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NRL Awards Parsons $245M Satellite Ground Systems Deal
Does the Navy’s $245M Parsons Contract Signal a Ground Segment Buildout? $245 million. That is the value of the contract the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory awarded to Space Ground System Solutions — a subsidiary of Parsons Corporation — to continue satellite ground systems software development and operations support at what the summary identifies as the…
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Soyuz MS-29 Docks at ISS With NASA Astronaut Menon
Did Soyuz MS-29 Successfully Dock at the ISS With a NASA Astronaut Aboard? Three hours and five minutes. That was the elapsed time from liftoff at Baikonur to docking at the International Space Station for Soyuz MS-29 on July 14, 2026 — a textbook fast-rendezvous profile that deposited NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Roscosmos cosmonauts…
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L3Harris to Provide Advanced Tracking Satellites for America’s Missile Defense
L3Harris Technologies has received a contract from the U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) to produce 18 Accelerated Missile Defense Tranche 3 (AMDT3) satellites to support the Golden Dome for America’s space-based capabilities. These L3Harris satellites will enhance national security by detecting and tracking advanced missile threats. “L3Harris’ continued work in Indiana will deliver…
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Honeywell to Lead ESA Quantum Space Magnetometer Contract
Honeywell Aerospace will lead a consortium to develop a compact quantum space magnetometer to advance research into Earth’s magnetic field. It has teamed up with Quantum Brilliance, and Jagiellonian University in Kraków to develop, test and deliver this magnetometer to the European Space Agency (ESA) by 2027 through an ESA-funded contract. Honeywell Aerospace announced the…
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SkyFi Launches ArcGIS Widget and WMTS Streaming for Satellite Imagery Access
SkyFi, the Earth Intelligence platform, has released two capabilities that simplify the process of ordering and overlaying satellite imagery over ArcGIS maps. Built with input from commercial enterprise users, SkyFi for ArcGIS includes the SkyFi ArcGIS Widget, which lets GIS analysts seamlessly search, preview, and order open and commercial satellite imagery inside ArcGIS. WMTS streaming…
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Rocket Lab Achieves Record Space Force Launch and On-Orbit Tracking
Rocket Lab Corporation, a global leader in launch services and space systems, announced mission success for its role in the U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) VICTUS HAZE mission. This historic mission required Rocket Lab to design, build, and test a Pioneer spacecraft for the USSF, launch it on Electron within 24 hours’ notice, commission the spacecraft…
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Voyager Awarded $298M NASA Contract Under Completed Astrobotic Acquisition
Voyager Technologies has completed its acquisition of Astrobotic Technology. The close comes as NASA recently awarded two new lunar lander missions to the company and Griffin Mission One shipped to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory for environmental testing ahead of launch later this year. “As America marks 250 years, the next chapter of this nation’s leadership…
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NRL Awards Parsons $245M Satellite Ground Systems Contract for Tracking Facility
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) awarded Parsons Corporation subsidiary Space Ground System Solutions a contract to continue its work supporting satellite ground systems software and operations at the Blossom Point Tracking Facility in Maryland. The award announced Tuesday is a five-year, $245 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract. Parsons has supported this site…
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Parabilis Space Advances Hybrid and Chemical Propulsion Technologies for Space
Parabilis Space Technologies is developing a broad portfolio of hybrid and chemical propulsion technologies for launch vehicles, spacecraft and in-space mobility systems. Backed by more than 35 years of propulsion heritage, the company designs, builds, tests and flies propulsion systems ranging from small reaction control thrusters to high-performance upper stages and large hybrid launch vehicle…
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Sierra Space Secures $798 Million Defense Contract of Golden Dome for America
Sierra Space, a defense-tech space company delivering solutions for the nation’s most critical missions and advancing the future of security in space, announced it has been awarded a Firm Fixed Price Other Transactional Agreement (OTA) by the Space Development Agency (SDA), with a total potential value of $798 million, to design, manufacture and deliver 18…