The UK’s Space Agency (UKSA), in its annual report, said that its latest data shows that direct employment in space-related businesses grew 6.7 per cent last year and now totals […]
Manufacturing
Missile Defense Agency satellites track first hypersonic launch
The Defense Department’s advanced missile tracking satellites logged their first views of a hypersonic flight test this week, according to the Missile Defense Agency. MDA didn’t disclose the date of […]
Rocket Lab is in the chip$ as Preliminary Terms of up to $23.9M under CHIPS Act expands production of semiconductors for spacecraft and satellites
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB), provider of launch services and space systems, announces the signing of a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) with the Department of Commerce that […]
Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Camden site leverages investments to accelerate SRM production
The Aerojet Rocketdyne Camden, Arkansas, facility is a major point of focus as the company invests internal capital and executes the $215.6M cooperative agreement signed last year with the DoD […]
Silicon Sensing accelerometer to equip on-orbit manufacturing demo satellite
Following a program of testing and development within satellite vehicles, Space Forge is to launch their on-orbit manufacturing demonstration satellite, ForgeStar-1, equipped with Silicon Sensing’s CAS291 accelerometer. ForgeStar™ satellites will […]
Hughes opens a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility + private 5G incubation center
Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), an EchoStar company (Nasdaq: SATS), has opened a cutting-edge manufacturing facility and private 5G incubation center in Germantown, Maryland. The Hughes Manufacturing Facility (EXM) produces […]
SpaceX to launch Maxar WorldView Legion 1 & 2 mission for leading resolution and accuracy
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the WorldView Legion 1 & 2 mission on Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at 6:30 PM (UTC). WorldView Legion is a constellation of Earth observation […]
AST SpaceMobile updates constellation filing with the ITU and FCC for forward thinking SATCOM
AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS), the company building the first space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by standard smartphones, announces it has updated its constellation filing with the International Telecommunication […]
Airbus Defence and Space and mu Space’s Memorandum of Understanding
On January 26, 2024, Airbus Defence and Space SAS (“Airbus”) and mu Space and Advanced Technology Co, Ltd (“mu Space”) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on […]
GCF’s certification of 3GPP satellite connectivity
The Global Certification Forum (GCF) today announced that it is adding support for satellite communications and non-terrestrial networks (NTN) to its device certification program. With the adoption of standards-based satellite connectivity in […]