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Lynk announces deployment of world's first commercial-ready cell-tower-in-space
Apr 07, 2022 (SPX)
"With the launch of Lynk Tower 1, Lynk is positioned to begin commercial service later this year and provides the world's first true satellite-direct-to-phone s...
SpaceX delivers Blue Canyon built GNOMES-3 microsat to orbit for PlanetiQ
Apr 07, 2022 (SPX)
GNOMES-3 is an ESPA-class microsat spacecraft bus, which Blue Canyon manufactured for PlanetiQ. BCT provided the microsatellite bus and Gen3 avionics for the ri...
SwRI's Space System Integration Facility supports smallsat development
Apr 05, 2022 (SPX)
According to one industry forecast, nearly 12,000 small satellites - defined in this case as satellites with masses under 500 kilograms - will be placed in orbi...
UK Space Command contracts with SSTL for Carbonite+ satellite
Apr 05, 2022 (SPX)
Delivered under a three year build programme, the TYCHE mission will be compatible with both horizontal as well as vertical launch. TYCHE will be operated from ...
Xplore acquires Major Tom cloud-based mission operation software and Kubos flight software
Apr 05, 2022 (SPX)
Major Tom enables mission operations for more than a dozen satellites currently on orbit for commercial and government customers. In a seamless transition to Xp...
Omnispace and Thales Alenia Space report launch of first satellite mission
Apr 04, 2022 (SPX)
Thales Alenia Space designed and built the satellite, part of the initial two-satellite Omnispace Spark program. The new-generation NGSO satellite in low-earth ...
Aphelion Aerospace secures investment from The Mercury Group and others
Apr 04, 2022 (SPX)
Aphelion CEO Miguel Ayala and CTO Matthew Travis indicate that these investments will help them continue pushing forward with the development of their suborbita...
Sidus Space announces the upcoming launch of LizzieSat
Mar 30, 2022 (SPX)
LS is a multi-mission satellite that supports custom payloads and customer needs leveraging space flight-proven communications, power, navigation and computing ...
Spaceflight Inc and Astrocast Extend Launch Contract
Mar 23, 2022 (SPX)
In February of 2020, Astrocast and Spaceflight signed an MLA for the launch of 10 additional IoT nanosatellites, representing the sixth launch booked with Space...
Astranis Space Technologies first MicroGEO Satellite completes final testing
Mar 17, 2022 (SPX)
Vibration and vibroacoustic tests, collectively known as the vibe test campaign, are some of the most intense tests of structural and mechanical endurance for a...
Astra announces multi-launch contract and first launch with Spaceflight Inc.
Mar 15, 2022 (SPX)
Through this commitment, Spaceflight expands its launch vehicle partner portfolio, offering its customers additional launch opportunities through Astra missions...
ElevationSpace raises $2.7M in seed-funding
Mar 09, 2022 (SPX)
In addition, Mr. Masafumi Kawai, Partner/Chief ESG Officer of Genesia Ventures, Inc. has been newly appointed as an outside director to strengthen the managemen...
China's new-generation rocket sends 22 satellites into space in record-setting mission
Mar 01, 2022 (XNA)
The rocket blasted off at 11:06 a.m. (Beijing Time) at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern Hainan Province before sending the satellites into pr...
Terran Orbital to build microsatellite program
Feb 18, 2022 (SPX)
"We are thrilled Terran Orbital will be part of another program with Lockheed Martin. This contract award provides an exciting opportunity for the company to de...
UNSW Sydney buys nanosatellite bus from NanoAvionics
Feb 18, 2022 (SPX)
The intended GNSS (global navigational satellite systems) payload named "Harry v2" will consist of two "KEA" GPS receivers, developed by the Australian Centre f...
Homegrown spacecraft is putting Perth on Space Race map
Feb 15, 2022 (SPX)
The Binar-1 - named after the Noongar word for fireball - was developed by Curtin University's Space Science and Technology Centre. The Binar Space Program team...
Hat-trick for Exolaunch with SpaceX Transporter Missions
Jan 28, 2022 (SPX)
Exolaunch's rideshare customers' payloads have top-notch technologies for the Internet of Things (IoT), Maritime Surveillance, Ultra HD Video Streaming, Synthet...
Avio announces new launch service contracts for Vega C
Jan 22, 2022 (SPX)
In particular, a contract was signed with the Italian Space Agency for the launch of Platino 1 and Platino 2 satellites between 2022 and 2024. Platino is a ligh...
Alpha Blue Ocean launches NFT concept via Space X Transporter 3 mission
Jan 14, 2022 (SPX)
On January 13, 2021, WISeKey launched its first WISeSat pico satellite via SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket as part of the Transporter 3 mission to generate the first N...
SpaceX delivers trio of Cape Town built satellites into orbit
Jan 14, 2022 (VOA)
Produced at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, the satellites could also be used to help other African countries to protect their coastal waters. Spac...
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