On Friday, October 8, 2023, at 22:36 p.m. local time (01:36 a.m. UTC), Arianespace’s Vega mission successfully lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, carrying the optical observation […]
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Big Earth imager to be tested on small Vega CubeSat
A briefcase-sized CubeSat being flown on Europe’s next Vega launcher this week will gather 340 km wide views of Earth’s vegetation growth, employing a spectral imager originally designed for ESA’s decade-in-flight […]
Planet gains business across Canadian provincial governments
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL) has expanded contracts with existing customers across the Canadian provincial governments, including British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, Quebec, and Alberta. Planet data and solutions will […]
Spire Global receives million$$$ NASA contract
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) has been selected for a Multiple-Award, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by NASA to provide Earth Observation (EO) data for the agency’s Commercial Smallsat […]
SpaceX launches 22 Starlinks making this the 70th successful launch of the year
THURSDAY UPDATE: SpaceX launches … After numerous delays beginning on the evening of October 4th the launch took place in the wee hours of Thursday, October 5th. SpaceX did not […]
SCOUT to deliver space-based sensing payload for IARPA SINTRA
SCOUT Space Inc. has been selected as a subcontractor by Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), the R&D arm of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, in support […]
SpaceX Starlink launch just hours away
WEDNESDAY UPDATE: SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, October 4 at 10:45 p.m. ET for a Falcon 9 launch of 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) […]
AAC Clyde Space receives satellite order
AAC Clyde Space has won a GBP 0.902 million (approx. SEK 12.1 million) order for a 3U satellite that is scheduled for delivery in Q4 2024. The satellite will be […]
Capella Space moving to larger facilities
Capella Space Corp. has doubled the size of its office space and manufacturing floor by moving into a new, 32,000 square foot facility at 397 South Taylor Avenue, Louisville, Colorado, across […]
SpaceX aims for Starlink Group 6-21 launch on October 4
SpaceX Starlink launches for October currently reveal only one on Wednesday, October 4, at 7:16 PM from SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida. The $67.0 million launch on Falcon 9 will […]