAT, onboard a spacecraft in LEO to Earth — this demonstrates that […]
General Atomics awarded SDA contract to demo optical comms terminals
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has been awarded a contract from the Space Development Agency (SDA) to demonstrate the capabilities of the company’s Optical Communication Terminals (OCTs) hosted on GA-EMS’ […]
Dutch satellite instrument achieves milestone in laser data transfer to Earth
Researchers from TNO have successfully connected a satellite to a ground station on Earth via self-developed laser communication technology — this is the first time this has been achieved with […]
UPDATE #4: SpaceX has technical issues filming launch but shows booster landing
On Tuesday, January 23 at 4:35 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in […]
Ovzon’s CFO is departing the company
Ovzon’s CFO Noora Jayasekara has decided to leave the company — a process to recruit a new CFO has been initiated. Noora Jayasekara has been Ovzon’s CFO since November 2022 […]
Sidus Space achieves Artificial Intelligence and hardware contract milestones for March LizzieSat-1 launch
Sidus Space‘s (NASDAQ: SIDU), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and hardware contract have reached milestones in preparation for the launch of its satellite constellation in March 2024 with LizzieSat-1 as part of […]