Tag: Launch
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US Space Force Launches L3Harris-Built NTS-3 Navigation Satellite
The L3Harris-built advanced Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) has successfully launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan rocket. NTS-3 is the Department of Defense’s first experimental navigation satellite system in nearly 50 years. It is also the first fully reprogrammable Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) satellite that will provide…
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Viasat to Unify Space and Terrestrial Connectivity for Mission-Critical Communications
Viasat, a global leader in satellite communications, today unveiled its HaloNet portfolio, a modular set of capabilities with a next-generation connectivity architecture that unifies space and terrestrial connectivity into a cohesive service offering. Developed across global teams within Viasat Government and the Defense and Advanced Technologies segment, HaloNet is designed to transform near-Earth communications with…
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Aegis Aerospace Selects Cambrian Works’s GigRouter Flight Unit for its Platform
Cambrian Works, an innovator in technological connections between Earth and space, is proud to announce that its GigRouter flight unit is ready for launch aboard Aegis Aerospace’s MISSE-21 carrier. With this launch to kick off their 2025 mission schedule, Cambrian Works is slated to achieve extended space heritage for the first time, expanding the possibilities…
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Rogue Space System Leads In-Space Sustainability with Cutting-Edge Solutions
Rogue Space Systems is a pioneering company at the forefront of the rapidly expanding Space Economy. They specialize in providing cutting-edge and sustainable in-space servicing capabilities, revolutionizing the way they operate in this vast domain. Establishing an enduring legacy in space through cooperative and purpose-driven innovation, Rogue provides in-space infrastructure and services through our autonomous…
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Umbra Launches New Space Systems Business Unit with Flight-Proven Hardware
Umbra, a leading American space technology company, announced the official launch of its new Space Systems business unit at the Small Satellite Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. This strategic expansion brings Umbra’s flight-proven, American-made hardware directly to the global market for the first time. Expanding beyond its core capabilities in remote sensing and custom…
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NASA Selects Yank Tech for SBIR Phase II Contract for Wireless Power Receiver Converters
Yank Technologies, the developer of disruptive long range, high power wireless charging solutions, has been selected for another two-year follow-on Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to advance Wireless Power Receiver Converters for lunar and planetary surfaces. Wireless Power Receiver Converters will improve rover system…
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EUMETSAT Launches MetOp-SG-A1 Satellite with Teledyne Imaging Sensors
Teledyne Technologies, a leading provider of advanced imaging solutions, celebrates the launch of a suite of sensors designed and manufactured by Teledyne Space Imaging onboard the MetOp-SG-A1 satellite. MetOp-SG-A1 is the first unit of a pair of next-generation satellites that will orbit the Earth together 14 times a day, to provide observation of any location…
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Starlink Launches Satellite Internet Service in Kazakhstan
Starlink, a subsidiary of SpaceX has begun providing satellite internet services in Kazakhstan, the country’s Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry Ministry said. “Starting August 13, 2025, Starlink officially begins providing satellite internet services in Kazakhstan. This will enable residents of the country to access high-speed and reliable internet through Starlink’s low-orbit satellite network, owned…
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Blue Origin to Support NASA’s Mars Mission in 2028
Blue Origin designs and manufactures heavy-lift rockets, transporters, landers, and orbiters to explore the Red Planet efficiently and affordably. Built upon their existing and affordable Blue Ring platform, their Mars Telecommunications Orbiter (MTO) is ready to support NASA’s Mars mission in 2028. MTO is designed to establish a high-speed communications relay network for continuous coverage…
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ICEYE Launches Scan Wide Mode to Boost its SAR Imaging Capabilities
ICEYE, the global leader in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite operations, announces the launch of its newest imaging mode, Scan Wide. This latest addition to ICEYE’s suite of SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) imaging products offers customers the largest scene size available in its portfolio to date: with Scan Wide, customers can now image an area…