NASA has released a stunning image of a black hole swallowing a star and causing a massive explosion. Although the cosmic event took place 600 million light-years ago, the burst […]
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K2 Space’s double good news, $110M Series B and first successful in-space demonstration
K2 Space today announced its $110 million Series B to ramp up mass production of its multi-orbit, high power satellite platform. The funding round, co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Altimeter […]
Airbus receives ESA TRUTHS mission contract
Airbus has been awarded the latest phase in the European Space Agency (ESA) TRUTHS mission as part of ESA’s Earth Observation Earth Watch program — the 109.3 million euros contract […]
NASA’s CAPSTONE primary mission successfully completed by Advanced Space
Advanced Space has successfully completed the six-month primary mission for CAPSTONE, the first commercial satellite to operate at the Moon. The CAPSTONE mission’s objective is to pioneer a new and […]
Sener Aerospace’s scanner mechanisms contracted for the Forum mission by ESA
Sener Aerospace has signed a contract to supply scanner and calibration mechanisms and electronics for the Forum mission (Far-Infrared Outgoing Radiation Understanding and Monitoring), which will be the ninth Earth […]
Why select non-browning lenses for use in Space?
Spaceborne applications present a challenging environment, subject to radiation, where camera lens servicing or replacement is highly undesirable. With the exception of fused silica or quartz all standard ‘lower cost’ UV-visible […]
Aitech’s S-A1760 Venus™ GPGPU passes system’s tests using cost-effective COTS
Now in production, the S-A1760 Venus™ is a part of Aitech’s Space Digital Backbone (DBB) that enables some advanced innovations in space technologies. This is the industry’s powerful and smallest […]
Blue Canyon’s multiple spacecraft and components on Virgin Orbit launch
Slingshot 1 is the first-ever Blue Canyon 12U CubeSat bus carrying 19 payloads to low Earth orbit. Small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider Blue Canyon Technologies LLC (“BCT” or […]
Finland’s 1st Science Smallsat, Foresail-1, Is Ready For Space + A Summer SpaceX Launch
Foresail-1, the first satellite from the Finnish Center of Excellence in Research of Sustainable Space, is now ready for space. “With the help of long-term funding from the Academy of […]