Virgin Orbit has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) establishing a new collaboration with the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), an independent, non-profit research and development organization. Under the terms of […]
Satellites
Ball Aerospace Is Selected By NASA To Engage Instrument Architectures + Designs For The Next Generation Landsat
Ball Aerospace was selected by NASA for two Landsat Next architecture studies: Landsat Next Instrument Study – Constellation Satellite Concept and Landsat Next Instrument – Single Satellite Concept. The two […]
Orbit Logic Adds Augmented Reality To Their SpyMeSat App
Orbit Logic’s SpyMeSat mobile app (available in the Apple App Store and Google Play) now includes an augmented reality (AR) interface for better awareness of overflying imaging satellites. The AR […]
USSF’s SSC Declares Three GPS III Satellites Are Available For Launch
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command recently declared the eighth GPS III satellite as “Available for Launch.” This significant accomplishment officially marks the third space vehicle within the GPS […]
Satellite Production Site Expansion By L3Harris Plus The Addition Of An Unclassified Satellite Line For Nat’l Defense
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) is expanding its satellite production site to include advanced production of unclassified satellites, which will deliver experimental capabilities for national defense. The Central Florida location is home […]
The Space Report 2021: 36th Annual Space Symposium Special Edition Executive Summary
Article by Lesley Conn, senior manager of Research and Analysis at Space Foundation Introduction This edition, a special publication for the 36th Annual Space Symposium, examines where we are as […]
GA-EMS Expands Their Space Systems Development Infrastructure
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has expanded their space systems infrastructure with the addition of a 7,500 ft2 Class 10,000 / ISO 7 cleanroom facility in San Diego, California, that […]
RUAG Space: Nearly 1,000 Satellites Successfully Placed Into Orbit
On Sunday, August 22, Paris Time, another 34 OneWeb internet satellites were separated from the Soyuz launch vehicle and placed into orbit with a dispenser from RUAG Space. With this […]
Forrester’s Digest: An ‘Aye’ For Scottish Launch Site + Everyone Is Talking… About Satellite Mergers
A submission from a landowner who objected to the establishment of a rocket launch site in the Sutherland (Scotland) Highlands & Islands failed and permission has now been given for […]
Eaton Increases Satellite Payload Capacity With Their New VITA Propulsion Feed System
Power management company Eaton has announced that the firm’s newly acquired Mission Systems business successfully completed qualification testing for the aerospace industry’s first Valve in Tank Assembly (VITA) propulsion feed […]