Tuesday, May 4th, marked yet another successful “push” event for SpaceX. The company launched additional Starlink smallsats, 60 in number, from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in […]
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Dawn Aerospace’s Smallsat Green Propellant Thruster Proves Itself On-Orbit With D-Orbit’s ION Space Tug
Dawn Aerospace has confirmed the company’s novel satellite thruster has been proven in space —six thrusters were onboard D-Orbit’s ION Satellite Carrier — the companies have been working together since […]
Virgin Orbit Selected By Brazilian Space Agency + Air Force For Orbital Launches
The Brazilian Space Agency (Agência Espacial Brasileira; AEB) and Brazilian Air Force (Força Aérea Brasileira, FAB) announced today that Virgin Orbit has been selected to bring orbital launch capability to […]
USSF / SMC Awards Raytheon Intelligence & Space GPS OCX 3F Contract
The United States Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) awarded a $228 million contract to Raytheon Intelligence and Space for the Global Positioning System (GPS) Next Generation Operational […]
Space Flight Laboratory’s NorSat-3 Maritime Smallsat Launched — Commissioning Underway For The Norwegian Space Agency
The Norwegian Space Agency has announced the successful launch of the NorSat-3 maritime tracking smallsat, built by Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) in Toronto, successfully launched on April 28, 2012, aboard […]
Successful Comms Established With Aurora Insight’s Just Launched Bravo Smallsat By NanoAvionics
NanoAvionics has successfully established communications with “Bravo,” the second smallsat the company built and launched for Aurora Insight, a U.S. business analytics company for the wireless industry. “Bravo” was sent […]
UPDATE: Arianespace’s 1st Vega Mission Of The Year Launches Pléiades Neo 3 + Five Additional Smallsat Payloads
On Wednesday, April 28, 2021, at 10:50 pm local time (01:50 UTC on Thursday, April 29), a Vega launch vehicle operated by Arianespace lifted off successfully from the Guiana Space […]
SES Signs Agreements Across The Globe TO Build Eight, Initial O3b mPOWER Ground Stations
SES has signed agreements with key infrastructure service providers around the world to build its eight, initial, O3b mPOWER satellite ground stations. Construction has already started on these advanced technology […]
SpaceX Successfully Launches 60 Starlinks
On Wednesday, April 28 at 11:44 p.m. EDT, SpaceX launched 60 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. This was the […]
Eutelsat Garners An Equity Stake In OneWeb
Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) has entered into an agreement with OneWeb for the subscription of a c.24% equity stake, becoming a leading shareholder of the company alongside the UK […]