Tag: Launch
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Loft Orbital and EarthDaily Analytics Sets Record Launch with Six Satellites
Loft Orbital, a global space infrastructure company, and EarthDaily Analytics, a premier provider of end-to-end Earth observation solutions, announced a milestone mission planned for this quarter that will see six EarthDaily satellites deployed on a single launch. This mission marks a major step in the full deployment of EarthDaily’s constellation and will double the size…
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Kongsberg Satellite Services and Kongsberg NanoAvionics Launch End-to-End Satellite Solution
Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) and Kongsberg NanoAvionics (NanoAvionics) have announced their strategic partnership to simplify mission deployment and lower the operational and financial burden for satellite owners. By combining NanoAvionics’ high-performance small satellite platforms with KSAT’s global ground infrastructure and operational expertise, the companies will deliver integrated, end-to-end satellite mission services. It will give satellite…
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AeroVironment Contributes to Artemis II Mission with Laser Comms Technology
AeroVironment, announced that its precision pointing hardware was on board NASA’s historic Artemis II Mission as part of the Orion Artemis II Optical Communications System (O2O) – a laser communications terminal developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory in collaboration with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. During the Artemis II mission, O2O used lasers…
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Rocket Lab Launched Second Dedicated Mission for Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Rocket Lab Corporation, a global leader in launch services and space systems, successfully launched its second dedicated mission for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), further strengthening the partnership between Rocket Lab and Japan’s national space agency. The “Kakushin Rising” mission lifted off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand at 3:09 p.m.…
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Kapta Space Advances Spaceborne Radar Antenna Technology for Defense and Commercial Use
Kapta Space is a US-based space technology company focused on developing advanced spaceborne radar systems for commercial and defense applications. Founded in 2023 and headquartered in Seattle, the company operates in the defense and space manufacturing sector, building electronically steered radar solutions designed to deliver geospatial intelligence from orbit. The company’s vision centers on enabling…
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NordSpace Awarded DND IDEaS Funding to Advance VLEO Satellite
NordSpace, a Canadian-owned space missions and launch company, announced that it has been awarded approx. $250,000 in funding under the Department of National Defence (DND) Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS) program to advance its Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) satellite constellation technology for resilient non-terrestrial networks (NTN). This award stems from the IDEaS…
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Starfighters Space Joins C-STARS Space Research Consortium
Starfighters Space, Inc., a commercial aerospace company operating the world’s fastest fleet of supersonic aircraft, announced that it has joined the Centre for Science, Technology, and Advanced Research in Space (C-STARS), a proposed National Science Foundation (NSF) Industry–University Cooperative Research Centre (IUCRC) focused on advancing space manufacturing and training the next generation of space technology…
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Orbit Fab Introduces RAVEN Shuttle and NEST Depot for In-Orbit Refueling
Orbit Fab unveiled a new in-space refueling architecture centered on two vehicles: RAVEN, a refueling shuttle, and NEST, a fuel depot. RAVEN and NEST work in tandem to create an on-orbit fuel network that supports more maneuverable, responsive satellite operations. By positioning fuel in orbit and delivering it to spacecraft when and where it is…
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AST SpaceMobile Secures FCC Approval for SpaceMobile NGSO Satellite System
AST SpaceMobile, the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones, designed for both commercial and government applications, announced that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted its application to modify its authorization to launch and operate its SpaceMobile non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) satellite system in low Earth orbit…
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Loft Orbital and EarthDaily Analytics Set Milestone Launch With Six Satellites
Loft Orbital, a global space infrastructure company, and EarthDaily Analytics, a premier provider of end-to-end Earth observation solutions, announced a milestone mission planned for this quarter that will see six EarthDaily satellites deployed on a single launch. This mission marks a major step in the full deployment of EarthDaily’s constellation. This milestone is part of…