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ESA and GomSpace sign contract for Juventas CubeSat in support of Hera mission
Aug 12, 2020 (SPX)
Together, NASA's DART and Hera missions, and the international research collaboration known as the Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment (AIDA), will demons...
Lockheed Martin and USC build smart cubesats
Aug 12, 2020 (SPX)
For the program, four La Jument nanosatellites - the first launching later this year - will use Lockheed Martin's SmartSat software-defined satellite architectu...
Momentus to Launch Dodona Nanosat for Lockheed USC La Jument Program
Aug 07, 2020 (SPX)
The La Jument program includes four nanosatellites, with the first launching at the end of this year. The payload and bus will use Lockheed Martin's SmartSat so...
Pandemic won't stop smallsat market takeoff to average 1,000 smallsats to be launched per year over 2020s
Jul 27, 2020 (SPX)
The report also addresses the impact of COVID-19 on the small satellite industry and provides updated analysis of the ongoing uncertainties related to the pande...
Cubesats get close: proximity operation with interesting implications
Jul 23, 2020 (SPX)
This incredibly difficult technology demonstration, performed by a satellite the size of a tissue box, paves the way for future inspection or servicing missions...
All systems are go for AstroGrams
Jul 17, 2020 (SPX)
Charlie Duke, Astronaut, Moonwalker and Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo 16, commented, "Another milestone for AstroGrams has been reached with our payload carrying t...
Pocket-sized German satellite maker shoots for stars
Jul 15, 2020 (AFP)
Its latest coup was claiming a hefty slice of business from contracts signed in early July by the European Space Agency (ESA) as it builds up its Earth observat...
In-Space sets sights on next phase of Faraday programme after devastating loss of Faraday-1 satellite
Jul 07, 2020 (SPX)
"The In-Space team sat poised yesterday evening watching the launch of Faraday-1, which was a culmination of two years of hard work. When we heard that the laun...
Satellite-carrying rocket 'lost' after New Zealand launch
Jul 05, 2020 (AFP)
"We lost the flight late into the mission," Peter Beck, Rocket Lab's founder and chief executive, tweeted. "I am incredibly sorry that we failed to deliver our ...
Vega Flight VV16 postponed until August
Jul 02, 2020 (SPX)
With no improvement in the weather situation expected during the short term, Arianespace has decided to postpone Flight VV16 until August 17, 2020, when the for...
Exolaunch and NanoAvionics sign two launch agreements for SpaceX's rideshare missions
Jul 01, 2020 (SPX)
To date, NanoAvionics has successfully completed over 75 satellite missions and commercial projects. Its flagship M6P preconfigured nano-satellite bus uses a mo...
Vega Flight VV16 - the SSMS PoC mission: Launch postponed; reestablishing the launcher's full readiness
Jun 30, 2020 (ESA)
The Vega launcher and the 53 satellites on board are in a stabilized configuration, and in total safety. With the weather forecasted not to improve during the c...
HyperScout 2 ready for launch
Jun 26, 2020 (SPX)
An Arianespace Vega rocket is scheduled to launch the Small Spacecraft Mission Service - Proof of Concept from the Guiana Space Center as soon as the weather co...
Spaceflight Inc. Signs Multi-Launch Agreement with SpaceX for Rideshare Services
Jun 18, 2020 (SPX)
This agreement between the two companies secures Spaceflight capacity to launch manifest payloads on several SpaceX launches through the end of 2021, providing ...
New Covid-19 norms foster agile smallsat innovation
Jun 18, 2020 (SPX)
In spite of the challenges presented by COVID-19 and social distancing mandates, The Aerospace Corporation has adjusted seamlessly across the enterprise in adap...
University of Melbourne to build and launch innovative satellite
Jun 18, 2020 (SPX)
The funding from the International Space Investment Expand Capability Program will allow researchers to build a small satellite - called SpIRIT - to be launched...
PICASSO, ESA's CubeSat to sift secrets from sunrise
Jun 16, 2020 (ESA)
CubeSats are miniature satellites built up from standardised 10-cm boxes. The PICo-satellite for Atmospheric and Space Science Observations, or PICASSO, develop...
Loft Orbital awards launch contract to Exolaunch to deliver YAM-3 microsatellite into orbit on Falcon 9
Jun 12, 2020 (SPX)
Under the contract, Exolaunch will deliver mission management, deployment and integration services to Loft Orbital, who operates microsatellites and flies custo...
Testing for Ireland's first satellite
Jun 11, 2020 (ESA)
Educational Irish Research Satellite 1, or EIRSAT-1 for short, is being built by students and staff of University College Dublin, who are participating in ESA E...
JPL Mission breaks record for smallest satellite to detect an exoplanet
Jun 03, 2020 (JPL)
A new paper soon to be published in the Astronomical Journal describes how ASTERIA (short for Arcsecond Space Telescope Enabling Research in Astrophysics) didn'...
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