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 ...

Isar Aerospace’s maiden satellite mission failed ending in Spectrum’s fiery explosion – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-03-30 00:00 Germany’s Isar Aerospace created the Spectrum to serve the small to medium-sized satellite market. The launch took place on Saturday, March 29, at 11:30 ...

Spacecraft Makers: SPHEREx and the Intense Tests That Prepared It for Space SPHEREx is going to capture millions of stars and galaxies in 102 different colors. It will create a unique 3D map that will reveal clues to the origins of our universe. Today, we’re going to talk you through all of the ...

Rocket Lab’s Neutron Rocket On-Ramped for the USSF’s $5.6 billion NSSL program – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-03-27 00:00 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. Has been selected by the U.S. Space Force to compete for the Department of Defense’s highest-priority national security missions. Rocket ...