Ball Aerospace has completed the spacecraft bus for the Weather System Follow-on-Microwave (WSF-M) satellite, the U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) next-generation operational environmental satellite system. The company also finalized environmental testing […]
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Spire Global launches smallsats on the SpaceX Transporter-6 mission
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) has launched six satellites on the SpaceX Transporter-6 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station — these smallsats will demo advancements and new capabilities for […]
Space Systems Command’s EWS tech demo smallsat launched by SpaceX
Space Systems Command successfully launched the organization’s Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) Weather Systems (EWS) cubesat technical demonstration onboard the SpaceX Transporter-6 mission at 9:56 a.m. (Eastern, 6:56 a.m. Pacific) from Cape Canaveral […]
Flann Microwave assists with NASA’s SWOT satellite development
In 2015, Flann Microwave was selected by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to provide critical hardware for the high-resolution radar components on a new multinational satellite, that being the SWOT […]
Spire Global preparing to launch six satellites in January of 2023
Spire Global, Inc. will launch six satellites on the SpaceX Transporter-6 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (SFS) no earlier than January of 2023. The satellites will demonstrate advancements […]
ICEYE’s SAR imagery in contract with European Maritime Safety Agency to support maritime operations
ICEYE, provider of consistent satellite monitoring of the planet and knowledgeable in natural catastrophe solutions, announced the start of a multi-year framework contract with the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) to […]
EUMETSAT’s MTG-11 + two Intelsat satellites are successfully sent to orbit via an Arianespace Ariane 5 launch vehicle
On Tuesday, December 13th, 2022, at 5:30 p.m. local time, an Ariane 5 launcher, operated by Arianespace, successfully lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana (South America), carrying […]
Europe’s new weather satellite fueled + prepped for a December 13th launch
With liftoff now scheduled for December 13th., Europe’s first Meteosat Third Generation Imager (MTG-I1) satellite has been fueled — once in geostationary orbit, this new weather satellite will provide state-of-the […]
Ball Aerospace’s Ozone Mapping Instrument Launches Aboard NOAA’s Latest Weather Satellite
Ball Aerospace has successfully launched NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The weather satellite is equipped with the Ball-built Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS), […]
ULA launches NASA’s third in a series polar-orbiting weather satellites for NOAA and re-entry tech demo
NASA successfully launched the third in a series of polar-orbiting weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) at 1:49 a.m. PST Thursday, as well as an agency […]