Firefly Alpha rocket experienced a launch anomaly that left a Lockheed Martin satellite in a significantly “lower than planned orbit”, and the “stage and its payload reentered over the South […]
Payload Development
Vulcan rolls out for Wet Dress Rehearsal preparing to launch on second certification mission (CERT-2)
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan VC2S rocket will launch the second certification (Cert-2) mission from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on Friday, October 4, […]
NASA selects BAE Systems to develop ocean color instrument for NOAA
NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected BAE Systems to develop an instrument to analyze ocean data as part of NOAA’s Geostationary Extended Observations […]
Rocket Factory Augsburg names eight customers on second flight
Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) and the German Space Agency in the German Aerospace Center (DLR) today announced the winners of the second round of the payload competition for German launcher […]
MDA completes acquisition of SATIXFY digital payload division
MDA Ltd. (TSX:MDA) has completed the previously announced acquisition of SatixFy Space Systems UK Ltd. (SSS), the digital payload division of SatixFy Communications Ltd. (NYSE AMERICAN: SATX). The newly acquired division, based […]
Galileo Second Generation enters full development phase
The main procurements batch of Galileo Second Generation initiated last summer has been finalized — the system is now ready for its In Orbit Validation development phase. ESA Director of […]
KOREASAT 6A packing a Thales Alenia Space SBAS payload
Following the communications satellite contract signed in September of 2022, KT SAT Corporation Ltd. (KT SAT) and Thales Alenia Space have announced that KOREASAT 6A satellite will also include a […]
All Points bulletin names former NASA Administrator to Board of Advisors
All Points Logistics, LLC (All Points), a diversified technical services company for the space and defense industry, announced former NASA Administrator James “Jim” Bridenstine has joined the All Points Board […]
AAC Clyde Space’s first Kelpie satellite Supporting ORBCOMM’s AIS Service to Cape Canaveral launch site
AAC Clyde Space has delivered the first Kelpie satellite to Cape Canaveral, Florida, in preparation for its planned launch onboard the SpaceX Transporter 6 mission expected in December 2022. The […]
Millennium Space Systems completes the CDR for USSF’s MTC payload
Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company, completed a Critical Design Review for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command’s Missile Track Custody, or MTC, program mission payload. The MTC payload […]