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SpaceX welcomes and celebrates successfully rescuing NASA’s stranded astronauts

After 171 days in space, Dragon and Crew-9 NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, as well as Rocosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin returned to Earth and splashed down off the coast of Florida at 5:57 p.m. ET on ...

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KONGSBERG launches and is now operating their 1st satellite

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KONGSBERG’) has entered the space industry as a satellite operator and service provider after the company launched their first microsatellite from California. The satellite, named ARVAKER 1 N3X, was launched from the Vandenberg Space Force Base ...

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Startical launches their first satellite—IOD-1

Startical, a company created by ENAIRE and Indra to optimize air traffic management from space, has launched its first satellite, the IOD-1 (In-Orbit Demonstrator-1), via launch integrator Exolaunch as part of the Transporter-13 rideshare mission with SpaceX. Startical entrusted GomSpace ...

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Could Rocket Lab gain ground in D2C race?

There’s no doubt that Elon Musk’s Starlink broadband-by-satellite system currently dominates Direct-To-Consumer (D2C) transmissions. Starlink is also enjoying success in serving Cruise ships and airlines with high-speed connectivity. There’s currently a battle for a would be/could be 2nd Place position ...

SpaceX’s Thursday NROL-57 top secret launch

SpaceX photo. SpaceX's Falcon 9 will launch the eighth batch of satellites for a secret reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to provide imaging and other reconnaissance capabilities. The launch is scheduled ...

U.S. Air Force to evaluate Northrop Grumman’s InSight™ in support of the DAF Battle Network

NG InSight™ is a software-programmable, open systems compliant processor designed to keep warfighters connected and adaptable in rapidly changing mission environments.Photo is courtesy of Northrop Grumman. Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) was awarded a follow-on contract to help the U.S ...

Kratos breaks ground on a $50 million state-of-the-art hypersonic payload integration facility

Rendering of the Kratos Hypersonic System Indiana Payload Integration Facility Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS) has announced the groundbreaking of the company’s new Hypersonic System Indiana Payload Integration Facility (IPIF) in Crane, Indiana—this state-of-the-art 68,000-square-foot office, laboratory, ...

SSC’s ground station contracts for Copernicus, EU’s Earth Observation program

Sentinel-1 detects maritime traffic Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) has been awarded several additional satellite ground station contracts by ESA for Copernicus, EU’s Earth Observation program. The new contracts include ground station support from both Punta Arenas, the U.S. and Canada ...

SpaceX Florida was busy Tuesday with Starlink launch including 13 Direct to Cell smallsats and recovery of Crew-09

On Tuesday, March 18 at 3:57 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 23 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Photos captured ...

Project Kuiper facing regulatory deadline

The massive Amazon-backed broadband-by-satellite system, Project Kuiper, is potentially going to miss its regulatory obligations according to reports. It seems that comments made at the recent Satellite 2025 show in Washington suggest that shortage of rocket launch availability will impact ...

USSF selects L3Harris to continue modernization of the ATLAS Space Domain Awareness program

L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has received a $90 million follow-on, sole-source contract from U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command to further advance the nation’s Space Domain Awareness (SDA), a top Department of Defense priority. The USSF selected the company to develop, integrate ...

Fourteen student teams awarded STEM innovation grants for the world’s largest youth rocketry contest

The Aerospace Industries Association’s American Rocketry Challenge has awarded 14 STEM Innovation grants to Title I schools in 11 states and the District of Columbia—these grants further underscore the association's commitment to empowering students in STEM. American Rocketry Challenge STEM ...

2025 Independent + Hybrid Teleport Operators + Teleport Technology of the Year award winners announced by World Teleport Association

The World Teleport Association (WTA) has announced the winners of the 30th annual Teleport Awards for Excellence during an exclusive awards ceremony at the SATELLITE 2025 event. The awards are presented each year to organizations and individuals in the teleport ...