ULA’s Atlas V Starliner’s first human launch of NASA astronauts Wilmore and Williams to ISS
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket will launch on May 6, 2024 at 10:34 p.m. EDT Boeing’s Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 Starliner spacecraft with two NASA astronauts, Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita (Suni) Williams on the Crew Flight ...
Koonibba set to host one of the largest commercial rockets ever to launch from Australian soil
Australia will take another step forward as a space faring nation with a 11.5-metre-tall single stage rocket set to launch from Southern Launch’s Koonibba Test Range on Thursday — this launch is for German rocket manufacturer HyImpulse who transported their ...
Rocket Lab readies back-to-back launches for NASA’s climate change research mission
NASA’s PREFIRE mission requires two satellites to be deployed to precise orbits one after the other, demonstrating Electron’s highly responsive launch capability. Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) global provider in launch services and space systems, announced it is preparing ...
Today On Satnews
QinetiQ achieves UK’s first jet-to-jet teaming between aircraft and autonomous drone
QinetiQ has successfully trialed the UK’s first Crewed-Uncrewed-Teaming demonstration between a crewed aircraft and an autonomous jet drone. The trial – which took place in collaboration with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), the Royal Navy and the Air ...
The SES O3b mPOWER system starts providing high-performance connectivity services
SES' O3b mPOWER second-generation, software-enabled, satellite system is now operational and can provide high-performance connectivity services around the globe. With the first six O3b mPOWER satellites operating at MEO (8,000km away from the Earth) and with extensive ground infrastructure built ...
Neuraspace unveils free SYNC + subscription-based PRO tiers for the firm’s Space Traffic Management platform
Neuraspace recently launched SYNC, a free version (tier) of its end-to-end STM (Space Traffic Management) platform, as well as the subscription-based PRO tier. Both tiers are software-as-a-service (SaaS) and feature a new real-time and collaborative exchange between satellite operators. This ...
Satcom Global enhances AuraNow VSAT coverage via a new Intelsat agreement
Satcom Global and Intelsat (PDF) recently announced a new global agreement, driving expansion and further enhancing the global Ku-band network behind the flexible and scalable AuraNow VSAT solution. Vessels with AuraNow on board will now benefit from the combination of ...
Bright Ascension + Nominal Systems announce partnership
Bright Ascension Ltd. and Nominal Systems have signed an MoU that is the start of a collaborative effort between the two companies to integrate their respective systems and offerings in order to provide and enhance the end-customer value proposition. As ...
SpaceX ‘two-fer-two’ with second Florida launch in two days as Starlink soars on Sunday
Photo captured by Satnews from SpaceX video stream. On Sunday, April 28 at 6:08 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 23 Starlink small satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida ...
Arlula’s EO application now hosted on Saber Astronautics’ Space Application Marketplace
Saber Astronautics has integrated Arlula’s Earth Observation (EO) Data Application into Saber’s Space Application Marketplace (SAM), a significant milestone marking the first time third-party EO data is available on the Space Cockpit platform. Originating from Australia, Arlula allows users from ...
SpaceX ready for the second Florida launch this weekend first Galileo and then Starlink smallsats
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral that marked the 300th Falcon booster landing on April 23. Photo by Satnews captured from SpaceX video stream. SpaceX is targeting Sunday, April 28 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites ...
Gravitics Awarded USSF contract for Tactically Responsive (TacRS) space development
Gravitics, Inc. has been awarded a $1.7 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Direct-to-Phase II contract from SpaceWERX. In partnership with Space Systems Command’s Space Safari Program Office, this effort will focus on a new mission area for Gravitics, TacRS. Under ...
Hughes opens a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility + private 5G incubation center
Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), an EchoStar company (Nasdaq: SATS), has opened a cutting-edge manufacturing facility and private 5G incubation center in Germantown, Maryland. The Hughes Manufacturing Facility (EXM) produces U.S.-made hardware that powers the networks on which people, enterprises, ...