ULA Delta IV Heavy scrubbed at T-00:03:58 update to ‘issue’
Photo from ULA launch of Delta IV Heavy, June 2023 NROL-68 from Cape THURSDAY EVENING UPDATE TO THE FORMER ANNOUNCEMENT: The launch of a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy carrying the NROL-70 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office was ...
Rocket Lab lets it fly with ‘Live and Let Fly’ its first launch for NRO’s spy satellites
The mission was Rocket Lab’s first launch for the National Reconnaissance Office from U.S. soil following four previous successful launches for the agency from New Zealand Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader ...
Space Systems Command issues solicitation for On Ramp to OSP-4 launch contract
The U.S. Space Force’s Small Launch and Targets Division at Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico, part of Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Assured Access to Space (AATS) program executive office, has issued a solicitation to on ramp additional launch ...
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HawkEye 360 announces the crucial role of the company’s Advisory Board Class of 2024
HawkEye 360 Inc. has announced the new members of the firm's Advisory Board, forming the Class of 2024. Retired Generals H. R. McMaster and David D. Thompson, two individuals with unique perspectives and vast experience, join for the first time, ...
Gilat awarded million$ order from the U.S. DoD
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq: GILT, TASE: GILT) has announced that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) awarded another $5 million order to one of the company’s U.S.-based subsidiaries, DataPath — this additional order is for DKET 3421 terminals, transportable ...
NOAA and SpaceX’s GOES-U weather satellite launch June 25 after leak causes delay
NOAA and SpaceX have finally set a date to launch the last satellite of the GOES-R Series into geostationary orbit on June 25 after a lengthy delay due to a rocket booster leak. NOAA called this launch "monumental" and claimed ...
AAC Clyde Space insurance claim on the Kelpie-1 satellite paid
AAC Clyde Space has announced that the company has received payment for an insurance claim on Kelpie-1 valued at approximately 13.5 million Swedish Krona. The claim was triggered by the satellite payload delivering less data then expected, not meeting key ...
ESA: Radar journey to centre of Hera’s asteroid with Juventas CubeSat
A small, shoebox-sized spacecraft delivered to ESA’s Hera mission this week promises to make a giant leap forward in planetary science. Once deployed from the Hera spacecraft at the Didymos binary asteroid system, the Juventas CubeSat will perform the first ...
Vast brings experienced space executive onboard as their newest advisor
Vast, has announced the appointment of Clay Mowry as its newest Advisor. Mowry’s career spans over two decades in the commercial launch, satellite, and space station sectors. As President of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), Mowry is a globally recognized leader ...
Forrester Digest: FCC denies SpaceX access to extra spectrum — maybe Yahsat + Bayanat merger
SpaceX has been asking the FCC for permission to share spectrum already allocated to Globalstar and Dish Network AWS-4 spectrum — the FCC has dismissed SpaceX’s application. The SpaceX application had included deployment of 7,500 Starlink ‘second-generation’ satellites with equipment ...
NASA awards promote STEM across the nation
NASA is awarding approximately $3.7 million to 17 museums, science centers, and other informal education institutions as part of an initiative to ignite STEM excitement — the money will go toward projects that inspire students and their learning support systems ...
High stability beam collimators for military optics testing
Optical Surfaces Ltd. has supplied two reflective beam collimators to a leading European supplier of high precision optics to military and defence contractors. Reflective beam collimators are mirror assemblies that take divergent or convergent incoming light and produce parallel output ...
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus pressurized cargo modules completed by Thales Alenia Space
Conceived in the 2000s, the first Cygnus pressurized cargo modules (PCM) were designed and built to ferry supplies to the International Space Station in the so-called standard version, with a payload capacity of 2,750 kg and a volume of 18 ...