Tag: Launch
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DARPA Selects Umbra to Advance to Phase II of its DRIFT Program
Umbra, a vertically integrated space technology company, has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to progress to Phase II of the Distributed Radar Image Formation Technology (DRIFT) program. This significant milestone underscores Umbra’s pivotal role in advancing cutting-edge capabilities for DARPA’s mission to create breakthrough technologies for national security. The DRIFT…
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RTX’s Next-Generation Imagers Launched with Maxar’s WorldView Legion Satellites
Two next-generation imaging instruments designed by Raytheon, an RTX business, launched as part of Maxar’s WorldView Legion satellites. These are the first two of six planned WorldView Legion satellites, which will provide a significant leap forward in Earth observation capabilities, offering improved surveillance and monitoring for a wide range of applications. Positioned in low Earth…
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L3Harris Selected by Millennium Space Systems to Build Eight Infrared Payloads for SDA
L3Harris Technologies has received a contract from Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company, to build eight infrared payloads for the Space Development Agency’s Fire-control On Orbit-support-to-the-war Fighter (FOO Fighter) program. The FOO Fighter satellite system will test new technologies that could aid in missile defense and will incorporate fire control-quality sensors into a scalable prototype…
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Sierra Space to Lead the Industry in First Business-Ready Space Station Development
Sierra Space, one of the leading commercial space-tech companies and next-generation defense-tech prime building a platform in space to benefit life on Earth and protect the freedom of economic activity in the Orbital Age, has announced that its expandable space station technology is scheduled for its seventh key validation test, and second full-scale structural test,…
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Sidus Space Successfully Delivers Cabinets for Bechtel’s NASA Mobile Launcher 2 Project
Sidus Space, a multi-faceted Space and Data-as-a-Service satellite company announced the successful delivery of two electronic LCS cabinets to Bechtel as part of NASA’s mobile launcher 2. These cabinets, integral to the Launch Control System, mark a significant milestone in Sidus Space’s contribution to NASA’s Artemis Campaign aimed at lunar exploration and colonization. Furthermore, Sidus…
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Beyond Gravity Supplies Key Products for New European Navigation Satellites
Beyond Gravity (formerly RUAG Space) will deliver key products like thermal insulation, the mechanisms for solar array wings and thruster pointing, the satellite structure, and the thermal insulation to the next generation of European navigation satellites. Two more European Galileo navigation satellites were launched into space and In parallel, work on the second generation of…
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Maxar Intelligence’s WorldView Legion Satellites Performing Well After SpaceX Launch
Maxar Intelligence, a provider of secure, precise geospatial intelligence, confirmed the first two WorldView Legion satellites are performing well after being launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket earlier from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Shortly after launch, the satellites deployed their solar arrays and began receiving and sending signals. These satellites will undergo commissioning,…
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Kuva Space Secures €1.8M Contract to Join ESA’s Civil Security from Space Program
Kuva Space, a Finnish hyperspectral satellite and AI-powered insights company, has been awarded a €1.8M contract to participate in the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Civil Security from Space (CSS) program to provide advanced hyperspectral situational awareness information for monitoring and mitigating civil security and crisis events. Within the three-year R&D program, Kuva Space will test…
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BAE Systems Selected by NASA to Develop Air Quality Instrument for NOAA’s GeoXO Program
NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has selected BAE Systems (formerly known as Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation) of Boulder, Colorado, to develop an instrument to monitor air quality and provide information about the impact of air pollutants on Earth for NOAA’s Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) satellite program. This cost-plus-award-fee contract…
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Arianespace Signs Contract with ESA to Launch SMILE Mission on Vega C Launcher
Arianespace signed a launch contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) for the deployment of the SMILE (Solar-wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer) mission, a joint ESA-Science and Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) initiative that aims to better understand our solar system. SMILE is designed to study the Earth’s magnetic environment, specifically its interaction with solar…