KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – The Boeing-built X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle has launched on its eighth mission, lifting off at 11:50 p.m. ET on August 21 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Kennedy Space Center. Boeing confirmed the vehicle is healthy on orbit and proceeding with standard checkout. Less than six months after its previous […]
First live test in Australia combines multiple antennas to track satellites and boost space domain awareness. Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Space Force (USSF) have marked a major milestone in space surveillance with the first successful demonstration of the Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) at Site 1 in Western Australia. The recent trial – […]
NORTHROP GRUMMAN AND USSF ACHIEVE BREAKTHROUGH IN DEEP-SPACE RADAR SYSTEM WITH DARC DEMORead More »
AHMEDABAD, GJ, India – 12 August 2025 – The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) has awarded the country’s first fully commercial, indigenous Earth-Observation (EO) satellite constellation contract to a consortium led by Bengaluru-based Pixxel, with Dhruva Space, SatSure, and PierSight as strategic partners. The Earth-Observation Public-Private-Partnership (EO-PPP) programme, launched in mid-2024, aims […]
INDIA’S PRIVATE SPACE SECTOR TO BUILD FIRST FULLY INDIGENOUS EO SATELLITE NETWORKRead More »
Kourou, French Guiana – 13 August 2025 – Europe’s meteorological capabilities have taken a major leap forward with the successful launch of the first MetOp-SG A1 satellite, heralding a new era in weather forecasting and climate monitoring. Launched aboard an Ariane 6 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, the Airbus-built satellite is the first in […]
EUROPE LAUNCHES FIRST NEXT-GENERATION WEATHER SATELLITERead More »
Boeing has delivered the Nusantara Lima (SNL) satellite to PSN Group, marking a major step in expanding high-capacity connectivity across Indonesia’s more than 17,500 islands and neighbouring Southeast Asian countries. The launch is scheduled for next month from Florida’s Space Coast, with commercial service expected to begin in early 2026. Built on Boeing’s proven 702MP […]
BOEING DELIVERS NUSANTARA LIMA SATELLITE TO PSN, BOOSTING CONNECTIVITY ACROSS INDONESIARead More »
Melbourne, Florida – 5 August 2025 – L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has completed a critical upgrade to the Ground-Based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance (GEODSS) telescopes at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, enabling the U.S. Space Force to declare full operational acceptance. The upgrade, delivered under the Ground-Based Optical Sensor System (GBOSS) programme, marks a […]
L3HARRIS UPGRADES US SPACE FORCE TELESCOPES, ENHANCING SPACE DOMAIN AWARENESSRead More »
Sunnyvale, California, 6 August 2025 – Lockheed Martin has successfully completed environmental testing on the first Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) missile warning satellite. The milestone marks a major step forward in the development of a new class of missile warning systems for the U.S. Space Force, designed to meet […]
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has achieved a significant milestone in space exploration technology with a successful testing of an advanced second-stage motor for ascent propulsion from another planet. This crucial test ensures that when the first rocket launches from another planet such as Mars, it would have the capability to launch samples from the planet’s […]
NORTHROP GRUMMAN COMPLETES KEY TEST FOR EXOPLANETARY ASCENT PROPULSIONRead More »
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – The Boeing-built X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) is set for its eighth mission, with liftoff from Florida’s Space Coast scheduled no earlier than 21 August 2025. The milestone comes less than six months after OTV-7 successfully landed at Vandenberg Space Force Base on 7 March 2025, continuing the platform’s record […]
BOEING X-37B SPACEPLANE TO EMBARK ON EIGHTH ORBITAL TEST FLIGHTRead More »
Toulouse, France – 26 July 2025 – Airbus has confirmed the successful deployment of its four-satellite CO3D (Constellation Optique 3D) system into Sun-synchronous orbit, following a precise launch aboard an Arianespace Vega-C rocket from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Developed in collaboration with the French Space Agency (CNES), this next-generation satellite constellation is […]
AIRBUS CO3D CONSTELLATION LAUNCHES SUCCESSFULLY, SET TO MAP EARTH IN 3DRead More »
