Airbus has finished the third instrument for the Sentinel-1 satellite series which includes a new separation mechanism to help the spacecraft avoid space debris. The C-band radar for the Copernicus Sentinel-1C satellite is now en route to Thales Alenia Space facilities in Rome, Italy, where integration and testing will occur. The satellite is scheduled for […]
Manufacturing
Satellite megafactory unveiled by Aerospacelab — 500 satellites capacity per year
Aerospacelab has unveiled their satellite megafactory commitment, with a yearly production capacity of 500 satellites — this makes this site the largest satellite manufacturing plant in Europe. This groundbreaking new site, which will be built by Sambrinvest in Charleroi, follows the launch of the company’s Monnet Center facility, located in Ottignies-Louvain-La-Neuve that can produce as […]
ReOrbit and Veng’s agreement to manufacture satellites
ReOrbit and VENG, an Argentinian-based company, signed an agreement to manufacture satellites in Argentina to serve the Latin America market. The directors of both organizations met at the Argentina Space Centre located in Cordoba Province, Argentina, to visit the VENG’s AI&T facilities, discuss future collaborations and finally sign a Memorandum of Understanding. VENG, the main contractor of […]
NearSpace Launch celebrates 100+ smallsats in orbit + preparing to open a new company location
NearSpace Launch, Inc. (NSL), a smallsats manufacturer, and NearSpace Education 501c3 (NSE), a STEM non-profit, have expanded their efforts by moving to a new location at 79 East Railroad Street in downtown Upland, Indiana. NSL and NSE will be celebrating 100+ satellites manufactured and on-orbit plus a Red-Ribbon Cutting that will occur on June 23rd […]
Six smallsats by Space Flight Laboratory were launched to orbit via the SpaceX Transporter-5 mission
Six smallsats developed by Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) were successfully launched by the SpaceX Transporter-5 rideshare mission on May 25th. The three GHGSat greenhouse gas monitoring and three HawkEye 360 radio frequency (RF) geolocation smallsats bring to 36 the total number of SFL-built satellites placed into orbit since 2020. The recently launched GHGSat-C3, C4, and […]
Sidus Space selects L3Harris for mission critical ops software for the LizzieSat™ constellation
Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIDU), a Space-as-a-Service satellite company that is focused on commercial satellite design, manufacture, launch, and data collection, has selected L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) InControl™ and OnTime™ software for command and control (C&C) and mission planning for the company’s LizzieSat™ (LS) constellation. InControl will provide satellite command and control software for on-orbit, factory test […]
RUAG Space Is Now Beyond Gravity
As of May 1, RUAG Space is legally renamed Beyond Gravity and the company has been operating under the Beyond Gravity brand since March 15. Space supplier Beyond Gravity, based in Zurich, Switzerland, becomes the legal successor to RUAG Space on May 1. The company has been operating on the market as Beyond Gravity since […]
Boeing’s One Million Square Foot Production Facility For High-Throughput Small Satellites
Boeing’s 1-million-square-foot El Segundo facility (92,903 square meters) designed for efficiency and rapid delivery timelines will house the small satellite production line. Boeing unveiled a new high-throughput small satellite production, integration and test facility designed for efficiency and rapid delivery timelines. Housed in the world’s largest satellite factory, Boeing’s 1-million-square-foot El Segundo facility (92,903 square […]
Company Co-Founder Joins Start-Up Reflex Aerospace
Christian Lindener, formerly responsible for Innovation and Company Building at Airbus, has left the company to become an entrepreneur and bring satellites to market in record time with Reflex Aerospace. Christian joined Reflex Aerospace as co-founder at the start of April. Reflex Aerospace is a Berlin and Munich-based, new space start-up that aims to transform […]
PSN Group To Build The Nusantara Lima Satellite
PSN Group has entered into contracts to build the Nusantara Lima Satellite that will be launched in 2023 and will augment the capacity of SATRIA-1 — with these 2 VHTS, PSN Group will be one of the biggest satellite capacity providers in Asia with approximately 330 Gbps covering Indonesia and surrounding areas. The Nusantara Lima […]