Kelpie-1, a 3U AAC Clyde Space EPIC nanosatellite, was successfully launched on the SpaceX Transporter-6 mission on January 3, 2023. Kelpie-1 will deliver AIS data to the U.S. company ORBCOMM […]
SmallSat
Europe’s 1st solar sail mission successfully launched
Kongsberg NanoAvionics (NanoAvionics) has announced the successful launch of Europe‘s first solar sail mission aboard SpaceX Transporter-6 — the 6U smallsat, nicknamed ‘Alpha,’ was manufactured for France’s Gama and is […]
KSAT goes deep to support NOAA’s Deep Space Solar Observatory
KBR has selected KSAT to provide all Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS) SWFO Antenna Network (SAN) services. The KBR and KSAT team are developing a blended network including U.S. […]
Norwegian-Dutch smallsats successfully launched
Two Norwegian-Dutch smallsats were successfully launched on January 3, 2023 — Birkeland and Huygens were placed into orbit by SpaceX via the Transporter-6 mission. MilSpace2 is a cooperation project between […]
Open Cosmos’ MENUT EO smallsat launched during the Transporter-6 rideshare mission
Open Cosmos launched their 6U MENUT EO smallsat aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-6 rideshare mission on January 3, 2023, with the launch planned and overseen by Exolaunch. MENUT is part of the […]
Successful launch of Unseenlabs’ 8th constellation smallsat
Unseenlabs successfully has launched their eighth satellite since 2019, one dedicated to the geolocation of vessels at sea from space. BRO-8 was launched with Exolaunch as part of SpaceX’s Transporter-6 […]
Satellogic’s Aleph-1 constellation expanded with four smallsat deployments via the Transporter-6 rideshare mission
Satellogic Inc. (NASDAQ: SATL) has successfully deployed four satellites, launched with SpaceX at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station as rideshare members of the Transporter-6 mission — each of the spacecraft […]
Pale Blue to provide their water-based propulsion system to Sony for that firm’s spacetainment project
Pale Blue will be providing a water vapor propulsion system (water engine) for Sony’s STAR SPHERE smallsat project. The propulsion system will enter and maintain the orbit of the satellite, […]
D-Orbit launches Second Star to the Right and two ION Satellite Carriers on seventh orbital transportation mission
D-Orbit, the space logistics and orbital transportation company, launched Second Star to the Right, the seventh commercial mission of ION Satellite Carrier (ION), D-Orbit’s proprietary orbital transfer vehicle (OTV), and […]
Gama’s revolutionary propulsion Gama Alpha Solar Sail mission launches
Gama, a French aerospace company’s first solar sail was launched to space, with the support of the CNES and private companies including CMA CGM, a global player in sea, land, […]