Russia to launch NASA’s American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts to ISS
The crew of the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft, which will launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station on April 8, 2025. From left to right: NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky ...
Firefly Aerospace awarded DoD contract for responsive on-orbit mission with Elytra spacecraft
Firefly Aerospace has been awarded a contract to perform a responsive on-orbit mission with the company's Elytra spacecraft in support of the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) Sinequone Project. Sinequone will demonstrate the commercial launch and ...
SSC awards National SSL Phase 3 Lane 2 contracts to the tune of $13.7 billion
Space Systems Command has awarded three National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 2 contracts. These Firm Fixed-Price, Indefinite-Delivery Requirements contracts were awarded to SpaceX, United Launch Services, and Blue Origin to provide critical space support to meet national security ...
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Space Network launches ‘Space Network | Africa’ to support African space economy
Space Network has launched Space Network | Africa, coinciding with the Space Symposium at Colorado Springs (April 7th through 10th). This initiative is set to drive space-based economic growth, innovation, and education across the African continent, positioning Africa as a ...
Rocket Lab announces expanded radio products for reliable C&C
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has expanded the company's suite of space-grade radio frequency (RF) communications systems, the Frontier radios—they are flight-proven, software-defined and designed for reliable telemetry, tracking, and command (TT&C). Photo of Rocket Lab's Frontier radio, courtesy ...
United Launch Alliance’s competitive Space Force contract for continued critical National Security Space Launches
The U.S. Space Force announced today that United Launch Alliance (ULA) was awarded a firm, fixed-price, indefinite-delivery requirements (IDR) contact to launch 40 percent of the missions to the country’s most challenging and exotic orbits on its newest launch procurement ...
Kyiv Post: Berlin reportedly funding Kyiv’s satellite internet in secret via Eutelsat
The anti-Ukrainian position of billionaire Elon Musk, who owns Starlink via his space firm SpaceX, has prompted concerns about over-reliance on Starlink devices in Ukraine. The Ukrainian publication, Kyiv Post, has posted that Berlin has reportedly funded Kyiv’s access to ...
Inside SDA, IRIS² + more: Novaspace unveils major space programs tracker
Novaspace has unveiled their Major Space Programs Tracker. This report debuts with a spotlight on a defining trend across the global space industry—an accelerating shift toward iterative tranche—and layer-based satellite deployment strategies. Initially popularized by commercial constellations such as Starlink, ...
SpaceX plans Monday launch for Starlink Group 11-11 smallsats from California
Starlink smallsats provide internet from space for conservationists in the Amazon SpaceX is still planning Monday, April 7 for a Falcon 9 launch of Group 11-11 containing 27 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) ...
SpaceX Starlink Group 6-72 smallsats soar on Saturday
On Saturday, April 5 at 11:07 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 28 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The satellites will be part of the smallsat constellation ...
Fraunhofer IIS brings satellites into the 5G era
Fraunhofer IIS has now researched a splitting method that allows satellites of different classes to be integrated into the 5G network—despite that shortcoming. With 5G, communication on the ground is to merge with space for the first time to form ...
Acquire the knowledge — Technical Tracks @ SmallSat Europe 2025
Immerse yourself in innovation and thought leadership as professionals explore pertinent issues currently shaping the SmallSat industry. You can listen to 15 minute technical presentations on papers submitted, and gain insights from experts and engage in interactive, valuable dialogues. Join ...
New office in Luxembourg for Neuraspace + collaboration with Luxembourg Space Agency
Neuraspace is opening a new office in Luxembourg, bringing together commercial operations, engineering teams, and production—the aim is to facilitate further partnerships and collaborations with local space industry players, the Luxembourg Space Agency and Luxembourg’s national innovation agency “Luxinnovation.” In ...
