Long Beach CA (SPX) Sep 11, 2023
SpinLaunch, a pioneering space company enabling rapid and sustainable low-cost access to space, and the Sumitomo Corporation ("SC") of Japan, a leading Fortune 500 global trading and business investment company, have formed a strategic partnership to expand the global market for affordable and sustainable space services. Sumitomo has also made an investment in SpinLaunch. In recent years,

Dragonfly Aerospace, a commercial leader in satellite imaging technology, announces a strategic partnership with Neuraspace, a leading provider of smarter space traffic management (STM), to explore Neuraspace's STM platform for space sustainability. Dragonfly Aerospace will be using the STM platform...

Thaicom Public Company Limited, a prominent Asian satellite operator and space technology company, has chosen Airbus to develop its next-generation software-defined high throughput satellite. The satellite, known as OneSat, will offer extended connectivity in the Ku-band across the Asia-Pacific...

Wallops Flight Facility VA (SPX) Aug 25, 2023
Graphene aerogel is a remarkable lightweight material that is both thermally insulating and electrically conductive. This makes it appealing for use in a wide variety of applications-from improved energy storage in batteries to better oil spill cleanup methods to next-generation space suits. A team of researchers from Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley are leveraging

Voyager Space, a subsidiary of Valley Tech Systems, has been awarded a significant contract by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC). The contract, which has a ceiling value of $900 million, was granted by the AFLCMC's Architecture...

French rocket startup, HyPrSpace, and Precious Payload, the global satellite launch marketplace provider, have teamed up. This partnership makes it simple for payload developers to reserve launches using HyPrSpace's Orbital Baguette-1 (OB-1) rockets. These rockets can deliver 250 kg...

El Segundo CA (SPX) Aug 30, 2023
Picogrid has been awarded a $950,000,000 ceiling Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract for the maturation, demonstration and proliferation of capability across platforms and domains, leveraging open systems design, modern software and algorithm development in order to enable Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2). This multiple award contract provides awardees the opportun

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and the United States Space Force's Space Systems Command (SSC) lifted off on Sept.10 at 8:47 a.m. EDT from Space Launch...

Burlington VT (SPX) Aug 30, 2023
Tapped to help U.S. defense agencies deploy safer propellant alternatives to hydrazine, Benchmark Space Systems has announced a two-year, $2.81 million AFRL SPRINT (Space Propulsion Research and Innovation for Neutralizing Satellite Threats) award to further develop and test flight-optimized thrusters running on ASCENT (Advanced Spacecraft Energetic Non-Toxic) fuel. It is Benchmark's secon

Beijing (XNA) Sep 04, 2023
China has published artist's renderings of the country's lunar landing module and its next-generation crew spacecraft, both of which will be central to the nation's grand goal of sending astronauts to the moon. According to the renderings and their descriptions published by the China Manned Space Agency on Thursday, the lunar landing module will have two parts - a landing section and a pro

Firefly Aerospace and Millennium Space Systems, in collaboration with the U.S. Space Force, are gearing up for the VICTUS NOX mission. This mission, led by the Space Systems Command's Space Safari Program Office, aims to demonstrate the capability of...

Paris (ESA) Sep 05, 2023
The X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) is ready to launch on 7 September 2023 to observe the most energetic objects and events in the cosmos. In doing so, it will unveil the evolution of the Universe and the structure of spacetime. XRISM is a collaboration between the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NASA, with significant participation from ESA. The launch will be

Bright Ascension, a Scottish industry-leading space software technology provider, is pleased to announce that the company has been selected to head onboard and ground software development for the 3-year OS2-VOLT mission. Led by Craft Prospect Ltd. (CPL) for the...

Tukwila WA (SPX) Aug 30, 2023
Focused on revolutionizing satellite manufacturing and diversifying customers' choices for multi-satellite solicitations, smallsat experts LeoStella and Hera Systems have announced a strategic manufacturing alliance. This collaboration will mitigate supply chain risks, increase the reliability of production and delivery schedules, and maintain competitive pricing for small satellite constellatio

ICEYE US, a leader in persistent monitoring of Earth with radar imaging satellites, received its first Task Order under a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) with NASA announced earlier this year.  The Task Order enables NASA to acquire ICEYE’s synthetic-aperture...

SpeQtral, a leading quantum communication technology company, has chosen Kongsberg NanoAvionics (NanoAvionics) as the satellite bus provider for its upcoming SpeQtral-1 mission. The second partner in this mission is Mbryonics, producing the satellite's optical terminal. Using the technical expertise of...

New Zealand headquartered space-flight systems company Zenno Astronautics (Zenno) has completed the integration of its superconducting magnetic torquer for fuel-free spacecraft attitude control, the Z01, inside D-Orbit's ION Satellite Carrier in preparation for its first in-orbit validation mission. The orbital...

Intelsat, a leading provider of inflight connectivity and operator of a large satellite and terrestrial network, has achieved a significant milestone in the commercial satellite industry. The company successfully launched the Galaxy 37/Horizons-4 (G-37/H-4) satellite, setting a new record...