Beyond Gravity (formerly RUAG Space) is Sweden’s largest industrial space company with sites in Gothenburg (ca. 240 employees) and Linköping (ca. 160 employees). In Linköping the company is expanding its production […]
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The war in Ukraine shows how important private satellite companies have become—especially in times of conflict
Satellites owned by private companies have played an unexpectedly important role in the war in Ukraine. For example, in early August 2022, images from the private satellite company Planet Labs showed […]
The largest smallsat constellation build contract to date received by Blue Canyon Technologies
Blue Canyon Technologies LLC (“BCT” or “Blue Canyon”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies, has been selected to provide 18 cubesats for The Tomorrow Companies Inc. (“Tomorrow.io”) microwave sounding mission. […]
Ball Aerospace selected by NOAA for 2 weather instrument studies
In a one-week period, Ball Aerospace was selected by NASA to complete two, 20-month studies on new instruments to support the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) Geostationary Extended Observations […]
Severe weather + climate monitoring instrumented + spacecraft studies to be initiated by Lockheed Martin for NOAA
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] was selected by the NASA to further refine concepts for a critical instrument and the spacecraft bus for the NOAA’s GeoXO weather satellites, the next generation […]
SKYTRAC Introduces Optimized Iridium Certus 100 Solution for General Aviation
SKYTRAC, a global provider in aerospace intelligent connectivity and satellite communications (satcom), together with Iridium Communications, introduced an optimized Iridium Certus® midband satcom solution for the general aviation market at EAA AirVenture. The […]
RAL Space works on the MWS Proto Flight Model calibration for the MetOp-SG satellite
ESA’s MetOp Second Generation (SG) series, developed under EUMETSAT Polar System Second Generation (EPS-SG) and integrated by Airbus Defence and Space, will consist of three successive pairs of satellites working […]
NOAA Announces Commercial Space Weather Data Pilot Awards
The commercial data measurements will provide insight into near-real-time ionospheric conditions that can impact a wide range of activities, including aviation, satellite operations, navigation, and communications. NOAA awarded three Commercial […]
Optical Surfaces producing flat mirrors for satellite telescope performance verifications
Optical Surfaces Ltd. is reporting how the company’s high precision reference flat mirrors are enabling testing and precise alignment of Earth Observation (EO) satellite telescopes. Today, satellite images play a […]
NASA’s ready to launch SpaceX’s Dragon to ISS to research cells, soil, climate and weather systems
Other investigations include studying the aging of immune cells and the potential to reverse those effects during postflight recovery, a CubeSat that will monitor cloud top and ocean surface temperatures […]