Muon Space has been awarded an option to their contract with Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLMC)’s Weather Systems Branch and the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to collect ionospheric […]
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UPDATE 3: A diamond in the night as ULA’s Delta IV Heavy launches NRO’s NROL-68 mission
UPDATE 3: A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying the NROL-68 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) lifted off on June 22 at 5:18 a.m. EDT from […]
NOAA satellites tracked historic levels of harmful smoke that impacted millions in the Eastern U.S.
NOAA satellites provided critical data for air quality forecasters when wildfires, burning near Quebec, Canada, sent billowing plumes of smoke over the eastern United States. The satellite data allowed NOAA […]
ENENSYS and Telespazio’s uplink services provide weather forecast for EUMETCast Europe’s
ENENSYS Technologies, provider of media delivery solutions, is collaborating with Telespazio, a Leonardo (67%) and Thales (33%) joint venture, to provide EUMETSAT with a new uplink service for EUMETCast Europe , a […]
The COSPAR satellite for advanced Earth science research enjoys collaboration from 5 countries
HEX20 is collaborating with Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP – USA), National Central University Center for Astronautical Physics and Engineering (NCU CAPE – Taiwan), Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations […]
NOAA awards geostationary ground system sustainment services contract
NOAA has awarded the Geostationary Ground Sustainment Services (GGSS) contract to L3Harris Technologies Inc. of Palm Bay, Florida. The five-year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract will provide sustainment services to […]
NOAA is preparing for the hurricane season
As spring heads toward summer, NOAA satellites are prepared to help keep all safe during the upcoming hurricane season; however, it’s also important to be ready for any weather emergencies […]
Rocket Lab to launch NASA’s Cyclone-Tracking Satellite Constellation from New Zealand
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) will launch NASA’s TROPICS constellation across two dedicated Electron missions lifting off from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand, scheduled for May of 2023. […]
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 […]
NOAA awards RO Data Buy II IDIQ contracts
NOAA has awarded Space Sciences and Engineering LLC dba PlanetiQ (Golden, Colorado) and Spire Global Subsidiary, Inc. (Vienna, Virginia) Radio Occultation Data Buy II (RODB-2) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts […]