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Lockheed Martin Selected to Deliver Small Satellites for SDA’s Communications Network
The Space Development Agency (SDA) awarded Lockheed Martin a firm-fixed-price agreement valued at approximately $816 million to build 36 Tranche 2 Transport Layer (T2TL) Beta satellites. T2TL is part of an overarching plan to strengthen deterrence with more resilient space architectures for beyond line-of-sight (BLOS) targeting, data transport, and advanced missile detection and tracking. The…
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Space Perspective unveils balloon manufacturing facility supporting tourism missions
An upcoming player in the space tourism game offered a look inside their Florida manufacturing site as they continue to ramp up towards customer flights in 2024. Space Perspective is offering a balloon-based opportunity for customers to experience the overview effect in a manner less jarring than launching aboard a rocket or a space plane.…
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China’s space lab starts formal operation
China’s orbiting Tiangong space station, which functions as a national space laboratory, has been put into operation, pushing forward space applications and achieving fruitful results, according to the China Manned Space Agency. The agency’s deputy director Lin Xiqiang made the remarks at a press conference on Friday. He added that the space lab also led…
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Flagship Chinese space telescope to orbit with space station
China is currently developing a large-scale space-survey telescope that is expected to bring pioneering scientific results after it is placed in orbit alongside the country’s space station, a spokesperson of the China Manned Space Agency said Friday. Lin Xiqiang, also deputy director of the agency, said at a press conference that the Chinese Survey Space…
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Mynaric to Work on SDA Optical Ground Station Demonstration
The Space Development Agency (SDA) selected Mynaric for an optical ground terminal demonstration set for 2025. The demonstration announced Tuesday, will focus on connecting various space-based optical communications terminals and an optical ground station designed by Mynaric. The program will serve as risk reduction for follow-on demonstrations between the optical ground station and satellites in…
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First geosynchronous orbit SAR satellite enters working orbit
China’s recently-launched L-SAR4 01 satellite, the world’s first geosynchronous (high Earth orbit) synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite stepping into the project implementation stage, has entered its working orbit with its SAR antenna successfully deployed, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA). The L-SAR4 01 satellite, sent into space on Aug. 13, has entered its…
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China launches new satellite for Earth observation
China sent a new Earth observation satellite into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Monday. The satellite, Gaofen-12 04, was launched by a Long March-4C carrier rocket at 1:45 a.m. (Beijing Time) and has entered the planned orbit successfully. It will be used in a variety of fields, including land…
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SDA Awards Over $1.5B to Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman for Tranche 2 Transport Layer
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) on Aug. 21 said that it has awarded two contracts worth more than $1.5 billion to Lockheed Martin’s space division in Littleton, Colorado, and Northrop Grumman’s space systems segment in Redondo Beach, California, to build and operate 72 satellites for the Tranche 2 Transport Layer – Beta…
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Axiom Space Raises $350M in Series C Round
Commercial space station company Axiom Space raised $350 million in its Series-C round of growth funding from Saudi financier Aljazira Capital and existing investor Boryung, a Korean pharmaceutical manufacturer. Axiom Space announced the round on Monday, reporting it has signed more than $2.2 billion in customer contracts. Aljazira Capital CEO Naif AlMesned commented on the…
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Hong Kong University Prepares to Launch Earth Observation Satellite
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) plans to launch a multi-spectral optical satellite on Friday, Aug. 25, a first for major university in Hong Kong. HKUST announced the planned launch Aug. 21. The satellite will be launched from at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu with CGSTL, or Chang Guang Satellite…