Rocket Lab’s ‘Beginning Of The Swarm’ mission launch window is open and ready for business
All is ready for the window of opportunity to occur during a 14-day launch window that opens on April 24th in order to launch Rocket Lab's Beginning of the Swarm mission for South Korea and NASA. Rocket Lab Launch Complex ...
SpaceX’s successful Wednesday Starlink satellite launch but No-Go for Maxar’s WorldView mission
Photo by Satnews captured from SpaceX video stream On Wednesday, April 17 at 5:26 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A beautiful Florida ...
SpaceX launches DoD’s next-generation operational environmental intelligence satellite
SpaceX launches USSF-62 mission Thursday. Photo by Satnews captured from SpaceX video stream On Thursday, April 11 at 7:25 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched the USSF-62 mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space ...
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Lynred wins Sentinel-2 NG mission pre-development contract to design advanced multispectral infrared detector
Sentinel-2C ready for electromagnetic compatibility testing Lynred, a leading global provider of high-quality infrared detectors for the aerospace, defense and commercial markets, today announces its selection, in an open bidding process, to develop an advanced multispectral infrared detector for the ...
SpaceX weather at the Cape delays Monday’s Starlink smallsats 6-53 mission
SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, April 23 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is targeted for 6:17 p.m. ET, with ...
D-Orbit announces on-orbit edge computing collaboration with SkyServe STORM
D-Orbit will be enabling edge computing capabilities with the SkyServe STORM platform aboard some of the ION Satellite Carriers that comprise the fleet of Orbital Transfer Vehicles (OTVs) that the company already has on-orbit (specifically, ION SCV004 Elysian Eleonora) and ...
Satellogic signs Letter of Intent with O.N.E. Amazon
Satellogic (NASDAQ: SATL) has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with O.N.E. Amazon to bring innovation to conservation — this announcement coincides with Earth Day, amplifying the importance of advancing geospatial sciences for planetary health and preservation. Satellogic will look to ...
MDA Space debuts their new SKYMAKER™ product line of space robotics
MDA Space has announced their MDA SKYMAKER™, a new suite of space robotics purpose-built to meet the diverse needs of customers’ most ambitious missions — unveiled recently at the Space Symposium conference in Colorado Springs, MDA SKYMAKER™ is now available ...
Septentrio mosaic™ GPS/GNSS now also available in MIKROE Click board™ ecosystem
mosaic-X5 compact GNSS* receiver module from Septentrio as been integrated into a new Click board™ by MIKROE, a provider of solutions for embedded systems development. The new board, called Mosaic Click, is compatible with the popular mikroBUS™ socket standard, enabling ...
Skyports raises million$$$+
Skyports has announced that ACS Group has made a substantial equity investment in the company, becoming the largest investor in the firm. ACS Group, which in 2023 generated revenue of $39 billion, has invested via its wholly owned infrastructure development/concessions ...
Rocket Lab updates ‘Beginning Of The Swarm’ mission for Korea’s KAIST and NASA’s ACS 3
This latest mission will see Rocket Lab perform multiple in-space engine burns to deploy two payloads to separate orbits several hundred kilometers apart. Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has set the launch window for its next Electron launch. The ...
SpaceX may have weather issues on Monday’s Starlink Group 6-53 launch
Starlink satellites before deployment. (Image credit: SpaceX) SpaceX's Falcon 9 is set to launch a batch of Starlink satellites into LEO from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral, for the Starlink mega-constellation, on Monday, April 22 from 3:40 - 7:40 ...
Global space defense + security investment — major growth trend over the coming decade
NovaSpace, formerly Euroconsult, is forecasting that the worldwide launch rate for defense and dual-use satellites will increase by 160% over the coming decade. NovaSpace estimates that worldwide government expenditures in space defense and security reached more than $58 billion, a ...