NorthStar Earth & Space Inc. (“NorthStar”) continues to accelerate its space-based Space Situational Awareness (“SSA”) services with the closing of this US$35M Series C funding round with US-based private equity […]
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From Earth to orbit — Cornwall Airport Newquay claims their ‘place in space’ with UK’s first Spaceport
As the UK’s efforts to claim their ‘place in space’ ramp up, Cornwall Airport Newquay (CAN) reveals its journey to becoming a key player in Virgin Orbit and Spaceport Cornwall’s […]
Northrop Grumman Space Navigation Systems achieves 65 million hours and keeps on going
A full calendar year has 8,760 hours and a commercial airliner can be in service for about 30 years (or around 165,000 flying hours). Achieving a continuous performance milestone of […]
Rocket Lab and Inmarsat Government to develop L-Band radio for NASA’s Communications Services Project
Rocket Lab USA, Inc., a launch and space systems company, has been selected by Inmarsat Government as partner to develop and manufacture an L-band radio in support of NASA’s Communications […]
Atos provides testing equipment for improvements of European Space Agency’s Vega-C rocket
Atos is supporting the European Space Agency (ESA) in its planned improvements for Vega-C, the new single body rocket, whose inaugural launch took place on July 13, 2022. Atos contributes to this program by providing key […]
Redwire Corporation acquiring QinetiQ Space NV
Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW) has entered into a definitive agreement with QinetiQ Group plc (“QinetiQ Group”) to acquire that firm’s QinetiQ Space NV (“Space NV”) business, a Belgium-based commercial space […]
AeroVironment debuts Puma VNS SUAS that enables GPS-denied navigation across GPS-contested environments
AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV) has introduced Puma™ VNS, a visual-based, navigation system for Puma 2 AE and Puma 3 AE small unmanned aircraft systems (SUAS) that will enable GPS-denied navigation […]
Intuitive Machines’ merger with Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. enables listing on Nasdaq
Intuitive Machines, LLC (“Intuitive Machines” or the “Company”), a space exploration, infrastructure, and services company founded in 2013, and Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. (“Inflection Point”), a special purpose acquisition company, […]
Telespazio and Inmarsat plan the future development of the lunar economy
Telespazio, a joint venture between Leonardo (67%) and Thales (33%), and Inmarsat, are aiming to create essential communication and navigation services for upcoming missions to the Moon, enabling the birth […]
Blue Canyon’s multiple spacecraft and components on Virgin Orbit launch
Slingshot 1 is the first-ever Blue Canyon 12U CubeSat bus carrying 19 payloads to low Earth orbit. Small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider Blue Canyon Technologies LLC (“BCT” or […]