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Hypersonix U.S. Patent issued for SPARTAN scramjet

Hypersonix has been awarded a U.S. patent for technology used in the company’s SPARTAN scramjet design. U.S. Patent Number US11639700B2 protects, for close to 20 years, some key features of […]

Skykraft lifts off with another Air Traffic Management satellite stack for 2023

Another Skykraft prototype Air Traffic Management satellite stack lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on June 12, 2023, as a payload aboard the Transporter-8 mission. This is […]

Satellogic continues the expansion of their EO constellation

Satellogic Inc. (NASDAQ: SATL) launched four, NewSats Mark-V spacecraft successfully to LEO aboard the SpaceX Transporter-8 mission on June 12th from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. This marks Satellogic’s […]

Rocket Lab spacecraft built for Varda are successfully operating on-orbit

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has announced the the firm’s spacecraft built for Varda Space Industries (“Varda”) is successfully operating on-orbit after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base on […]

Six satellites mfg’d by Kongsberg NanoAvionics reach orbit via the SpaceX Transporter-8 mission

Kongsberg NanoAvionics (NanoAvionics) had six of their manufactured satellites reaching orbit today’s as payloads aboard the SpaceX Transporter-8 mission. One of them, Tiger-4, belongs to telecoms operator OQ Technology and […]

BAE Systems to develop autonomous space-based surveillance technology for DARPA

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded BAE Systems’ FAST Labs™ research and development organization a $7 million contract for the Oversight autonomous, space-based, target custody program. Traditional […]

Space Systems Command (SSC) awards million$$ launch service order to Northrop Grumman

The U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Small Launch and Targets Division’s Office at Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico, part of the Space Systems Command (SSC) Assured Access to Space […]

HawkEye 360 initiates manufacturing of their Satellite Clusters 12 + 13 under SFL’s Flex program

Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) has announced that HawkEye 360 has initiated manufacturing of the 12th and 13th Clusters of the company’s radio frequency (RF) geolocating, smallsat constellation — the six […]