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Ellen Lord, the Undersecretary for Acquisition and Sustainment at the Department of Defense (DoD) has stated that she expects to see contract delays of up to three months across Major Defense Acquisition Programs, as contractors deal with challenges in the supply chain due to the coronavirus pandemic, as reported in the Washington Business Journal on […]

The first of 165 satellites is being built by Hong Kong Aerospace Technology Group (HKATG) and getting ready to launch the low-orbit high frequency satellite, the “Golden Bauhinia No.1”,  in June from China. The planned launch marks an important milestone in the company’s “Golden Bauhinia” space remote sensing project. According to the U.S. Satellite Industry Association (SIA), commercial aerospace […]

Astroscale U.S. Inc., (“Astroscale U.S.”), the U.S. unit of Astroscale Holdings Inc., has announced that Dave Fischer and David Hebert, two experienced space industry professionals, will join the Astroscale U.S. management team. Fischer joins the company as VP of Business Development and Advanced Systems, and Hebert joins as Director of Communications, with both of these […]

As part of a recent LMR system upgrade, the Derry New Hampshire Police Department recently installed CompassCom’s GPS tracking system for police vehicles and handheld radios. CompassTrac® Enterprise enables enhance command and control for first responder resources. GPS location data from Motorola® APX Series Radios and Sierra Wireless in-vehicle modems are viewed in the Esri® […]

Residents, businesses, schools, healthcare clinics and other organizations in parts of Alaska can access city-wide Wi-Fi and broadband services as always, despite increased network demand due to the recent “Stay at Home” rule, thanks to OptimERA Inc. The company is significantly expanding their network capacity with SES Networks. The Alaskan Internet Service Provider (ISP) leveraged […]

India and France are combining their efforts via the French Space Agency (Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, CNES) which signed a contract with Airbus Defence and Space for the development and manufacture of the thermal infrared instrument for the TRISHNA satellite. Airbus TRISHNA (Thermal infraRed Imaging Satellite for High resolution Natural resource Assessment) will be the latest […]

A contract to provide software and data services to U.S. Space Force (USSF) units that track objects on-orbit and monitor space traffic has been awarded to data analytics company Palantir. This is the Kobayashi Maru project, aptly named after a training program in Star Trek’s Starfleet Academy, and is an effort that was initiated in […]

Technicians load cargo into the Progress-14 hatch. Photo credit Roscosmos. Roscosmos will launch its next robotic cargo mission, Progress MS-14, to the International Space Station (ISS) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on April 24, 2020 at 9:51 pm EDT (which is 6:51 am April 25 at the launch site). NASA TV coverage of launch […]

Northrop Grumman provides insight into their mission extension vehicle, that breathes life back into in-orbit satellites. A satellite may be healthy and fully operational, but it can still be retired if its fuel supply has depleted. Once fuel runs dry, that’s it: The satellite is done, unusable. Enter the Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV). On average, […]

AAC Clyde Space has been reenlisted to deliver power systems for two satellites for Loft Orbital. This is in addition to other projects that AAC Clyde Space has done for the company. AAC Clyde Space‘s contract is for an additional 2.5 MSEK (Swedish Kronor) (USD $250,000) order from Loft Orbital for power systems for two satellite that will be […]