UPDATE 2With a round of applause from the Rocket Lab control center at Launch Complex 1 on the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand, the firm’s Electron rocket successfully lifted off […]
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Thales Alenia Space signs a multi-satellite contract with PT Len Industri
Thales Alenia Space has signed a multi-mission contract with PT Len Industri to provide a state-of-the-art Earth Observation (EO) constellation combining radar and optical sensors and dedicated to the Indonesian […]
Capella Space appoints Frank Backes as CEO
Capella Space Corporation has named Frank Backes as the company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) — he will assume his new role on October 23rd — founder and CEO Payam Banazadeh […]
NASA selects Umbra for the CSDA program
Umbra has been selected by NASA as a commercial provider for its Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program. The CSDA Program will acquire Umbra Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data under […]
Capella Space moving to larger facilities
Capella Space Corp. has doubled the size of its office space and manufacturing floor by moving into a new, 32,000 square foot facility at 397 South Taylor Avenue, Louisville, Colorado, across […]
Rocket Lab’s launch window for the next Capella Space mission announced
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has scheduled the next Electron launch during a window that opens on September 19, 2023 NZST/UTC. The ‘We Will Never Desert You’ mission is […]
Rocket Lab launches their 40th Electron mission + successfully flies a reused Rutherford engine
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has successfully launched their 40th dedicated Electron mission for Capella Space (Capella) — this mission demonstrated several significant milestones for Rocket Lab’s reusability program, […]
SkyWatch announces availability of Umbra SAR data and also launches InSARance
SkyWatch has partnered with Umbra to allow customers to purchase the latter’s synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data via SkyWatch’s EarthCache platform. SkyWatch’s core mission is to make remote sensing data […]
Rocket Lab inks dedicated launch deal with iQPS
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has signed a deal to launch an Earth Observation (EO) satellite on Electron for the Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS), a […]
ICEYE US receives 1st NASA Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition program Task Order
ICEYE US Inc. has received the firm’s first Task Order under a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) with NASA, announced earlier this year. The Task Order enables NASA to acquire ICEYE’s […]