Less than a year after being evaluated in NOAA’s Fire Weather Testbed, the automated satellite fire detection capability of the experimental Next Generation Fire System (NGFS) has been embraced by the firefighting […]
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Poland acquires SAR satellites from ICEYE to strengthen defence capabilities
ICEYE, a global leader in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite technology, has signed an agreement with the Ministry of National Defense of Poland to supply three SAR satellites to the […]
SpaceX scrubs Florida launch of Starlink Group 6-83 smallsats to Tuesday
Monday’s launch was scrubbed as weather at Kennedy Space Center was nasty. SpaceX is now targeting Tuesday, May 13 for a Falcon 9 launch of 28 Starlink satellites to low-Earth […]
ULA’s Atlas 5 is ready but is the weather at the Cape ready for Amazon’s Project Kuiper launch?
For those who have been ready for a long time for the Amazon Kuiper launch it looks like Monday might be the day, if the weather holds. The Kuiper 1 […]
USSF awards WSF-M satellite Initial Operational Capability improving weather monitoring
Space Systems Command’s Weather System Follow-on – Microwave (WSF-M) satellite has been formally accepted and declared Initial Operational Capability (IOC) by Space Operations Command (SpOC). SSC launched WSF-M (Space Vehicle […]
FireFly Alpha Message in a Booster on hold launch to be determined
The projection of a Sunday launch of FireFly Alpha’s Message in a Booster has come and gone with no statement issued as to a new date. There is a possibility […]
Isar Aerospace targets new launch window on March 27 for first test flight
Satellite launch service company Isar Aerospace has announced that the second launch window for the first test flight of Spectrum opens not earlier than Thursday, 27 March, from 12:30pm to […]
Germany’s Isar Aerospace to launch Spectrum vehicle’s test flight
Launch period for Isar Aerospace’s first test flight of launch vehicle Spectrum, a small launch vehicle, begins today. Subject to weather, safety and range infrastructure, the company is preparing to […]
UK’s new satellite deal to boost military operations, jobs and growth
Armed forces personnel will have access to the latest space-based imagery for military operations, following a deal signed for a new satellite system, named Oberon. The £127 million deal with […]
SpaceX plans a Friday launch of Starlink Group 11-6 smallsats
SpaceX will one again be launching a batch of smallsats for the Starlink Group 11-6 to low Earth orbit to continue to build their mega-constellation to provide a worldwide space-based […]