On June 23, 2025, D-Orbit launched Space Bound and Skytrail, the 18th and 19th commercial missions of ION Satellite Carrier (ION), the firm’s orbital transfer vehicle (OTV), aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-14 […]
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New HawkEye 360 satellite cluster supports mission success for government and allied partners in complex environments
HawkEye 360 Inc. has made successful contact with its Cluster 12 satellites following their launch from New Zealand aboard a Rocket Lab Electron rocket— Cluster 12 was launched on June […]
Pixxel signs iDEX SPARK grant agreement to develop hyperspectral + MWIR payloads for the Indian Air Force
Pixxel has signed a second Agreement with the Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX), Ministry of Defence, Government of India. This new SPARK (Support for Prototype and Research Kickstart) Grant, awarded […]
Successful launch of Norway’s new satellite
Norway’s new national satellite, NorSat-4, built by Space Flight Laboratory, was launched on Tuesday, January 14, 2025, at 8:09 PM Norwegian time. During the night leading into Wednesday, the control […]
Arianespace will launch the EU’s Copernicus EO Sentinel-1C satellite
Earlier this month, Arianespace announced that the company will be launching the Sentinel-1C, a Copernicus satellite, for the European Commission within the scope of a contract signed with the European […]
Equatorial Launch Australia signs multi-launch contract with Sirius Space Services
Sirius Space Services has signed a contract with Equatorial Launch Australia for a multi-year, multi-launch campaign from the Arnhem Space Centre. The agreement will see Sirius become a ‘Resident Launcher’ […]
Capella Space to launch 2 Acadia satellites with SpaceX
Capella Space Corporation has announced that two Acadia satellites, Acadia-4 and Acadia-5, will launch with SpaceX in 2024. The Acadia-4 satellite will be launched to a 45-degree mid-inclination orbit (MIO) […]
MaiaSpace milestones reached for the company’s reusable mini-launcher
On July 26, 2023, MaiaSpace teams successfully performed a cryogenic filling test of the company’s full scale Upper Stage qualification model — the test took place at ArianeGroup’s test facilities […]
Firefly Aerospace + Xtenti collaborate in support of the NRO
Firefly Aerospace, Inc. has a new agreement with Xtenti, LLC., to conduct a responsive space mission with Firefly’s orbital vehicle, Elytra, and Xtenti’s smallsat dispenser, FANTM-RiDE™. Scheduled to launch in […]
General Atomics delivers spacecraft simulator supporting NASA TSIS-2 program
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has developed and delivered a spacecraft simulator to the University of Colorado (CU) Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) in support of the Total […]