Amazon Web Services (AWS) has selected 10 participants for the 2022 AWS Space Accelerator — this year’s finalists brought forward pioneering ideas that will draw valuable insights from the depths of the ocean floor to the surface of the moon… and nearly everything in between. This global group of emerging startups from across the United […]
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Core Software From GMV For The German Armed Forces Space Situational Awareness Center
The German Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) has recently awarded a contract to Atos and OHB to supply the “Space Situational Awareness Center Expansion Stage 1” (Weltraumlagezentrum, WRLageZ, Ausbaustufe 1) to the German Federal Armed Forces. This system, located in Uedem, will enable the German Armed Forces to monitor […]
U.S. Space Operations Command Accepts GSSAP Satellites #5 + #6 As Operationally Capable
Space Operations Command has accepted Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) satellites 5 and 6 as operationally capable and has presented them to United States Space Command for operational use. GSSAPs 5 and 6 launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on January 21, 2022. GSSAP satellites are a space-based capability operating in the […]
SSC Awards L3Harris Technologies For Year #2 Of The Object-Tracking Modernization Contract
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) has been awarded $117 million for option-year three of a U.S. Space Force and U.S. Space Command contract to continue maintaining and modernizing infrastructure to track objects in space. The Maintenance Of Space Situational Awareness Integrated Capabilities (MOSSAIC) program has an estimated contract value of $1.2 billion over 10 years. L3Harris won […]
Slingshot Aerospace Receives Million$$ Contract From USSF’s Space Systems Command
Slingshot Aerospace, Inc. has been awarded a $25.2 million, 39-month contract from the U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) with strategic support from SpaceWERX. The contract will facilitate delivery of two key Slingshot Aerospace products: the company’s Digital Space Twin, and the deployment of the Slingshot Laboratory training product for USSF. Funding was […]
Partnership To Tackle SSA Challenges Formed By SES + NorthStar Earth & Space
A partnership to enhance Space Situational Awareness (SSA) and ensure a sustainable use of space has been formed between SES, the world’s leading satellite-based content connectivity solutions provider, and NorthStar Earth and Space (NorthStar), the first commercial service to monitor space from space. Together with NorthStar, the teams will be working to launch, develop and […]
SCOUT + USSPACECOM Sign An SSA Agreement
SCOUT Inc. and the U.S. Department of Defense, through the United States Space Command (USSPACECOM), have signed an agreement for space situational awareness (SSA) services and data. The agreement, which was finalized in November of 2021, is in recognition of mutual interest by both parties in the use of space for peaceful purposes and the […]
Slingshot Aerospace’s A + A-1 Funding Has Raised Million$$
Slingshot Aerospace, Inc., has raised $25 million in Series A-1 funds — the new money is in addition to the $9.6 million Series A funds raised in October of 2020, bringing the total raised for the A and A-1 rounds to $34.6 million, to date. The oversubscribed A-1 round was co-led by Draper Associates and […]
New Project To Place Denmark On The Military Space Technology Map
Space technology and satellites are not only important for monitoring climate change, for navigating ships and airplanes, and for communicating over long distances — they are also essential to the security of Denmark and the EU. A new project develops a technology that makes it possible to monitor and identify military threats in space and […]
Space Systems Command Starts JMS SP-9 Decommissioning As SDA Capabilities Are Modernized
Space Systems Command (SSC)’s Space Command and Control (Space C2) program began the decommissioning of Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC) Mission System (JMS) Service Pack 9 (SP-9) this month, marking a significant step toward the continued modernization of Space Domain Awareness (SDA) capabilities for the nation. The operational acceptance of Warp Core on October 1, […]