Tag: Launch
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York Space Systems Achieves Optical and Link 16 Communications for SDA’s Tranche 0 Satellites
York Space Systems (York), the Denver-based aerospace company dedicated to the rapid deployment of complete space mission solutions, announced its Tranche 0 satellites, part of the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) successfully established optical communications in orbit. This successful demonstration makes York the second SDA provider to achieve this major milestone…
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NASA Selects Lockheed Martin to Develop Lightning Mapping Instrument for NOAA’s GeoXO Program
NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected Lockheed Martin Corp. of Littleton, Colorado, to develop a lightning mapping instrument as part of NOAA’s Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) satellite program. This cost-plus-award-fee contract is valued at approximately $297.1 million. It includes the development of two flight instruments as well as…
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Sierra Space Introduces Technology for Oxygen Extraction from Lunar Soil
Sierra Space, a commercial space company and defense tech prime that is Building a Platform in Space to Benefit Life on Earth, announced the company’s proprietary Carbothermal Oxygen Production Reactor has successfully completed thermal vacuum testing at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, heralding the first time in history that oxygen has been extracted from simulated lunar…
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Apex Announces its New ESPA-Grande Class Nova Satellite Bus
Apex, the Los Angeles-based spacecraft bus platform manufacturing company, announced Nova, its ESPA-Grande class satellite bus platform supporting payloads ranging from 200 to 500 kg. Nova deliveries will begin in Q3 2025 and are focused on meeting the needs of operational proliferated LEO missions, including the U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) architecture and…
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Impulse and Space Network Services Signs GEO Rideshare Agreement at WSBW Paris
Impulse Space announced at the World Space Business Week conference in Paris, France, the signing of a GEO Rideshare agreement with Space Network Services, a French developer of small GEO satellites. Space Network Services’ GEO satellite, called Kaon, is a small and versatile telecommunication satellite designed for government and commercial customers that want to establish…
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Planet Lab Signs Multi-Year Contract with the German Space Agency
Planet Labs Germany, a provider of daily data and insights about Earth, announced that they have signed a three year contract with the German Space Agency at German Aerospace Center ( DLR ). Through this multi-year contract, Planet will provide a series of Earth observation data products and services to the German Space Agency at…
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RTX’s Raytheon and Northrop Grumman Completes the Static Fire Test of Solid Rocket Motor
Raytheon, an RTX business, and Northrop Grumman have successfully completed a static fire test of an advanced long-range solid rocket motor at the Northrop Grumman Allegany Ballistics Laboratory in West Virginia. The test demonstrated wired end-burning technology for hypersonic applications and provided data to support digital modeling and simulations that validated the design maturity and…
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Momentus Collaborates with Lodestar Space for Robotics in Space
Momentus, a provider of satellite buses and in-space infrastructure services including in-space transportation, hosted payloads, and other in-orbit services, have announced that the company has entered into a Collaboration Agreement with Lodestar Space to integrate a robotic arm onto a Momentus Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle (OSV). Momentus will work with Lodestar Space to define the…
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NASA’s Watts on the Moon Challenge Concludes with Final Innovations for Lunar Power Solutions
NASA’s Watts on the Moon Challenge, designed to advance the nation’s lunar exploration goals under the Artemis campaign by challenging United States innovators to develop breakthrough power transmission and energy storage technologies that could enable long-duration Moon missions, concludes on Friday, Sept. 20, at the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland. “For astronauts to maintain…
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AST SpaceMobile Successfully Launches First Five Commercial Satellites into Orbit
AST SpaceMobile, Inc., the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones designed for both commercial and government use, announced the successful launch of its first five commercial satellites, called BlueBirds. On September 12th at 4:52 am EDT, the BlueBird 1-5 mission lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida,…