Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has today inaugurated its Space Smart Factory in Rome with a ceremony attended by Italian President Sergio Mattarella. […]
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AST SpaceMobile announces BlueBird 6 ready to ship
A release from AST SpaceMobile shared that BlueBird 6 has completed final assembly and testing and is ready for flight. On October 12, BlueBird 7 will head to India aboard […]
ESA’s Biomass; on the launch pad, the mission and Europe’s Spaceport
ESA’s Biomass satellite, encapsulated within a Vega-C rocket fairing, has been rolled out to the launch pad at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana ahead of liftoff, planned for 29 April […]
Intelsat to line fit factory install multi-orbit service on Embraer E2
Intelsat, operator of integrated satellite and terrestrial networks, and provider of in-flight connectivity (IFC), will soon launch high-speed, reliable multi-orbit connectivity service on Embraer E2 aircraft on the day the […]
Forrester’s Digest: AST, Vodafone European D2D JV
AST SpaceMobile and Vodafone used the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, as well as AST’s financial results, to outline how they will expand their satellite-based direct-to-device connections to Europe, and […]
Report: AST SpaceMobile has $519m war chest
Texas-based AST SpaceMobile wants to become the world’s ‘tower in space’ for its partner telcos. IT has the first five satellites in orbit, and a report from investment firm Hennessey […]
Rocket Lab’s successful first hot fire of Archimedes engine for Neutron rocket
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB), provider in launch services and space systems has successfully hot fired its new rocket engine Archimedes for the first time, reaching a critical technical […]
Northrop Grumman’s successful second stage digitally designed solid rocket motor static fire test will boost payloads out of Earth’s atmosphere
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE: NOC) digitally designed and manufactured large solid rocket motor successfully completed a static fire test at U.S. Air Force Arnold Engineering Development Complex. The test event […]
Firefly Aerospace’s second multi-launch agreement with L3Harris for up to 20 Alpha launches
Firefly Aerospace, Inc., a full service space transportation company, signed a multi-launch agreement with L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) for up to 20 launches on Firefly’s Alpha rocket, including two to […]
Rocket Lab receives up to $23.9 million for the CHIPS Act funding in preliminary agreement for semiconductor production for spacecraft and satellites in Albuquerque
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, welcomed government and community leaders at its space-grade solar cells […]