Florence Tan is the Chief Technologist (Acting), Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Chair, Small Spacecraft Coordination Group at NASA. She presented the following regarding the work of NASA within the smallsat […]
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Direct From SmallSat Symposium, Sir Richard Branson, Founder, Virgin Galactic, + Dan Hart, President + CEO, Virgin Orbit, Keynote Address
Chris Stott, Executive Chairman, Mansat, was the moderator of this extremely interesting interview of Sir Richard Branson, the Founder of Virgin Galactic, and Dan Hart, the President and Chief Executive […]
Lockheed Martin Contracts ABL Space Systems’ Rocket + Launch Services For UK Liftoff In 2022
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has contracted ABL Space Systems, of El Segundo, California, to supply a rocket and associated launch services for the company’s first, UK, vertical satellite launch. The […]
GHOSt Constellation Deployment Plans Finalized By Orbital Sidekick
Orbital Sidekick (OSK) has finalized plans to deploy their Global Hyperspectral Observation Satellite constellation, known as GHOSt. The hyperspectral imaging (HSI) constellation consists of six, 100 kg, ESPA class satellites […]
SpaceX Starlinks Head For Orbit Aboard A Successful Falcon 9 Launch
SpaceX has successfuly launched 60 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The Falcon 9 first stage rocket booster supporting this […]
UPDATE 2: SpaceX Starship SN9 Sent Forth… Return Landing Is A RUD
On Tuesday, February 2, Starship serial number 9 (SN9) completed SpaceX’s second high-altitude flight test of a Starship prototype from the SpaceX site in Cameron County, Texas. Similar to the […]
Astra + Holicity Merge + Form Publicly-Traded Entity
Astra and Holicity Inc. (NASDAQ: HOL) (“Holicity”) have announced a definitive business combination agreement that will result in Astra becoming a publicly-traded company. This transaction reflects an implied pro forma […]
UPDATE 1: A Swarm Smile + UK Space Policy Maneuvering + Nilesat’s Newbie
In December of 2018, Swarm Technologies was hit with a $900,000 fine by the FCC for an unlawful and unauthorized launch of four tiny, sandwich-sized satellites. Swarm might now be […]
World’s First, All-Civilian Mission to Space = New Era of Commercial Space Exploration
Plans for the world’s first all-civilian mission to space have been announced from SpaceX’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California— the mission is being targeted for the fourth quarter of this year […]
Major Mods To Space Launch Complex-41 + Facilities Completed By ULA
United Launch Alliance (ULA) has modified Space Launch Complex-41 and the processing facilities in support of Vulcan Centaur’s inaugural launch later this year. The multi-year project to prepare for the […]