A new name, HummingSat, a new logo, a new product line of small telecommunications satellites, and a new partner, ESA to complete this venture. A new name, HummingSat, a new […]
Manufacturing
Kongsberg acquires NanoAvionics combining their smallsat technology and manufacturing
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KONGSBERG) has entered into an agreement to acquire Lithuanian smallsat mission integrator and bus manufacturer, NanoAvionics. The planned acquisition expands KONGSBERG’s space offering to also have […]
Thales Alenia Space’s agreements regarding development of IRIS and CRISTAL for Europe’s Copernicus Earth observation program
The CRISTAL satellite will feature, for the first-time, a dual-frequency Ku/Ka-band radar altimeter to measure and monitor sea-ice thickness and overlying snow depth. Thales Alenia Space, the joint company between […]
LeoStella’s new Vice President of Business Development has 40 years experience in the space industry
He has served in senior leadership positions at NASA, Boeing, Raytheon Technologies, Ball Aerospace, Space Systems Loral, and most recently, Belcan. LeoStella, a specialized satellite constellation design and manufacturing company, […]
Epsilon3’s Series A funding harvests million$$
Epsilon3 has raised $15 million in a Series A funding round led by investor Lux Capital — this funding will expand the company’s suite of space project management solutions, according […]
A world premiere for Airbus as the company delivers the third radar for the Copernicus satellite
Airbus has finished the third instrument for the Sentinel-1 satellite series which includes a new separation mechanism to help the spacecraft avoid space debris. The C-band radar for the Copernicus […]
Sidus Spaces’ LizzieSat Continues Development as NASA conducts Phase 1 Safety Review
“The characterization of hazards and the development of hazard reports and mitigation strategies is a key step in the process of flying any payload onboard the International Space Station,” Sidus […]
ST Engineering iDirect Achieves ESA certification for aerospace manufacturing capabilities
The spaceflight industry planted a new flag in Belgium as ST Engineering iDirect announced that the company will be manufacturing components used in flight systems for spacecraft to European Cooperation […]
Now available — 200,000-pound thrust reusable liquid oxygen and methane staged combustion engine, “Arroway”, for medium and heavy launch
Notably, Arroway engines will be one of very few commercially available engines that, when clustered together, can displace the Russian-made RD-180 and RD-181, which are no longer available to U.S. […]
Rocket Lab selected by Ball Aerospace for solar empowerment of NASA’s GLIDE spacecraft
Rocket Lab (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”) has been selected by Ball Aerospace to manufacture the Solar Array Panel (SAP) to power NASA’s Global Lyman-Alpha Imager of Dynamic […]