Tag: Satellite
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Rocket Lab to Launch NorthStar’s Commercial Space Situational Awareness Satellites Built by Spire Global
Rocket Lab USA, one of the global leaders in launch services and space systems, announced that it has signed a dedicated launch deal with Spire Global to deliver its first four Space Situational Awareness (SSA) satellites to low Earth orbit for its Space Services customer NorthStar Earth & Space. The dedicated mission on Electron will…
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Rocket Lab to Launch Seven Satellites as Part of Upcoming Electron Mission
Rocket Lab USA, one of the global leaders in launch services and space systems, announced its next Electron mission will deploy seven satellites to space and include an attempt to recover the rocket’s booster after launch. The ‘Baby Come Back’ mission, Rocket Lab’s 39th Electron launch, is scheduled to deploy from Pad A at Rocket…
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United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches NROL-68 Mission for the National Reconnaissance Office
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying the NROL-68 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) lifted off on June 22 from Space Launch Complex-37 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. To date, ULA has launched 156 times with 100 percent mission success. “We continue to build on our valued partnership with…
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Sidus Space Awarded Contracts for Two Projects Under Florida-Israel Innovation Partnership
Sidus Space, a multi-faceted Space, and Defense-as-a-Service satellite company, announced it has been awarded contracts for two projects with Israeli partners Maris-Tech and Lulav Space by Space Florida under the Florida-Israel Innovation Partnership. This is the first time Sidus has received two awards from the same round of projects from the Florida-Israel Innovation Partnership. The…
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ESA Entrusts a Consortium Led by Sener to Conduct Feasibility Study of Future European Reusable Launchers
The European Space Agency (ESA) has tasked a consortium led by Sener with helping to define the architecture of future European space launch systems. In addition to Sener (through its subsidiary Sener Aerospace and Defence), the consortium is formed by other leading companies in the European space sector and research institutes, such as Beyond Gravity,…
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Raytheon Technologies Selects Mynaric to Supply Optical Communications Terminals for T1 Tracking Layer Program
Mynaric, a provider of industrialized, cost-effective, and scalable laser communications products, announced that it has been selected by Raytheon Technologies to supply optical communications terminals for the Space Development Agency (SDA) Tranche 1 Tracking Layer program. Raytheon Technologies was awarded the seven-vehicle mission satellite constellation in February 2023. Each satellite will feature three optical communications…
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SETS Successfully Completes Testing of its SPS-25 Propulsion System on EOS SAT-1 Satellite
Space Electric Thruster Systems (SETS), a provider of electric propulsion systems based on Hall thrusters, has successfully tested its SPS-25 space propulsion system on the EOS SAT-1 satellite developed by Dragonfly Aerospace for the EOS Data Analytics space mission. Assembled and shipped from Ukraine in spring 2022, the SPS-25 was installed on the satellite at…
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Rivada Space Networks and Artel Collaborate to Bring Secure Satellite Communications to Government Market
Rivada Space Networks (RSN) and Artel LLC have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and Master Services Agreement (MSA) to bring a new level of high security and low latency satellite communications to the government market through low earth orbit (LEO) constellations. Artel LLC provides secure network communication services to U.S. government…
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Honeywell Aerospace Introduces Revolutionary Small Satellite Reaction Wheel Assembly
Honeywell Aerospace one of the globally recognized leaders in the aviation and aerospace industry, offering innovative solutions and advanced technologies to meet the evolving needs of the aerospace sector has introduced a new reaction wheel assembly for small satellites. The HR04 from Honeywell Aerospace is a state-of-the-art small satellite class Reaction Wheel Assembly (RWA) that…
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Warpspace Successfully Completes Preliminary Design Review of its First Satellite
Warpspace, a space tech startup developing an optical inter-satellite data relay service in medium Earth orbit has announced the successful completion of PDR (Preliminary Design Review) for its first satellite “LEIHO”, for the inter-satellite optical communication service. The PDR is generally regarded as the “first step” in the satellite development process to check whether the…