Northrop Grumman achieves 1st undocking between 2 commercial spacecraft in GEO – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-10 00:00 MEV-1 successfully undocked with Intelsat’s IS-901 satellite, completing its life extension service. This marks the first undocking between two commercial ...

ULA scrubs Amazon’s Kuiper 1 mission a No Go due to nasty weather conditions – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-09 00:00 “The stubborn cumulus clouds and persistent winds make liftoff not possible within the available window,” according to ULA Launch Director Eric Richards. The ...

Cobham Satcom announces acquisition by Solix Group to accelerate growth – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-08 00:00 Cobham Group has signed an agreement to sell Cobham Satcom to Solix Group. Cobham Satcom enables secure SATCOM in remote locations across land and sea. The company is ...

Millennium Space Systems completes FOO Fighter CDR in 10 months – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-07 00:00 Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing [NYSE: BA] company, completed the Fire-control On Orbit-support-to-the-war Fighter (FOO Fighter) CDR in just 10 months. FOO Fighter will ...

United Launch Alliance’s competitive Space Force contract for continued critical National Security Space Launches – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-07 00:00 The U.S. Space Force announced today that United Launch Alliance (ULA) was awarded a firm, fixed-price, indefinite-delivery ...

SSC awards National SSL Phase 3 Lane 2 contracts to the tune of $13.7 billion – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-04 00:00 Space Systems Command has awarded three National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 2 contracts. The overall NSSL Phase 3 Mission Manifest has almost doubled ...

KONGSBERG to deliver 280 microsatellites to SpinLaunch’s LEO SATCOM constellation – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-03 00:00 SpinLaunch has selected Kongsberg NanoAvionics as its exclusive satellite supplier for their LEO broadband communication constellation, Meridian Space. The ...

Sidus Space’s extended and amended preliminary $120M agreement with Lonestar for six lunar data storage spacecraft – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-02 00:00 Sidus Space will move forward with, and broaden the scope of, a preliminary agreement valued at approximately $120 million ...

United’s FAA certification for Starlink aircraft with first commercial flight for May 2025 – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-01 00:00 The FAA issued a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the Embraer 175. The first commercial flight is planned for May. The Starlink system, when ...

SpaceX launches four astronauts in first mission to polar orbit – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-03-31 00:00 SpaceX’s Falcon 9 on Monday, March 31 at 9:46 p.m. ET launched Fram2 to a polar orbit from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This will be the first ...