Tag: Launch

Boeing announced the scheduled 2026 launch of a satellite – dubbed Q4S – which is designed to demonstrate quantum entanglement swapping capabilities in orbit. This Boeing-funded, first-of-its-kind space mission brings humanity closer to building a secure, global quantum internet that connects quantum sensors and computers. Quantum sensors are much more precise than today’s state-of-the-art instruments…

ICEYE US, a company in persistent Earth monitoring with radar satellite imaging, announced that it has been selected by NASA to provide synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data for its Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program through a 5-year fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity (IDIQ), multiple-award contract. The 5-year contract is a continuation of ICEYE’s delivery of data…

MDA Space Ltd., a trusted space mission partner to the rapidly expanding global space industry, announced it has been awarded a contract by SWISSto12 to provide antenna systems for three of the company’s HummingSat satellites for geostationary orbit (GEO). The satellites will be deployed as part of the Inmarsat-8 program to provide crucial safety services…

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory have found a supermassive black hole duo that look like a pair of Sumo wrestlers squaring off. The closest confirmed pair of supermassive black holes are situated about 300 light-years apart, nestled within a pair of colliding galaxies. These black holes are fueled by infalling gas and…

Pixxel, a leading company in hyperspectral imaging and Earth Observation, is thrilled to announce its selection as part of NASA’s $476 million Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition Program On-Ramp1 Multiple Award contract. This contract period of performance runs through November 2028. Pixxel’s inclusion in this contract solidifies its position as a key player in the space…

Skyloom Global Corp., a U.S. innovator in Space data transport services and laser communication technologies, is proud to announce the successful completion of key testing milestones for its optical communication terminals (OCT) as part of the rigorous U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA) interoperability qualification process.  The recent tests, conducted at Naval Research Lab (NRL) facilities, confirmed…

NASA, an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research, has selected eight companies for a new award to help acquire Earth observation data and provide related services for the agency. The Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition Program On-Ramp1 Multiple Award contract is a firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity…

NASA and Boeing safely returned the uncrewed Starliner spacecraft following its landing at 10:01 p.m. MDT Sept. 6 at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico, concluding a three-month flight test to the International Space Station. “I am extremely proud of the work our collective team put into this entire flight test, and we are…