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Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $235 million contract by the U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command for the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next Gen OPIR) polar satellites 1 and 2. This contract brings the total value awarded...

Loft Federal, the government subsidiary of Loft Orbital, has ordered Mynaric laser terminals for its work on the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Experimental Testbed. Mynaric will supply the CONDOR Mk3 terminals, with deliveries scheduled for the first half of...

Ball Aerospace has announced that it is partnering with Loft Federal and Microsoft to work on its Space Development Agency (SDA) contract for the experimental testbed NExT. The contract, worth up to $176m, was awarded to Ball Aerospace in...

Webb teams successfully deployed the observatory’s secondary mirror support structure. When light from the distant universe hits Webb’s iconic 18 gold primary mirrors, it will reflect off and hit the smaller, 2.4-foot (.74-meter) secondary mirror, which will direct the...

NASA’s primary science objective in astrophysics is to “discover how the universe works.” The X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer Mission (IXPE) furthers that objective as the first mission dedicated to observing polarized X-rays, revealing previously hidden details of the universe.  IXPE is a Small Explorer mission that is part...

Small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies Corporation, was selected by Ball Aerospace to develop a standardized X-SAT Venus ESPA-class microsatellite bus and several custom components to enable an...

Ball Aerospace successfully completed the preliminary design review (PDR) for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) spacecraft. With PDR complete, the spacecraft now moves into the critical design phase.   Ball was awarded the...