BAE Systems has been awarded a $1.2 billion contract by U.S. Space Systems Command to provide the U.S. Space Force with missile tracking satellite capabilities. BAE Systems will serve as […]
National Security
Rocket Lab confirms D2C ambitions
New Zealand-based (but Nasdaq-listed) Rocket Lab has confirmed that it intends attacking the Direct-to-Consumer market currently dominated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX and its Starlink broadband system. Rocket Lab, founded by […]
SpaceX plans NROL-192 launch of spy satellites on secret mission this Saturday
SpaceX is targeting Saturday, April 12 for a Falcon 9 launch of the NROL-192 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Liftoff […]
United Launch Alliance’s competitive Space Force contract for continued critical National Security Space Launches
The U.S. Space Force announced today that United Launch Alliance (ULA) was awarded a firm, fixed-price, indefinite-delivery requirements (IDR) contact to launch 40 percent of the missions to the country’s […]
SuperSharp and NanoAvionics plan first of a kind disruptive Thermal InfraRed imaging satellite
UK based SuperSharp, part of the Satlantis group, has selected Kongsberg NanoAvionics’s (NanoAvionics) MP42 microsatellite platform for a first-of-its-kind Thermal InfraRed (TIR) mission called Blue Moon. The mission will embark […]
Blue Origin’s New Glenn launch adjusted to Thursday with a weather proviso
In this afternoon’s email the following message, “The vehicle looks good for tonight’s window, but we’re watching weather closely as clouds build over the Space Coast. If we’re unable to launch, […]
Blue Origin ready for the first launch of New Glenn rocket on Thursday
Blue Origin concluded its test campaign and is ready to launch its New Glenn rocket, the company’s first orbital launch vehicle, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Thursday, January […]
SpaceX set for second pair of WorldView Legion satellites now in Florida for launch
Drumroll, please: Our next two WorldView Legion satellites have arrived in Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, and are being prepped for the Maxar 2 mission on a @SpaceX Falcon […]
ULA Update: Go! Atlas V USSF-51 mission on Tuesday
Everything continues to progress towards the ULA Atlas V launch carrying the USSF-51 mission for the United States Spaces Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC). The mission is planned to lift […]
UPDATE: USSF-51 is ULA’s 100th national security milestone launch
The milestone 100th launch in service to U.S. national security by United Launch Alliance (ULA) is in the final stages of preparations for ascent into space on July 30 from […]