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Astro Digital has successful dedicated launch of a 16U CubeSat bus with advanced payloads
Oct 17, 2019 (SPX)
"As a smallsat operator that prides itself on the ability to rapidly develop and deploy innovative satellite constellations and technology proof of concepts, ha...
Kepler to launch satellite on a Soyuz mid next year
Oct 08, 2019 (SPX)
Kepler's next generation of satellites will incorporate both a high-capacity Ku-band communications system and a narrowband payload, for both high-speed data tr...
NASA smallsats can aid hurricane forecasts with GPS
Oct 08, 2019 (JPL)
Weather forecasting models have gotten much better at predicting the future track of a hurricane or typhoon, but they haven't improved at predicting its maximum...
ISISpace selected by the Royal Thai Air Force for their next Earth Observation mission
Sep 27, 2019 (SPX)
As part of the contract, based on a delivery-in-orbit model, ISISpace is responsible for the full satellite, including its camera payload and propulsion system,...
GomSpace and Leaf Space sign MoU to strengthen ground segment collaboration
Sep 20, 2019 (SPX)
The MoU includes: + Leaf Space has integrated GomSpace transceivers in its Leaf Line Ground Segment service, which are now available to Leaf Space and GomSpace ...
NanoRacks to make space more accessible to the world from the United Arab Emirates
Sep 20, 2019 (SPX)
Hub71 welcomes NanoRacks as one of its first tech-companies to be on-boarded alongside strategic partners Microsoft, SoftBank Vision Fund and Mubadala. The tech...
Kleos Space wins first South American contract
Sep 20, 2019 (SPX)
Pierre Duquesne, a Franco-German executive, was the former Managing Director for Airbus Intelligence in South America and has over 20 years' experience in the R...
SpaceX's new ride-sharing launches to boost small-satellite industry
Sep 05, 2019 (UPI)
SpaceX recently published a schedule of 30 rocket launches for small satellites in 2020 and 2021. Its customers can buy space on the missions for as low as $1 m...
An Inside Look at Hurricane Dorian from a Mini Satellite
Sep 05, 2019 (JPL)
The multiple vertical layers show where the strongest convective "storms" within the hurricane are pushing high into the atmosphere, with pink, red and yellow c...
GomSpace and UnseenLabs commission BRO-1 in record time
Sep 02, 2019 (SPX)
The launch and early operations phase was successfully completed in only a few days, and the spacecraft is ready to commence operation for UnseenLabs. BRO-1 is ...
Kleos orbit change in response to market demand
Aug 13, 2019 (SPX)
satellites which will now launch into a 37-degree inclination. Following the recent postponement of the launch of Kleos' Scouting Mission satellites, the Compan...
Pearl White cubesats mission set to launch
Aug 09, 2019 (SPX)
The program goal is to design, develop, launch and operate two 6U cubesat experimental spacecraft as an on-orbit testbed for emerging technologies in 2019. The ...
Spaceflight purchases first commercial SSLV mission from ISRO's NewSpace India
Aug 08, 2019 (SPX)
Spaceflight has already sold-out the entire manifest for this secured SSLV-D2 launch with spacecraft from an undisclosed U.S.-based satellite constellation cust...
Spaceflight's Second Rideshare Mission with Rocket Lab Slated Next
Aug 07, 2019 (SPX)
This mission, called "Look Ma, No Hands" by Rocket Lab, represents Spaceflight's second of several launches scheduled with Rocket Lab this year, and follows the...
Arianespace's GO-1 mission will provide small satellites with a direct flight to geostationary orbit
Aug 07, 2019 (SPX)
This rideshare flight from the Guiana Space Center unveiled during the 2019 Small Satellite Conference at Logan, Utah, USA - will utilize the Ariane 64 version ...
Momentus and NanoRacks announce working relationship
Aug 07, 2019 (SPX)
A graduate of the prestigious Y combinator program and based in Santa Clara, California, Momentus recently announced a $25.5MM Series A led by Prime Movers Lab....
Arralis launches smallsat integrated low-profile K Ka Band Transceiver
Aug 05, 2019 (SPX)
The LE-KaTR-102 transceiver, which is designed to fit within a 1U cubesat profile (100 x 100 x 100mm), offers coverage between 27 and 30.5GHz in the uplink band...
NASA team builds cubesat-compatible aerosol-detecting instrument
Aug 05, 2019 (SPX)
Before the instrument - the Multi-Angle Stratospheric Aerosol Radiometer (MASTAR) - is ready for primetime, however, it first will hitch a ride on a high-altitu...
Small, nimble CSU satellite has surpassed a year in space
Jul 31, 2019 (SPX)
TEMPEST-D (Temporal Experiment for Storms and Tropical Systems - Demonstration), a type of small satellite called a 6U CubeSat, is still providing precise image...
Saber Astronautics given mission control status for CUAVA-1
Jul 30, 2019 (SPX)
Saber Astronautics will provide three months of continual spacecraft operations of CUAVA-1 from their mission control centres in Sydney, Australia and Boulder, ...
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