The Space Launch Systems rocket (SLS), with Orion atop it, left the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at around 23:00 CET (22:00 GMT) on March 17 to […]
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A Chorus Of Aurora —The Chase Is On By NASA
A new NASA sounding rocket mission will soon take to the Alaskan skies — the LAMP mission, short for Loss through Auroral Microburst Pulsations, will fly above an often-overlooked kind […]
Xplore Contracts With OrbAstro To Acquire Smallsat Buses For A Variety Of Missions
Xplore Inc. has signed a contract with Orbital Astronautics Ltd. (OrbAstro) to use OrbAstro’s satellite buses for a variety of innovative missions, starting with OrbAstro’s ORB-6 platform — Xplore will […]
Northrop Grumman Celebrates Webb Telescope’s Arrival @ Lagrange Point 2
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, built in partnership with Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC), has arrived at its solar orbit, Lagrange Point 2 (L2), marking the completion of its million […]
The International Space Station Is Connected via Airbus’ SpaceDataHighway
The Airbus’ SpaceDataHighway – developed with the support of ESA – provides broadband connectivity services between the International Space Station and the Earth. With the Columbus Ka-band (ColKa) terminal installed […]
DcubeD Reveals Successful Pin Puller Use In FOSSA Systems PocketPod Deployer To Release Six Smallsats Aboard Transporter-3
DcubeD’s ride to space was the Transporter-3 mission, SpaceX’s third, dedicated, smallsat rideshare mission, launched from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Approximately 1 hour after liftoff of […]
NanoAvionics To Build A Biodiversity Observation Smallsat For Lemu
NanoAvionics recently received a contract for a biodiversity observation satellite mission from Lemu, a startup building an atlas of Earth’s biosphere to make conservation the best investment possible. Essential to […]
Benchmark’s Non-Toxic Chemical Propulsion System Integrated Into Spaceflight’s Sherpa-LTC OTV + Ready For Transporter 3 Mission
With milestone hot fire engine tests of its Halcyon Avant non-toxic chemical propulsion system completed at its Pleasanton, California, facility, Benchmark Space Systems‘ highly-anticipated system has been integrated into Spaceflight […]
Kleos Space’s Third Smallsat Mission Prepped For Launch
Kleos Space S.A. (ASX:KSS, Frankfurt:KS1) has confirmed their Patrol Mission (KSF2) satellites are on track to launch onboard the SpaceX Transporter-3 mission that is targeted for January 13th and have […]
CesiumAstro Accelerates Active Phased Array Payload Development For Lunar Missions
CesiumAstro, Inc., with support from NASA, is accelerating radio frequency (RF) active phased array antenna development enabling dual function communications and sensing for lunar and cislunar applications across common Ka-band, […]