The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a contract with Airbus to build the Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey (Ariel) \mission — Ariel is the fourth, medium-class mission in ESA’s […]
Payloads
Comprehensive Launch Schedule For Smallsats Released By Precious Payload
Precious Payload, a US/UAE space-tech startup that makes planning and execution of satellite missions easier by taking care of mission and supply chain management, has released its latest feature: a […]
Ball Aerospace Expands One Building + Also Opens A New Facility For Payload Development
Ball Aerospace recently completed and officially opened their state-of-the-art, Payload Development Facility (PDF) in Broomfield, Colorado, and is in the process of expanding their Aerospace Manufacturing Center (AMC) in neighboring […]
OrbAstro’s Smallsat Platform To Host Aistech Space’s Guardian Imaging Payload
Aistech Space SL (Aistech) has signed a contract with Orbital Astronautics Ltd (OrbAstro) to fly the company’s first Guardian mission scheduled for launch in Q4 2021 onboard a SpaceX dedicated […]
Israel Space Agency (ISA) Selects Ramon.Space For Computing Payload + New Director General Of The ISA
Ramon.Space has been selected by the Israel Space Agency to provide a space computing payload for a mission scheduled to launch in early 2022. As part of the mission, Ramon.Space […]
Processor Intelligence For SpaceLink’s Spacecraft To Be Provided By SEAKR
SpaceLink has selected SEAKR Engineering, Inc. (SEAKR) to provide key payload technology for the firm’s relay satellite system. SEAKR is developing technologies for DARPA and the U.S. Space Force and […]
CesiumAstro Selects Keysight Technologies For Latest Phased Array Calibration
CesiumAstro Inc manufacturer of active phased array communications payloads for space and airborne platforms, has selected Keysight Technologies’ (NYSE: KEYS) design and validation solutions to help accelerate the design, manufacturing, […]
Blue Origin Launches New Shepard Rocket + Completes 17th Mission To Space
Blue Origin successfully completed the 17th New Shepard mission to space and back for the program and the 8th consecutive flight for this particular vehicle. This flight featured commercial payloads […]
USSF’s Next-Gen OPIR, Block 0 GEO Missile Warning Satellites Pass Raytheon Intelligence & Space’s Sensor Payload CDR
Raytheon Intelligence & Space, a Raytheon Technologies business, has completed a Critical Design Review (CDR) of their competitive sensor payload design for the U.S. Space Force’s Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared […]
Blue Origin’s Next New Shepard Flight Set With 18 Commercial Payloads + NASA Lunar Landing Tech Demo
Blue Origin‘s New Shepard’s next mission will fly a NASA lunar landing technology demonstration a second time on the exterior of the booster, 18 commercial payloads inside the crew capsule, 11 of which are NASA-supported, and an art […]