SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is targeting the launch of 28 Starlink smallsats from Group 10-11 to low-Earth orbit to join the Starlink constellation from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space […]
SpaceX to launch 28 Starlink smallsats Group 10-11 from the Cape on Thursday
AST SpaceMobile insists FM-1 satellite will ship in August
AST SpaceMobile needs to get its second-generation satellites into orbit speedily. The first of these craft, weighing some 6500 kgs, is much-delayed in its promised launch date. Now, AST insists […]
Elbit Systems’ JUPITER space camera launched aboard NAOS satellite
Elbit Systems Ltd. launched the company’s advanced JUPITER space camera aboard the National Advanced Optical System (NAOS) satellite, supporting a wide span of Earth Observation (EO) missions, including military operations, […]
SpaceX launches 28 Starlink smallsats of Group 10-56 from Florida + the 400th Falcon 9 droneship landing at sea
On Wednesday, August 27 at 7:10 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 28 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit to join the Starlink constellation from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape […]
Forrester’s Digest: EchoStar sells spectrum to AT&T for billions
Pay-TV operator EchoStar is selling $23 billions-worth (€19.8 billion) of terrestrial spectrum designed to improve 5G and home Internet access. AT&T and EchoStar have also agreed to enhance their long-term […]
SpaceX Starship 10 test run proves successful concluding with Starship landing “flat down in the Indian Ocean”
Starship’s tenth flight test lifted off on August 26, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. CT from Starbase, Texas, taking a significant step forward in developing the world’s first fully reusable launch […]
L3Harris begins sensor system manufacturing in Poland
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has begun manufacturing electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) sensor systems at a 2,000-square-meter facility in Katowice—this facility provides European operators with Targeting, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (T-ISR) sensors for […]
SpaceX launches NAOS an EO spacecraft for Luxembourg + smallsats from sunny California
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched a new Earth-observation satellite along with several smaller spacecraft from California on Tuesday (Aug. 26). Photos captured by Satnews. NAOS (National Advanced Optical System) is the […]
Mercury awards AV $1.4 billion in new hardware production agreement to support U.S. Space Force’s SCAR Program
Mercury Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY), a technology company that delivers mission-critical processing announces a new production agreement with AeroVironment, Inc. (“AV”) (NASDAQ: AVAV) to support the U.S. Space Force’s Satellite […]
Forrester’s Digest: Belgium vs France for IRIS2 LEO contract
The EU-backed IRIS2 mega-constellation of super-secure satellites has seen the SpaceRISE consortium, which is managing the project, launch its first contest for the building of the 270-satellite LEO segment of […]