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 […]
Airbus to Provide TRISHNA Satellite’s Infrared Instrument for France and India
Palantir Receives USAF’s SMC Data Analytics Contract
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. […]
Russia’s Progress MS-14 Preps for Launch and “Fast Track” Docking
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 […]
Northrop Grumman’s Space Rendezvous at 7,000 Miles Per Hour with the MEV
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 […]
DoD Expecting Delays in Acquisition Programs
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 […]
Hong Kong Aerospace Technology Group Ready to Launch First of 165 Golden Bauhinia Satellites
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 […]
L3Harris Technologies’ $27 Million U.S. Army SATCOM Terminal Modernization Contract
L3Harris Technologies has been awarded a $27,363,117 cost-no-fee, cost-plus-fixed fee contract to provide sustainment and support for the fielded modernization of enterprise terminals and AN/GSC-52 medium satellite communications terminal modernization […]
Anomalies Detection to be Undertaken by Orbital Insight for the U.S. Air Force
Orbital Insight has been tentatively awarded a SBIR Phase II contract with United States Air Force’s (USAF) AFVentures Strategic Financing (STRATFI). Orbital Insight will help the USAF detect anomalies across […]
Nominations Now Open for the 2021 Space Technology Hall of Fame®
The Space Foundation is seeking nominations for induction into the prestigious Space Technology Hall of Fame® in 2021 — this international program honors innovations by organizations and individuals who transform […]
AAC Clyde Space Has the Power, and Loft Orbital’s YAMs Need It
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 […]