Author: Patrick Tucker, Defense One’s Technology Editor Unlike its earthbound sister services, the Space Force can’t simply head out to some terrestrial exercise range to train its troops, develop new […]
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Platform Aerospace’s Record Success Onboard Vanilla UAV With SKYTRAC’s Iridium Certus Connectivity
… On September 24th, Platform Aerospace launched Vanilla Unmanned and recovered the UAV 8 days, 50 minutes, and 47 seconds later on October 2nd, breaking the FAI world record for unrefueled, internal […]
Kratos Secures Million$$ Contract To Deliver Satellite + Comms Systems Products
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS) has received a delivery order valued at $12 million for satellite and communication system products, hardware and equipment — this is against […]
Air Force Research Laboratory To Further Space Exploration Via Funding For The Magdelena Ridge Observatory In New Mexico
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMT) astronomers are one-step closer to having their own high-powered window to space and the universe after receiving congressional funding for the Magdalena […]
Million$$ In Investment For Fleet Space Technologies
Fleet Space Technologies has secured $26.4 million in investment, valuing the company at $126 million — this represents a major step forward for the company, which is committed to creating […]
The First Light Images From Landsat 9 Are Released By NASA
Landsat 9, a joint mission from NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey, was launched on September 27, 2021, and has now collected its first images of Earth. These images, all […]
SSPI Introduces A New Better Satellite World Video — “How Space Saves Lives”
Space & Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) has released How Space Saves Lives, the organization’s newest Better Satellite World video. Aimed at middle and senior high school students, the video explains […]
Free Flying Commercial Space Station — Starlab — To Be Developed By Nanoracks, Voyager Space + Lockheed Martin
Nanoracks, in collaboration with Voyager Space and Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT], has formed a team to develop the first-ever, free flying, commercial space station. The space station, known as Starlab, […]
Forrester’s Digest: SES-17 Launch Delayed / EUTELSAT + UHD Importance / Intelsat’s Bankruptcy Exit Plan Hearing Delayed
The launch of SES-17 has been delayed. Arianespace stated that investigations are ongoing in order to identify a new launch date from the Kourou spaceport. The Ariane 5 launch vehicle […]
NASA’s DART Journeys To Vandenberg Space Force Base For Launch
Just two days after leaving the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, in a specialized container carefully strapped to the deck of a semi-trailer truck, NASA’s Double […]