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Space Force Awards All Points Logistics $250 Million for New Vandenberg Satellite Processing Center
The Space Force is investing in additional capacity as the Pentagon prepares to launch more missile-warning, communications, navigation and intelligence satellites, while commercial operators place greater demands on the launch ranges at Vandenberg and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Satellite processing operations can require specialized clean rooms, high bays, hazardous-fueling areas, security systems…
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NASA Administrator Pushes Moon Base Urgency After 90-Day Hardware Sprint
The memo described a sprint launched earlier this year at Kennedy Space Center, where engineering teams were challenged to evaluate what Moon Base hardware could be produced on an accelerated schedule. The stated goal was to challenge legacy processes, clear obstacles, and rapidly deliver flight-ready lunar hardware. The exercise emphasized a production-first approach built around…
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Rocket Lab Nabs Largest Launch Award; Establishing Site In Alaska
Rocket Lab on Monday said a recent $266 million contract it received from the Space Force is the company’s largest ever launch contract, which calls for at least 12 suborbital launches primarily from a spaceport in Kodiak, Alaska. The contract under the Space Force Space Systems Command’s Rocket Systems Launch Program includes options for up…
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Telespazio Inaugurates New S/X-Band Satellite Antenna in Azores
Telespazio, a Leonardo Group company, has successfully completed the installation of a new proprietary S/X-band satellite antenna on the island of Santa Maria, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores (Atlantic Ocean). For Telespazio, this represents a further significant strengthening of its international network of ground stations, expanding the range of satellite services the company…
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AI plus IP: Sophia Space and Caltech secure a patent for orbital data centers that use passive cooling
An artist’s conception shows a data center satellite that makes use of Sophia Space’s tile-based architecture. (Sophia Space Illustration) Sophia Space has secured a patent for a technology that could pave the way for solar-powered orbital data centers that passively radiate excess heat into space. Developed in partnership with Caltech, Sophia’s architecture tackles a major…
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CAS Space Advances the Kinetica Launch Vehicles for Commercial Space Transportation
CAS Space has developed the Kinetica series of launch vehicles to provide comprehensive space transportation services for commercial, scientific and government missions. Covering payload capacities from 1.5 tonnes to 40 tonnes, the Kinetica family is designed to support small-satellite launches, large-satellite constellations, cargo transportation and future reusable space transportation systems. The company’s launch portfolio currently…
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Venus Aerospace Advances Rocket Propulsion with Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine
Venus Aerospace is advancing next-generation propulsion through the Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE), a rocket engine architecture designed to improve efficiency, reduce manufacturing complexity and expand mission capabilities across space transportation, defense and high-speed flight applications. The company is focused on developing propulsion technologies that provides rotating detonation combustion to deliver higher performance than conventional…
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L3Harris Technologies Signs Framework to Quadruple THAAD Propulsion Production
L3Harris Technologies has signed a framework agreement with the Department of War and Lockheed Martin for a multi-year contract to quadruple propulsion production for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system. This significant expansion in propulsion capacity further strengthens the nation’s Arsenal of Freedom, made possible through the Department of War’s Acquisition Transformation Strategy…
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Iridium and SKYWAVE Partner on Industrial IoT Connectivity
Iridium Communications, a provider of global voice, data, aircraft surveillance, and positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) satellite services, has announced a partnership with SKYWAVE, a provider of industrial IoT connectivity, devices and enablement solutions for mission-critical assets, to help heavy equipment manufacturers build and scale connected equipment services across global operating environments. As heavy equipment…
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Momentus Completes Critical Design Review for Vigoride 8 NASA Mission
Momentus, a U.S. commercial space company specializing in satellite technology, space transportation, and in-orbit services, had announced the completion of the Spacecraft Critical Design Review (CDR) for its Vigoride 8 mission, transporting two hosted payloads under contracts with NASA. Completion of this key program milestone had formally concluded the design and analysis phase of the…