Less than a year after being evaluated in NOAA’s Fire Weather Testbed, the automated satellite fire detection capability of the experimental Next Generation Fire System (NGFS) has been embraced by the firefighting […]
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SpaceX to launch Koreasat-6A on Veterans’ Day to improve the positioning and navigation performance by GNSS
SpaceX is targeting Monday, November 11 for launch of the Koreasat-6A mission to geosynchronous transfer orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The four-hour window […]
Airbus Space, “Merger with Thales-Alenia possible” as rivals combine expertise
Aerospace giant Airbus Defence & Space CEO Guillaume Faury told analysts that he would prefer to merge all of its Space Division with rival satellite specialist Thales Alenia Space’s similar […]
SpaceX’s Crew-7 capsule splashes down returning NASA’s 4 astronauts to Earth
After 199 days in space, Dragon and NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov returned to Earth and splashed down […]
SpaceX’s Dragon successfully departs the ISS to return NASA’s Crew-7 astronauts back to Earth
Monday, March 11 at 11:20 a.m. ET SpaceX and NASA witnessed the Dragon autonomously undocked from the International Space Station. After performing a series of departure burns to move away […]
CGI to digitize Met Office tools and systems to streamline weather forecasting and product development
CGI has been awarded an eight year contract by the Met Office to digitize its tools, enabling more efficient and effective working practices and quicker development of new products. The Met Office […]
Europe’s new weather satellite makes waves
The Meteosat Third Generation satellite system is set to revolutionize weather forecasting and enable more precise monitoring of the changing atmosphere, land and oceans. The first Meteosat Third Generation Imager, […]
SAIC’s $170M from NASA to provide systems and software assurance services
Science Applications International Corp. has been awarded a $170 million contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to continue performing independent verification and validation (IV&V) of space systems […]
Ramon.Space and Lulav Space to Navigate Space IL’s Next Two Lunar Landings
Ramon.Space and Lulav Space are partnering to provide an advanced navigation solution for the Beresheet 2 lunar missions scheduled for 2025. The Beresheet 2 lunar missions are developed by SpaceIL, […]
Australia’s Hon. Susan Close MP endorses space industry and opens Fleet Technologies’ expanded Australian HQ
Fleet Space Technologies marked the official opening of its extended Adelaide HQ with the visit of Susan Close MP, Deputy Premier of South Australia. Susan Close also holds the ministerial […]