Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has opened a facility that streamlines small satellite (smallsat) processing to enable high-rate delivery. The multi-million dollar facility will house the company’s Space Development Agency (SDA) […]
Testing + Verification
EnduroSat launches nexgen FlatSat
EnduroSat has launched DeskSat, the company’s most advanced FlatSat that was developed by firm’s team after extensive work on multiple missions with academic and commercial space customers. As with other […]
Resolve Optics invests in vibration shock testing equipment to qualify ruggedized optics
Resolve Optics has installed and commissioned a new vibration test center, adding to the suite of in-house, lens testing equipment the company is able to offer. Lenses used in harsh […]
Sun-watching Proba-3 formation flyers tested for take-off
ESA’s pair of Sun-watching Proba-3 satellites have been placed in take-off configuration (see image above), one on top of the other, for testing in simulated launch and space conditions at […]
CGI Federal demos Microsoft Azure Orbital Cloud access + Nokia Private 5G comms to support USMC logistics
CGI Federal has successfully completed pilot testing of Microsoft Azure Orbital Cloud Access and Nokia Private 5G communications within the Marine Corps Platform Integration Center (MCPIC) systems at Blount Island […]
Stratolaunch successfully completes vehicle separation test of Talon-A Vehicle
Stratolaunch LLC has successfully completed a separation release test of the Talon-A separation test vehicle, TA-0 — this flight was the 11th for the company’s launch platform, Roc, and the […]
Joining the UK-based Harwell Space Cluster is Resonate Testing
Resonate Testing has become the first Northern Ireland company to join the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire, England, taking a desk at the Satellite Applications Catapult facility. The […]
NAVAIR tests nexgen MILSATCOM for USMC MQ-25 H-1 UAS
The Marine Corps’ UH-1Y helicopter completed an initial flight to test the data transmission of the new Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) MILSATCOM capability for the MQ-25 Stingray at Pax […]
General Atomics now tests simulated space environments inhouse with commissioning of Thermal Vacuum Chamber
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that Thermal Vacuum Chamber commissioning has been completed at the company’s Centennial, Colorado, space system development facilities. The commissioning completes GA-EMS’ process of […]
The 1st pair of 2Gen Airbus-built weather satellites enter test phase
The Airbus built satellite twins, MetOp-SG A and B, will provide a panoply of new meteorological data that will substantially improve numerical weather prediction — the backbone of our daily […]