Low Earth orbiting satellites may soon help Alaska to achieve a task force goal. COVID-19 has focused our attention on the plight of students struggling to go to school on […]
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SpaceX Sends 60 Starlinks Skyward
Another group of SpaceX Starlinks were sent skyward… On Wednesday, April 7 at 12:34 p.m. EDT, SpaceX launched 60 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral […]
OQ Technology Selects NanoAvionics To Build The MACSAT Smallsat
NanoAvionics has been selected by OQ Technology to build the company’s MACSAT satellite mission aiming to demonstrate 5G Internet-of-Things service from LEO. NanoAvionics will build and test a 6U smallsat […]
Nikon Rockets Into Satellite Parts By Buying Boeing-Backed Startup
Japanese camera maker Nikon has bought a majority stake in U.S. startup Morf3D, an aerospace supplier whose customers include Boeing, in a deal estimated at nearly 10 billion yen ($91 […]
OFFICINA STELLARE To Supply Medium + Long-Range Telescopes + More…
OFFICINA STELLARE SpA has been awarded the contract for the supply of a set of medium and long-range telescopes to be installed in a test facility located in the southern […]
OHB Sweden AB Signs Rocket Factory Augsburg AG To A Dedicated Launch Contract
OHB Sweden AB, subsidiary of space and technology group OHB SE, has signed a contract for a dedicated launch with Rocket Factory Augsburg AG (RFA) for an upcoming mission that […]
UPDATE: Four Axelspace GRUS Attain Orbit
GRUS-1B, 1C, 1D, 1E are 100 kg smallsats built for optical EO and constitute Axelspace’s “AxelGlobe” platform were successfully launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on March 22, 2021 at 15:07 JST (06:07 UTC). The company is currently conducting commissioning procedures to […]
HawkEye 360’s Cluster 2 Smallsats Achieve Initial Operating Capabilities
HawkEye 360 Inc. has announced that the company’s recently-launched “Cluster 2” satellites have achieved initial operating capability — the trio of satellites, which entered orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 […]
Combining Talents To Launch Smallsats… Gilmour Space + Fleet Space Technologies
Gilmour Space Technologies and Fleet Space Technologies are joining forces to launch smallsats to orbit. Fleet Space launched Australia’s first commercial smallsats in 2018 and its fifth just last week […]
Dragonfly Aerospace’s Gecko Imager Delivered To Loft Orbital
Dragonfly Aerospace has delivered a customized Gecko electro-optical imager to Loft Orbital to fly on that firm’s YAM-3 satellite that is due to launch in Q2 of 2021. The Gecko […]