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EU wants UK participation in IRIS2

Laurent Jaffart, Director of Connectivity and Secure Communications at the European Space Agency (ESA), has spoken encouragingly about the UK participating in the EU’s IRIS2 super-constellation being assembled by the […]

Milestone sensor upgrade enhances USSF identifying and tracking capabilities

U.S. Space Force Space Operations Command, in partnership with U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SPoC), approved the operational acceptance of a milestone upgrade to the Ground-Based Optical Sensor System […]

Plextek’s comments regarding UK Space Agency’s £75.6 million for new procurement process to deter threat of space debris

The UK Space Agency recently announced that it has launched a major new procurement process to tackle the growing threat of space debris initiating a £75.6 million tender for the […]

SpaceX launches Space Development Agency’s 1DES Prototype Satellite the first of 12 risk reduction satellites

The Space Development Agency today announced the successful launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, of the first prototype among 12 risk reduction satellites comprising the Tranche 1 Demonstration and […]

Firefly Aerospace’s Firefly Alpha to launch Lockheed Martin’s FLTA006 Message in a Booster mission on Friday

On Friday, April 18 Firefly Aerospace will launch FLTA006 (Message in a Booster) between 6:37 AM – 8:17 AM PDT Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, California, at a cost […]

Global Konet intros their Dualsat ESA antenna APP during the recent DC satellite show

Global Konet revealed groundbreaking technology at Satellite 2025 in DC recently that allows simultaneous service of two satellites through a single ESA antenna, making this firm the first global company […]

China sends new data relay satellite into space

Tianlian II-04, China’s second-generation geosynchronous orbit data-relay satellite, will provide data relay and TT&C (telemetry, tracking and command) services for manned spacecraft such as spaceships and space stations, for medium […]

Rocket Lab’s CEO celebrates 50th Electron launch and successful ‘No Time Toulouse’ mission for Kinéis

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) a global provider in launch services and space systems, today successfully launched its 50th Electron mission, deploying satellites for French Internet-of-Things (IoT) company Kinéis. […]