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Ursa Major Breaks Ground on 400-Acre Solid Rocket Motor Test Site in Colorado
Ursa Major broke ground on a new 400-acre solid rocket motor test site in Weld County, Colorado, marking a significant expansion in the company’s ability to design, build, and test and qualify large solid rocket motor systems, to include those required for standard missile programs, in support of national and missile defense priorities. “This facility…
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Epson Marks M-G370PDT Inertial Measurement Unit Shipping Milestone at ION GNSS+ 2025
Epson, a leading global supplier of high-performance components including quartz crystal-based inertial sensors and semiconductors, announced its milestone moment at the ION GNSS+ 2025 Trade Show on September 10–11, 2025, at the Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor. Epson is showcasing the M-G370PDT Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), one of their latest sensors engineered for advanced navigation and…
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Rendezvous Robotics Raises Pre-Seed with Ex-SpaceX, Blue Origin, Lockheed, Nokia
Rendezvous Robotics, a breakthrough space infrastructure company pioneering modular, autonomous in-orbit assembly, announced the close of its Pre-Seed round and emergence from stealth. Its patented TESSERAE technology was invented at MIT by Dr. Ariel Ekblaw, incubated at the Aurelia Institute, and spun out as Rendezvous co-founded by Ekblaw alongside Phil Frank and Joe Landon. The…
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SAR for Sovereignty and Security: Inside Umbra’s Mission Solutions Business With Jason Mallare
Over the past year, Umbra has expanded its business from operating a commercial SAR constellation to also offering Mission Solutions — where it develops bespoke and custom space systems for the U.S., and its partners and allies. This episode of On Orbit features Jason Mallare, vice president and general manager of Umbra’s Mission Solutions business.…
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SpaceX’s lesson from last Starship flight? “We need to seal the tiles.”
It has been two weeks since SpaceX’s last Starship test flight, and engineers have diagnosed issues with its heat shield, identified improvements, and developed a preliminary plan for the next time the ship heads into space. Bill Gerstenmaier, a SpaceX executive in charge of build and flight reliability, presented the findings Monday at the American…
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Launch preview: Space Development Agency, SpaceX to launch next-gen national security satellites
21 satellites manufactured by York Space Systems for Space Development Agency’s upcoming Tranche 1 Transport Layer launch. Image: York Space Systems The first in a series of launches supporting a burgeoning satellite constellation for the Space Development Agency (SDA) is set to take flight Wednesday morning from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The SDA…
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After early struggles, NASA’s ambitious mission to Titan is “on track” for launch
A new independent report finds that although NASA’s ambitious mission to fly across the surface of Titan is delayed and over budget, the fault is due to the space agency’s management rather than the program itself. Released Tuesday by NASA’s Office of Inspector General, the report found that the mission’s budget has soared from an…
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Boeing Develops 3D Printing Method for Solar Arrays to Cut Production Time
Boeing is applying additive manufacturing technology to solar array production for satellites, in an update the company says can improve production time by 50% compared to current timelines. Boeing explained in a Sept. 10 announcement that it has developed a way to 3D print the solar panel structure and built-in features such as harness paths…
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SDA Looks to Next Year for Operational Utility of Tranche 1, Transport Layer
The U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) launched 21 York Space Systems‘ satellites on Wednesday — the first that are to provide utility for fielded military forces in the form of beyond line-of-sight Link 16 communications from space, but that connection may take four to six months, according to Gurpartap “GP” Sandhoo, the acting…
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HawkEye 360 Orders Three New Satellite Clusters from SFL Missions
HawkEye 360 has ordered nine new spacecraft from SFL Missions, including spacecraft featuring upgraded antenna and radio systems. The satellites will be deployed in three clusters for HawkEye’s radio frequency (RF) detection and geolocation constellation. The contract includes Cluster 14, which is similar to a cluster HawkEye recently launched in late June. Clusters 15 and…