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 […]
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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 […]
Southern Launch teams with Space Forge
Southern Launch has signed an MoU with UK based Space Forge to explore possibilities of satellite return to Southern Launch’s Koonibba Test Range. UK based Space Forge is on a […]
Kepler raises million$$ for optical constellation
Kepler Communications recently raised $92 million in Series C funding led by IA Ventures — since 2016, the company has raised more than $200 million in equity, with support from […]
BeetleSat deploys smallsat LEO expandable antenna in space
BeetleSat, formerly NSLComm, has successfully deployed their lightweight, very high data rate, expandable antenna in space — this on-orbit deployment of BeetleSat’s 60 cm expandable antenna from a 6U cubesSat […]
Kleos’ Observer Mission satellites pass testing + significant milestone + are ready to ship to Cape Canaveral SFS for launch to meet NRO objectives
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has awarded a Commercial RF Capabilities Contract to Kleos Space Inc. as part of the Strategic Commercial Enhancements Broad Agency Announcement (SCE BAA) Framework. Kleos […]