Author: starpathwp-production
-
Rocket Lab to Launch US Air Force Re-Entry Mission Using Neutron Rocket
Rocket Lab USA, a global leader in launch services and space systems, announced it will launch its new medium-lift reusable rocket Neutron for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for a Rocket Cargo mission that supports point-to-point cargo transportation, establishing a new era of commercial launch capability to advance global defense logistics for the…
-
Eaton Announces $18.5 Million Expansion of NY Aerospace Manufacturing Facility
Eaton, an intelligent power management company, announced the expansion of its Orchard Park, N.Y., facility to support growing demand for the aerospace mission systems solutions manufactured at the site. The $18.5 million investment will significantly increase production capacity to serve growing demand by military defense, commercial aerospace and space customers and add 77 skilled manufacturing…
-
Peter Beck: Mynaric Acquisition Puts Rocket Lab in Europe, Supports Constellation Opportunity
Rocket Lab’s first quarter 2025 results on Thursday came with a slate of announcements — a new launch contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory for the upcoming Neutron rocket; plans for a new company structure under Rocket Lab Corporation; and insight into Rocket Lab’s recent acquisition of Mynaric and constellation opportunities. Rocket Lab…
-
Globalstar Expects ‘Immaterial’ Impact from Tariffs
Globalstar executives said the company is positioned to minimize financial impacts from tariffs, and reaffirmed its full-year guidance in first quarter financial results on May 8. The satellite operator increased revenue 6% year-over-year to $60 million. Most of the company’s revenue comes from satellite services, which grew 7% year-over-year to $57.1 million, with growth in wholesale…
-
Reveal and Maxar Partner to Enhance Farsight Platform Capabilities
Reveal Technology and Maxar are pleased to announce a partnership to incorporate Maxar’s high-resolution satellite imagery and 3D data directly into Farsight. To improve users’ ability to visualize large-scale geospatial environments, Reveal is integrating Maxar’s high-resolution basemaps and 3D data into Farsight, significantly enhancing operational decision-making at the tactical edge. Maxar data enables accurate 3D…
-
Butch and Suni weren’t the only ones: the stories of astronauts “stranded” in space
After a planned eight day mission to the ISS that launched in June 2024, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams splashed down near Florida over nine months later on March 18, 2025. The two astronauts missed family events, birthdays, and Christmas while engineers tried to determine whether Boeing’s Starliner capsule would be safe to return with…
-
Sierra Space Achieves 3rd Testing Milestone With USSF R-GPS Satellite Program
Sierra Space, a leading commercial space company and defense tech prime that is Building a Platform in Space to Benefit Life on Earth and protect economic freedom in the Orbital Age, announced another successful demonstration of the company’s Resilient GPS (R-GPS) technology for the U.S. Space Force (USSF). In this third milestone, Sierra Space demonstrated…
-
Little Place Labs: Revolutionizing Space Data with AI-Powered Satellite Analytics
Little Place Labs, founded in 2021, is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Its core mission is to democratize space data access by leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to process satellite data onboard, enabling real-time, actionable insights for industries like agriculture, maritime, climate monitoring, and defense. The company focuses on: Satellite Data Processing: Developing AI/ML…
-
China’s space station delivers new samples for research
The latest samples from 25 scientific experiments conducted aboard China’s Tiangong space station, totaling approximately 37.25 kilograms, were brought back to Earth on Wednesday. Marking the eighth batch of experimental materials from the orbiting laboratory, the samples were brought back to Earth aboard the Shenzhou-19 return capsule. According to a news release from the Chinese…
-
Chinese scientists achieve satellite laser ranging in Earth-moon space in daytime
Chinese scientists have achieved satellite laser ranging in the Earth-moon space in daytime for the first time in the world, despite the strong daylight interference, said the Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Tuesday. According to Li Yuqiang, a researcher at Yunnan Observatories, a research team on Sunday successfully captured the laser…