The solar sail aboard NASA‘s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) satellite, using a spacecraft bus built by Kongsberg NanoAvionics (NanoAvionics), has successfully deployed — the deployment, a primary objective […]
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Creotech launches EagleEye
Creotech Instruments, Poland’s largest manufacturer of satellites, satellite systems and components listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, has announced the launch of the company’s largest and most advanced satellite ever […]
SDA awards Tranche 2 Transport Layer contracts for 20 Gamma variant satellite builds
The Space Development Agency (SDA) has awarded two prototype agreements with a total value of approximately $424 million to build and operate 20 Tranche 2 Transport Layer (T2TL) — Gamma […]
Spire Global has launched 7 LEMUR satellites via the SpaceX Transporter-11 mission
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR), a global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, successfully launched seven satellites on the SpaceX Transporter-11 mission, which launched from Vandenberg Space Force […]
Terran Orbital’s Tyvak awarded million$$$ with a prototype agreement from SDA
Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc. (a Terran Orbital Corporation) (NYSE: LLAP) has been selected by the Space Development Agency (SDA) to produce 10 satellites for the Tranche 2 Transport Layer (T2TL) […]
UK Space Command successfully launches first military satellite
A UK satellite to support military operations has been successfully launched. Named Tyche, the satellite is UK Space Command’s first satellite which can capture daytime images and videos of the Earth’s […]
Hydrosat launches VanZyl-1 to pursue global thermal imaging
On Friday, August 16, Hydrosat, a climate technology company focused on leveraging thermal imagery to measure water stress in agriculture and combat the effects of climate change, successfully launched VanZyl-1 […]
Blue Canyon launches several smallsats via the SpaceX Transporter-11 mission
Multiple spacecraft and components designed by Blue Canyon Technologies were successfully launched on the recent SpaceX Transporter-11 rideshare mission. Ridesharing is a cost-effective way for the company’s diverse customers to […]
HawkEye 360’s Cluster 10 satellites launched + contact established
HawkEye 360 Inc. has announced that the company’s Cluster 10 satellites have successfully deployed to orbit after launching aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-11 Rideshare mission via launch integrator Exolaunch and HawkEye 360’s […]
Umbra boosts SAR with 2 satellites on the SpaceX Transporter-11 rideshare mission
Umbra has successfully launched a new pair of SAR satellites — Umbra-09 and Umbra-10 — aboard the Transporter-11 Rideshare mission with SpaceX on August 16, 2024. Umbra launched their first […]