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 […]
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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 […]
Students successfully conclude the Baseline Design Review of their CubeSats
Last April, students from six CubeSats Teams successfully concluded the Baseline Design Review of their CubeSats as part of ESA Academy‘s new Fly Your Satellite! (FYS!) Design Booster Program — […]
Spire Global + OroraTech awarded contract to demo wildfire detection from space
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has awarded a contract to Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) subsidiary, ExactEarth Ltd., to deliver preparatory work for implementation phases of a wildfire monitoring satellite. […]
Thales Alenia Space signs Space Factory 4.0 contract with the Italian Space Agency
Thales Alenia Space has won a contract from the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to conduct the development of the Space Factory 4.0 program in the frame of the Italian National […]