Boeing delivers advanced O3b mPOWER satellites to SES – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2024-11-14 00:00
Boeing teams have successfully delivered the 7th and 8th O3b mPOWER satellites to SES. These satellites, featuring Boeing’s advanced software-defined communications payload, are being transported to Cape Canaveral for a planned launch in December. Boeing continues production, integration, and testing of the remaining O3bmPOWER satellites, with plans to deliver the next three in H1 2025.
AST SpaceMobile selects Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket to deliver BlueBird satellites to space – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2024-11-14 00:00
New Glenn stands more than 320 feet (98 meters) tall and is named after John Glenn, the first person to orbit Earth. Its seven-meter fairing enables twice the payload volume of any five-meter class commercial launch system. The vehicle’s reusable first stage is designed for a minimum of 25 missions.
SpaceX sends 24 of Starlink Group 6-68 smallsats soaring on a beautiful Florida morning – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2024-11-14 00:00
Falcon 9 launched 24 Starlink satellites, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. This was the 18th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously mPOWER-C, OneWeb2, Intelsat 40e, Digital Globe 2, Turksat-6A, Eutelsat 36X, Ovzon-3, CRS-26.
Kratos awarded million$$$ prime contract from SDA for ground systems support – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2024-11-14 00:00
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. Awarded a contract valued at a maximum of $116.7 million over five years. Contract will create and operate an Advanced Fire Control Ground Infrastructure (AFCGI) for the U.S. Space Development Agency’s Advanced Fire Control (AFC) program.
UAE contemplating LEO constellation – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2024-11-14 00:00
Abu Dhabi-based Space 42 is the result of a merger between Yahsat/Thuraya and geo-spatial operator Bayanat. Space 42 has a very heathy contracted backlog of more than $7 billion (more than SES and Eutelsat combined)
L3Harris delivers optical system to NASA for Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2024-11-14 00:00
L3Harris Technologies has delivered the Optical Telescope Assembly (OTA) to NASA. The OTA serves as the critical ‘eye’ for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. L3Harris tested the telescope’s mirrors down to -82 degrees Fahrenheit. NASA is scheduled to launch the observatory by May 2027.
Documentary Series: JPL and the Space Age
JPL and the Space Age is a new series of documentaries about NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The series uses rare archival footage and interviews with many of JPL’s pioneering engineers and scientists. Each episode is written, produced and directed by JPL Fellow and national Emmy Award-winning documentarian Blaine Baggett.
Caltech/JPL Privacy Policies and Important Notices
This document describes Caltech/JPL's policies on privacy, security, accessibility, linking and copyright. We will protect your information consistent with the principles of the Privacy Act, the e-Government act of 2002, the Federal Records Act and, as applicable, the Freedom of Information Act.
NASA’s EMIT Will Explore Diverse Science Questions on Extended Mission
EMIT will continue to study the climate effects of dust. The mission will continue to identify point-source emissions of methane and carbon dioxide. EMIT’s data products are available at the NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center for use by other researchers and the public.
NASA Data Helps International Community Prepare for Sea Level Rise
NASA's global data is now available in the sea level section of the Earth Information Center. The site includes information on projected sea level rise through the year 2150 for coastlines around the world. The projections come from data collected by NASA and from computer models of ice sheets and the ocean.