EUMETSAT’s Mission Control Centre has officially taken the reins of the Metop Second Generation A1 (Metop-SGA1) satellite, following the successful completion of the spacecraft’s launch and early operations phase (LEOP). […]
Smallsat Missions
Impulse Space has upgraded their Mira space vehicle
Impulse Space earlier this month upgraded Mira—the company’s high-thrust, highly maneuverable spacecraft for payload hosting and deployment that already has two successful missions. Mira has showcased responsive, record-setting maneuverability in […]
SpaceX moves launch of Starlink Group 17-5 with 24 smallsats to Monday from California
On Monday, August 18, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is scheduled to launch Starlink Group 17-5 at 8:44 AM – 12:44 PM PDT from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg, SFB, California, into […]
Dawn to Provide Propulsion for Infinite Orbits’ Orbit Guard #3 Mission
Dawn Aerospace has been selected by Infinite Orbits to develop a SatDrive propulsion system for their upcoming Orbit Guard #3 mission. Orbit Guard™ servicers developed by Infinite Orbits are […]
Sidus Space deploys advanced SpacePilot software for autonomous ops + commissions LizzieSat®-3 Attitude Determination + Control System
Sidus Space (NASDAQ: SIDU) has successfully deployed the company’s new, autonomous, guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) software, SpacePilot, and has also commissioned the Attitude Determination and Control System (ADCS) on […]
Open Cosmos kicks off first rideshare mission for the European Commission’s IOD/IOV program
Open Cosmos has signed the first work order contract as part of the In-Orbit Demonstration and Validation (IOD/IOV) program funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe R&I Program. Open Cosmos […]
Albedo awarded a Stage II contract from the NRO
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) award to Albedo expands on the company’s original NRO Strategic Commercial Enhancements program—this milestone expands Albedo’s partnership with the NRO and positions its VLEO platform […]
BlackSky wins next phase of U.S. Navy Optical inter-satellite link research contract to advance Gen-3 comms for military ops
BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) has won the next phase of a competitive U.S. Navy research contract to further develop optical inter-satellite link (OISL) terminal apps for its Gen-3 constellation. […]
Forrester’s Digest: Amazon’s Kuiper readies next launches
Amazon’s Project Kuiper, its would-be broadband satellite rival to Elon Musk’s Starlink, is gearing up for its next launches. It has a new 100,000 square foot payload processing facility at […]
Smallsat ready to test link for global 5G-broadband
A small satellite designed to deliver direct 5G-broadband access from space to a compact ground device, supported by the European Space Agency (ESA), has made it into orbit after its […]