ULA’s day L-4 update as first crewed Boeing Starliner ready to carry astronauts to ISS
An Atlas V N22 rocket will launch Boeing's Starliner on CFT. Photo by United Launch Alliance Everything continues to progress towards the ULA Atlas V launch carrying the first crewed Boeing Starliner spacecraft for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP). The ...
SpaceX launches Maxar’s WorldView mission from California, and another SpaceX Starlink to launch from Florida hours later
Photo captured by Satnews from SpaceX video stream. On Thursday, May 2 at 11:36 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched the Maxar 1 mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The ...
SDA awards an eight satellites build for the FOO Fighter program
Artistic rendition is courtesy of Millennium Space Systems. The Space Development Agency (SDA) has issued an award using Other Transaction Authority (OTA) with a total potential value of approximately $414 million to build eight satellites, for launch in first quarter fiscal ...
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BAE Systems to build atmospheric composition instrument for NOAA’s GeoXO constellation
ACX is the second instrument BAE Systems has been contracted to develop for theGeoXO mission to support environmental monitoring BAE Systems has been selected by NASA to develop the Atmospheric Composition instrument (ACX) that will fly on NOAA's Geostationary Extended ...
Exolaunch deploys NASA’s ACS3 Satellite
This marks the first-ever satellite Exolaunch has deployed for NASA,which launched via Rocket Lab’s Electron vehicle on April 23, 2024. Artistic rendition of NASA's ACS3 solar sail spacecraft on-orbit. Image is courtesy of NASA. Exolaunch provided the deployment services for ...
SpaceX to launch 23 Starlink smallsats from Florida just hours after Maxar’s WorldView mission takes off from California
SpaceX is targeting Thursday, May 2 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink small satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is targeted for 10:23 p.m. ET, ...
SSC’s OPIR Polar Program completes space vehicle CDR
Artistic rendition of the NGP space vehicle — image is courtesy of Northrop Grumman Space Systems Command (SSC) successfully passed a major milestone, completing the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) Polar (NGP) Space Vehicle Critical Design Review (CDR) on ...
Novaspace report: Standardization is key for optical comms tech democratization
Novaspace anticipates that standardization will drive democratization, catalyzing the fast-paced technological evolution of optical communications and the market. Government-supported standardization efforts, such as the SDA program, have been conducted to drive down costs and enable larger adoption of laser communications technology, ...
Boeing validates software for future manned + unmanned refueling missions
A Boeing F/A-18 systems pilot demonstrates the Manned-Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T) capability from his simulator cockpit. The Boeing-led team virtually demonstrated an F/A-18 pilot commanding an unmanned MQ-25 to release a refueling drogue and refuel the Super Hornet, using existing communications ...
ULA’s Starliner in countdown mode and Status Check for first human launch of NASA astronauts Wilmore and Williams to ISS
Atlas V will launch Boeing's Starliner with two NASA astronauts on the Crew Flight Test mission. Photo by United Launch Alliance Wednesday was busy again with the responsibilities and plans for United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket's launch on ...
SpaceX views Worldview launch for Maxar 1 mission Thursday
Unrivaled accuracy, agility and collection capacity. This high-resolution constellation offers customers around the globe affordable access to the highest quality view of their world. SpaceX is targeting Thursday, May 2 for launch of the Maxar 1 mission to orbit from ...
Momentus + Ascent Solar Technologies partner to bring solar arrays to market
Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS) and Ascent Solar Technologies (Nasdaq: ASTI) recently engaged in a new partnership to jointly market solar arrays that use the low-cost, Tape Spring Solar Array (TASSA) being developed by Momentus with the high performance of Ascent’s ...
GA-ASI delivers 1st MQ-9A Extended Range to USMC’s VMUT-2
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) have announced the delivery of the first MQ-9A Extended Range (ER) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) to Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Training Squadron 2 (VMUT-2). The delivery of the ...