Multinational technology company GMV successfully concluded ground validation tests for a space robot designed to assemble structures in Earth’s orbit as part of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) MIRROR project […]
Qualification Tests
O3b mPOWER’s milestone a successful RF end-to-end testing
Following the launch and IoT of the first two O3b mPOWER satellites, SES has been performing a series of system validation tests encompassing both space and ground components, including key […]
Europe’s HyPrSpace and Precious Payload team up as a sort of SpaceX service
French rocket startup, HyPrSpace, and Precious Payload, a satellite launch provider, have teamed up to simplify the process for payload developers to reserve launches using HyPrSpace’s Orbital Baguette-1 (OB-1) rockets. […]
Israel launches Ofek 13 satellite into space
The Defense Ministry together with Israel Aerospace Industries on Wednesday successfully launched the Ofek 13 satellite into space, the ministry’s statement said. Ofek 13 is an observation satellite with advanced […]
Spacecom successfully tests Telesat’s LEO demonstration satellite
Spacecom, the satellite services provider and owner-operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, and Telesat, innovative satellite operators, announced the completion of Spacecom’s successful testing campaign with Telesat’s Phase 1 LEO […]
Major development milestones completed by Sierra Space for their 1st commercial spacestation
Sierra Space’s LIFE™ habitat (Large Integrated Flexible Environment) has successfully completed its second, sub-scale, Ultimate Burst Pressure (UBP) test. Following the success of its first UBP test in July of […]
Terran Orbital demonstrates record-breaking 1.4 terabyte single-pass optical downlink for NASA’s Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator 3 Satellite
Terran Orbital Corporation, a provider of satellite-based solutions primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries, announced its contribution to the successful demonstration of a record-breaking 1.4-terabytes of data delivered from […]
Keysight delivers new Solar Array Simulator solution for satellite power systems
Keysight Technologies, Inc. announced the new MP4300A Series Modular Solar Array Simulator (SAS) to emulate the behavior of photovoltaic (PV) segments. The SAS solution simulates all conditions a craft or […]
Peregrine spacecraft travels to final testing before becoming first commercial lunar lander on Moon
Astrobotic‘s Peregrine lunar lander has left their Pennsylvania headquarters for the last time. The spacecraft is now headed to test facilities for final acceptance testing before its first launch to […]
Gilmour Space completes final qualification of their Sirius rocket engine
Gilmour Space Technologies have successfully completed the final qualification test of the company’s main Sirius hybrid rocket engine, paving the way for the country’s first orbital launch attempt of an […]