Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) recently completed a critical design review (CDR) for the firm’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer (T1TL), part of Space Development Agency’s (SDA) LEO network designed to […]
SmallSat Design
A Transporter-7 achievement: Trio of Spire smallsats claim their orbits
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) launched three satellites on the SpaceX Transporter-7 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base on April 14th — Spire Space Services, the Company’s Space as a […]
Blue Canyon Technologies receives JPL smallsats build award
Blue Canyon Technologies, a Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) subsidiary, will design and manufacture three smallsats to support NASA’s Investigation of Convective Updrafts, or INCUS, mission. The principal investigator is Susan […]
A Transporter-7 achievement: D-Orbit launches ION’s 10th orbital transportation mission
D-Orbit has launched Guardian, the 10th commercial mission of the firm’s proprietary orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) — ION Satellite Carrier (ION). The OTV lifted off on April 14th, 2023, at […]
A Transporter-7 triumph: The GroundBreaker launched by Sateliot
Sateliot has launched Sateliot_0 “The GroundBreaker,” the first, 5G standard, LEO satellite for access to the Internet of Things (IoT). The launch occurred during the SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter-7 mission […]
Kepler raises million$$ for optical constellation
Kepler Communications recently raised $92 million in Series C funding led by IA Ventures — since 2016, the company has raised more than $200 million in equity, with support from […]
A Transporter-7 achievement: AAC Clyde Space SDaaS smallsat now aloft
EPICHyper-1, a 6U AAC Clyde Space EPIC VIEW satellite (image above), was successfully launched on the SpaceX Transporter 7 mission on April 15, 2023. The satellite will deliver Earth Observation […]
A Transporter-7 achievement: Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) issues 9 smallsats to orbit
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 […]
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 […]