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SDA Selects Northrop Grumman to Design and Build 36 Data Transport Satellites
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected by the Space Development Agency (SDA) to design and build 36 data transport satellites, the first space vehicles in the latest generation of its low-Earth orbit Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). The team will now update the company’s Tranche 1 design to add new broadcast and tactical communications capabilities…
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Crew-7 mission to the Space Station given green light for launch by NASA, partners
A SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon Endurance capsule stand ready on pad 39A for the Crew 7 mission. Image: NASA. NASA, SpaceX and its international partners met at the Kennedy Space Center on Monday and gave the go ahead for the launch of the seventh operational Crew Dragon mission to the space station. The three…
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Trive Capital Acquires Hypergiant Industries
The Hypergiant team. Photo: Hypergiant via Business Wire Private equity firm Trive Capital is acquiring Hypergiant Industries to advance its AI solutions for the defense sector. Trive Capital, based in Dallas, announced the acquisition on Tuesday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Thrive Capital Partner David Stinnett said that Hypergiant has a geospatial data…
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The failure of Luna 25 cements Putin’s role as a disastrous space leader
On Saturday, the Russian space program lost the Luna 25 spacecraft, a relatively small vehicle that was due to land on the Moon this week. After a problem with the spacecraft’s propulsion system, instead of entering a low orbit around the Moon, it crashed into the lunar surface. The Russian mission to the Moon was…
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West Coast Falcon 9 launches SpaceX’s 100th Starlink mission
A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on SpaceX’s 100th Starlink mission. Image: SpaceX. After delays caused by Hurricane Hilary, SpaceX launched its 100th Starlink mission on Tuesday. A Falcon 9 carrying 21 second-generation Starlink satellites lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 2:37 a.m. PDT…
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After Russia’s failure, India is next in line to attempt a Moon landing
India’s Chandrayaan 3 spacecraft is setting up for a final descent to the surface of the Moon on Wednesday, four days after Russia’s Luna 25 lander cratered following a botched engine burn. If all goes according to plan, the Chandrayaan 3 lander—named Vikram—will settle softly onto the lunar surface at 8:34 am EDT (12:34 UTC)…
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Sierra Space and Redwire Partner to Bring In-Space Biotech R&D and Manufacturing in LEO
Sierra Space, one of the leading pure-play commercial space companies building the first end-to-end business and technology platform in space, announced its strategic partnership with Redwire Corporation, a leader in space infrastructure for the next-generation space economy. Specifically, the two companies are collaborating on groundbreaking commercial pharmaceutical and biotech R&D and manufacturing in low-Earth orbit (LEO).…
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OneWeb Technologies Awarded Contract by U.S. Space Force for P-LEO Satellite Communications
OneWeb Technologies, a global provider of high-speed, low latency, secure, multi-orbit satellite network solutions, announced it was awarded a Commercial Satellite Communications Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (p-LEO) contract from the U.S. Space Force (USSF), Space Systems Command (SSC), Commercial Space Office (CSO), and Commercial Satellite Communications Office (CSCO). The 10-year p-LEO contract was awarded to…
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Lockheed Martin Selected to Deliver Small Satellites for SDA’s Communications Network
The Space Development Agency (SDA) awarded Lockheed Martin a firm-fixed-price agreement valued at approximately $816 million to build 36 Tranche 2 Transport Layer (T2TL) Beta satellites. T2TL is part of an overarching plan to strengthen deterrence with more resilient space architectures for beyond line-of-sight (BLOS) targeting, data transport, and advanced missile detection and tracking. The…
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Space Perspective unveils balloon manufacturing facility supporting tourism missions
An upcoming player in the space tourism game offered a look inside their Florida manufacturing site as they continue to ramp up towards customer flights in 2024. Space Perspective is offering a balloon-based opportunity for customers to experience the overview effect in a manner less jarring than launching aboard a rocket or a space plane.…