Scout Space eyes military customers for space domain awareness sensor Original Publication Date: 2024-04-04 09:00 Scout Space is developing a space domain awareness sensor aimed at the military market. The company on April 4 announced it won a $1.8 million Small Business Innovation Research ...

White House directs NASA to develop lunar time standard Original Publication Date: 2024-04-03 01:52 White House policy calls for new time standard for use on cislunar missions. New time standard based on Coordinated Universal Time on Earth but adapted to moon. Policy provides little technical ...

Canada increases Telesat Lightspeed investment Original Publication Date: 2024-04-01 21:01 Canada agrees terms for a loan worth 2.14 billion Canadian dollars ($1.6 billion) Nearly half the 198-satellite network’s $3.5 billion budget. Terms also include an exchange of warrants enabling the ...

A Leap Forward in Satellite Monitoring Original Publication Date: 2024-04-01 09:33 Beyond Gravity has launched a new SSA solution distinguished by its outstanding accuracy and data quality. The solution leverages over six years of data collection from diverse sources and was built together with ...

SKY Perfect JSAT hunting for more early-stage space opportunities Original Publication Date: 2024-03-29 21:17 SKY Perfect JSAT intends to invest around $66 million in space-related startups. The investment plan is part of a broader commitment announced in 2022. The operator has provided ...

Accelerating the ‘‘Data Management to Decision Chain’’ in Military Space Operations Original Publication Date: 2024-03-25 05:40 Modernizing U.S. Military space operations is a critical national endeavor. It requires a comprehensive and integrated approach to meet the challenges of an ...

AT&T underlines support for realizing direct-to-smartphone satellite service Original Publication Date: 2024-03-22 22:04 AT&T is prepared to provide more funds to help get AST SpaceMobile’s direct-to-smartphone constellation plans off the ground. AST SpaceMobile raised $155 million from AT&T ...

Intelsat expands OneWeb LEO partnership Original Publication Date: 2024-03-20 02:46 Intelsat has bought at least five times more capacity from Eutelsat’s OneWeb constellation. The companies announced March 19 that Intelsat has made a firm commitment to buy $250 million worth of LEO capacity ...

China rolls out rocket for Queqiao-2 lunar satellite launch Original Publication Date: 2024-03-18 08:32 China is set to launch its Queqiao-2 communications relay satellite to support upcoming moon missions late March 19. A Long March 8 rocket was vertically transferred to a launch pad at ...

Mars Sample Return science continues amid budget uncertainty Original Publication Date: 2024-03-15 23:39 Perseverance rover has filled 26 of its 43 sample tubes, scientists say. Of those 26 tubes, 20 contain rock cores, scientist says. NASA entering final phases of review of overall Mars Sample ...