Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) participated in the launch of nine satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California — the SpaceX Transporter-7, ride-sharing mission carried the SFL-designed smallsat platforms into […]
SmallSat Design
General Atomics now tests simulated space environments inhouse with commissioning of Thermal Vacuum Chamber
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that Thermal Vacuum Chamber commissioning has been completed at the company’s Centennial, Colorado, space system development facilities. The commissioning completes GA-EMS’ process of […]
Fly Your Satellite! design booster teams starts baseline design reviews
Fly Your Satellite! Design Booster is an educational program for university student teams that have a preliminary CubeSat design — ESA offers the students support and expert advice, guiding them […]
Mitsubishi Electric + Astroscale to develop + produce satellite buses
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and Astroscale Holdings have announced that Mitsubishi Electric has invested $25 million in Astroscale’s Series G funding round (see this link for more info… ). Separate from […]
Terran Orbital’s Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems wins billion$ contract to build hundreds of LEO satellites for Rivada Space Networks
Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP) has announced that the firm’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc. (“Tyvak”), has been awarded a $2.4 billion contract to design, build and deploy 288 […]