For those who have been ready for a long time for the Amazon Kuiper launch it looks like Monday might be the day, if the weather holds. The Kuiper 1 […]
Satellites
NASA’s PUNCH mission captures first images of Sun, space
NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission successfully completed spacecraft commissioning this week, opening its instrument doors to capture “first light,” the mission’s first images of the […]
UPDATE: United Launch Alliance Amazon Project Kuiper launch targeting April 28
(Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., April 18, 2025) – Kuiper 1, the launch of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 551 rocket carrying the first production satellites for […]
Northrop Grumman’s “superb launch” NROL-174 on secret reconnaissance mission for Space Force and NRO
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), in partnership with U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Small Launch and Targets Division, Space Launch Delta 30, and Northrop Grumman, successfully launched multiple […]
SpaceX to launch NROL-145 on Saturday building largest government constellation — ever
On Saturday, April 19th at 3:41 AM – 7:41 AM PDT, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 will launch the tenth batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and […]
SpaceX plans NROL-192 launch of spy satellites on secret mission this Saturday
SpaceX is targeting Saturday, April 12 for a Falcon 9 launch of the NROL-192 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Liftoff […]
Amzon’s Kuiper 1 mission is ready, set… to go, “this is just the start of our journey”
United Launch Alliance (ULA) is readying the Atlas V 551 rocket to deliver the first satellites into space for Amazon’s Project Kuiper, an advanced low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation that […]
Umbra signs CRADA with NGA
Umbra has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). Under this CRADA, Umbra gains access to NGA’s research insights to better align its […]
Saab signs MoU with ICEYE to integrate advanced space-based radar data to military command systems
Saab and ICEYE, recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate on the development and integration of advanced space-based radar data in Saab’s command and control (C2) systems. This […]
SpaceX sends off NROL-57 on secret mission and another NROL-69 launch on Monday
On a very foggy Thursday night beside the ocean on March 20 at 11:49 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched the NROL-57 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at […]