NASA has selected 15 companies to provide flight and payload integration services to advance technologies and procedures for operating in space, including testing in high-altitude, reduced gravity, or other relevant […]
Payloads
Rocket Lab’s upcomig Electron mission is to deploy an Earth-Imaging satellite for Synspective
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB), a provider of launch services and space systems, announced the launch window for its 45th Electron launch is a dedicated mission for Synspective, a […]
BAE Systems receives regulatory approvals for $5.5 Billion acquisition of Ball Aerospace
From BAE Systems Further to the announcement of 17 August 2023, BAE Systems has now received the necessary regulatory approvals and will be executing steps in the coming days to […]
Rogue Space Systems launches Barry-1 small satellite and operations begin
Rogue Space Systems Corporation, provider of satellite servicing solutions, announces the successful launch, deployment, and commencement of operations for its first satellite, Barry-1. The satellite has achieved stable communications and […]
HummingSat is the world’s first commercial GEO smallsat creating a new chapter in space innovation
Inspired by the tiny, fast-moving hummingbird, ESA and SWISSto12 have signed a contract for the full development of a new product line of satellites called HummingSat. SWISSto12 is a manufacturer […]
STARSHIP UPDATE #2: Starship’s second launch a success using helpful data from first launch
UPDATE #2: “We have liftoff,” as Starship returned to integrated flight testing with it’s second launch from Starbase in Texas. While it didn’t happen in a lab or on a […]
SpaceX UPDATE: Starship’s second flight test delayed in need of a replacement part
UPDATE: The second flight test of a fully integrated was originally set for November 17, but SpaceX delayed it by 24 hours to replace a grid fin actuator on the […]
SpaceX’s Starship’s second flight test tomorrow and ‘numerous lessons learned’ from first launch
The second flight test of a fully integrated Starship is set to launch Friday, November 17. A two-hour launch window opens at 7:00 a.m. CT. A live webcast of the […]
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 […]
Momentus will deliver for RIDE! Space
Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS) has signed a contract with RIDE! Space for transportation and orbital delivery services in the first quarter of 2024. RIDE! Space will be flying its Gaindesat […]