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Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded a $10 million University-Affiliated Research Center laboratory contract to the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Applied Physics Lab (APL) to ensure software and cyber best practices are adhered to in the newly awarded Evolved Strategic SATCOM (ESS) ground segment, ...

Sierra Space Corporation, MUFG Bank, Ltd., Kanematsu Corporation, and Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. have concluded a strategic agreement in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, and MUFG Bank, Kanematsu, and TMNF have also made a strategic investment in ...

Space Systems Command (SSC), the United States Space Force (USSF) field command, has opened a Tools Applications and Processing (TAP) Lab in Colorado Springs to address critical challenges in Space Domain Swareness (SDA). Designed with an open framework to encourage ...

UPDATE: A success once again today, Monday, September 25 at 1:48 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched 21 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. This launch in California ...

The sample return capsule from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is seen shortly after touching down in the desert, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023, at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range. The sample was collected from the asteroid Bennu in ...

A not to be missed session regarding the upcoming Silicon Valley Space Week / Satellite Innovation / Milsat Symposium (SVSW) trade event will be hosted by the Mobile Satellite Users Association (MSUA) as they present their 'Game Changers' interview — ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 22 Starlink satellites on Sept. 19, 2023. It was the record-setting 17th launch for this rocket's first stage. (Image credit: SpaceX) On Tuesday, September 19 at 11:38 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 22 Starlink ...

AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS) has successfully completed the first-ever 5G connection for voice and data between an everyday, unmodified smartphone and a satellite in space. AST SpaceMobile’s BlueWalker 3 test satellite is 693 square feet in size, designed to ...

Sidus Space (NASDAQ: SIDU) has confirmed the company's plan to reallocate two LizzieSats to launch on an upcoming Bandwagon mission with SpaceX. The updated LizzieSat constellation configuration will advance cutting-edge LEO data collection and provide enhanced orbital flexibility for government ...

This artist’s concept shows what exoplanet K2-18 b could look like based on science data. K2-18 b, an exoplanet 8.6 times as massive as Earth, orbits the cool dwarf star K2-18 in the habitable zone and lies 120 light-years from ...

Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP) has reported the successful deployment of 10 smallsats that incorporate the firm's buses to LEO, following a September 2, 2023, launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. These 10 satellites are part of the ...

Firefly Aerospace has successfully launched the company's Alpha rocket and has deployed the VICTUS NOX spacecraft following a 24 hour notice to complete final payload operations and mission preparations. The deployment of the VICTUS NOX smallsat for the USSF - ...

Swissto12 has secured a 26.15 million euros working capital facility from UBS Switzerland AG. The bank will provide Swissto12 with access to additional working capital to support the delivery of the company's first HummingSat, Swissto12’s GEO smallsat.   Since the company was founded ...

Rogue Space Systems, creator of Orbots™, autonomous AI robots, that provide in-space infrastructure and services, has successfully integrated their “Barry” (Barry-1) spacecraft into its deployer with partner Exolaunch — Barry-1 is now ready for transport to Vandenberg Space Force Base ...

SpaceX photo of a previous Starlink launch SpaceX is ramping up once again and targeting Friday, September 15 at 12:03 a.m. ET (04:53 UTC) for a Falcon 9 launch of 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex ...

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has signed a contract with Leidos to launch four HASTE (Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron) missions. The missions, scheduled across 2024 and 2025, will lift off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 at Virginia’s ...

Thaicom Public Company Limited has selected Airbus for its new generation, software-defined, High Throughput Satellite. Airbus will provide one of the company's latest satellites — a fully reconfigurable OneSat. This Thaicom satellite will provide extended connectivity in Ku-band over the ...

Visible from space, a smoke plume rises from the Manhattan area after two planes crashed into the towers of the World Trade Center. This photo was taken of metropolitan New York City (and other parts of New York as well ...

AAC Clyde Space and partners, Saab and Orbcomm, are planning to launch Ymir-1, a Swedish built VDES (VHF Data Exchange System) spacecraft, in November of 2023. This research project, that is partially funded by the Swedish Transport Administration, intends to ...

Telesat (NASDAQ and TSX: TSAT) and SpaceX have signed a Multi-Launch Agreement (MLA) to deliver the Telesat Lightspeed constellation to LEO. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off with a Starlink smallsats payload. Telesat has contracted 14 launches on SpaceX’s ...