Satellite Vu has commissioned a new clone of the company’s original satellite in collaboration with Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) — this will double the firm’s data collection capacity. SSTL started construction on the second of Satellite Vu’s Mid Wave Infra-Red (MWIR) thermal imaging satellite that will collect thermal data, day and night, of the […]
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NASA has awarded the Launch Services Contract for the Roman Space Telescope to SpaceX
NASA has awarded a NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract to Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) in Hawthorne, California, to provide launch service for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission. The Roman Space Telescope is the top-priority, large space mission recommended by the 2010 Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey. NLS II is an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity […]
UPDATE 2: Space Development Agency contracts for 28 satellite builds for the Tranche 1 Tracking Layer — L3Harris statement — Northrop Grumman statement
The Space Development Agency (SDA) has awarded two prototype agreements with a total potential value over $1.3 billion for the establishment of the Tranche 1 (T1) Tracking Layer, providing the initial missile warning/missile tracking warfighting capability of the National Defense Space Architecture (NDSA) — these satellites will start to launch in April of 2025. The […]
NASA has entered into a multi-faceted contract with Vaya Space
Vaya Space, Inc. has entered into a multi-faceted contract with NASA to demonstrate the company’s technologies and engine performance at the Stennis Space and Kennedy Space Centers. Vaya Space conducted their inaugural launch earlier this year and has been rapidly expanding operations and technology suite since that event. The company received notification of its first […]
UPDATE: SpaceX CRS-25 mission sees Dragon trekking to ISS
On Thursday, July 14 at 8:44 p.m., ET, a SpaceX Falcon 9 launched Dragon on the 25th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-25) mission from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship located in the Atlantic Ocean. Dragon separated from […]
Viasat completes a major milestone with the 2nd ViaSat-3 satellite payload
Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) has delivered their second ViaSat-3 payload module to Boeing‘s El Segundo, California, facility, where it will be integrated with Boeing’s 702 spacecraft bus platform and undergo rigorous spacecraft environmental testing in preparation for launch. The second ViaSat-3 class satellite is expected to provide broadband service over Europe, the Middle East and […]
U.S. Space Systems Command awards Lockheed Martin Space Systems a million$$$ GPS contract
Space Systems Command awarded Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company the contract to deliver operations and sustainment support services for the Global Positioning System IIR/IIR-M/III/IIIF. The support contract provides specialized sustainment services to maintain the GPS IIR/IIR-M/III/IIIF space vehicles and signal in space and meet evolving requirements for a resilient system for the joint warfighters and […]
UPDATE 1: Rocket Lab launches the 1st of two Responsive Space Missions for NRO
Rocket Lab USA, Inc (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”) has successfully launched the first of two responsive space missions for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). Following lift-off of NROL-162 (“Wise One Looks Ahead”) from Pad A at Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 at 06:30, UTC, July 13, 2022, Electron successfully delivered the NRO’s […]
With the success of the inaugural flight under their belt, Arianespace is initiating Vega C operations
On Wednesday, July 13 at 10:13 a.m., local time in Kourou, French Guiana, the first Vega C — the new European launcher designed and manufactured by AVIO — was successfully launched by Arianespace under the supervision of ESA from the Guiana Space Center, Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana (South America). Seven Vega C have […]
Significant milestone reached by Rocket Lab for the DARPA + SDA Mandrake-II mission
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”) has supported a significant milestone for DARPA and the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Mandrake-2 mission. In June, the two Mandrake-2 spacecraft, Able and Baker, successfully demonstrated closing and maintaining an optical communications link for the full test duration of 40 minutes at a range […]