Connecting Skies • Bridging Continents
Boeing has delivered the final three satellites, F11, F12 and F13, in SES’s 13-strong O3b mPOWER constellation, completing a medium-Earth-orbit network designed to deliver low-latency broadband to airlines, governments and remote communities. FINAL THREE SATELLITES COMPLETE THE CONSTELLATION Boeing has delivered the last three satellites in the O3b mPOWER programme, designated F11, F12 and […]
An attitude control problem aboard Katalyst Space’s LINK spacecraft means it will not capture and boost NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory to a higher orbit as planned. LINK will still attempt rendezvous and proximity operations to demonstrate satellite servicing capabilities, with Swift now expected to re-enter the atmosphere later this year. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE IS
Firefly Aerospace has been awarded a NASA Spacecraft Processing Operations Contract, allowing it to bid for task orders providing payload processing facilities and services for NASA missions launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The facility in question is the one Firefly built to support responsive launch, and it sits half a mile from its pad.
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Eight 500-kilogram satellite platforms built by Rocket Lab for MDA Space have launched successfully from Cape Canaveral and are performing nominally on orbit. They are the first batch of 17 built under a $143 million contract supporting the replenishment of Globalstar’s direct-to-device constellation. CONTACT ESTABLISHED WITH ALL EIGHT Rocket Lab Corporation has announced the
Hisdesat has appointed Airbus Defence and Space prime contractor for SpainSat NG-III, a secure communications satellite carrying active X-band antennas that provide the capability of 16 conventional antennas and can reconfigure their coverage up to 1,000 times per second while detecting and mitigating electronic interference. THIRD SATELLITE IN EUROPE’S MOST ADVANCED SECURE COMMUNICATIONS CONSTELLATION
NASA and Blue Origin have signed an annex to an existing Space Act Agreement to conduct second stage hot fire testing of the New Glenn rocket on the historic B-2 test stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, supporting Artemis programme milestones and the broader goal of establishing a sustained lunar presence. B-2 STAND
Boeing has been selected by the U.S. Space Force to develop the next phase of the Mobile User Objective System Service Life Extension programme, providing two additional narrowband communications satellites designed to sustain and enhance secure military connectivity worldwide. SPACE FORCE AWARDS MUOS EXTENSION CONTRACT Programme supports global military communications requirements The U.S. Space
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Diamond Aircraft has delivered a second DA62 MPP SurveyStar aircraft to Italian Remote Sensing, expanding the operator’s aerial survey capability and reflecting continued demand for fuel-efficient, multi-purpose platforms designed for specialist airborne sensing missions. FLEET EXPANSION FOLLOWS OPERATIONAL SUCCESS Italian operator increases aerial survey capability Diamond Aircraft has delivered a second DA62 MPP SurveyStar
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Safran Nacelles is strengthening the role of its Burnley facility as the Group’s Centre of Excellence for aerospace sheet metal manufacturing, combining specialist production capabilities with advanced manufacturing technologies to support future aircraft programmes. Centre of Excellence supports complex aerospace manufacturing Safran Nacelles is continuing to expand the capabilities of its Burnley manufacturing facility
Airbus Defence and Space has formed a consortium with Rohde & Schwarz, constellr, Orbint and HPS to develop a sovereign European satellite-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capability. AIRBUS FORMS SPACE INTELLIGENCE CONSORTIUM Partnership targets sovereign European ISR capability Airbus Defence and Space has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Rohde & Schwarz, constellr, Orbint and
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