SpaceX’s Thursday NROL-57 top secret launch – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-03-20 00:00
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 will launch the eighth batch of satellites for a secret reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman. The launch is scheduled for Thursday, March 25 at 10:48 PM – 1:17 AM PDT from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, California.
U.S. Air Force to evaluate Northrop Grumman’s InSight™ in support of the DAF Battle Network – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-03-19 00:00
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a follow-on contract to help the U.S. Air Force connect airborne platforms with faster, secure communications solutions. Northrop Grumman will deliver NG InSight™, a software-programmable, open systems compliant processor.
Kratos breaks ground on a $50 million state-of-the-art hypersonic payload integration facility – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-03-19 00:00
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. Has announced the groundbreaking of the company’s new Hypersonic System Indiana Payload Integration Facility. The 68,000-square-foot office, laboratory, integration and test complex will support critical hypersonic vehicle and payload activities and systems. The facility is expected to create over 100 high-tech jobs, with an estimated average annual wage of $80,000+.
SSC’s ground station contracts for Copernicus, EU’s Earth Observation program – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-03-19 00:00
Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) has been awarded several additional satellite ground station contracts by ESA for Copernicus. The new contracts include ground station support from both Punta Arenas, the U.S. And Canada. The Copernicus program has been instrumental for global climate Earth observation and crisis management.
ESA Previews Euclid Mission’s Deep View of ‘Dark Universe’
Euclid images contain 26 million galaxies, the most distant being over 10.5 billion light-years away. The space telescope is expected to observe more than 1.5 billion galaxies during its six-year prime mission. By the end of that prime mission, Euclid will have observed the deep fields for a total of about 40 weeks in order to gradually collect more light.
Next-Generation Water Satellite Maps Seafloor From Space
SWOT can pick up seamounts, abyssal hills, and underwater continental margins. These underwater mountains stick up into the water, influencing deep sea currents. The improved view from SWOT also gives researchers more insight into the geologic history of the planet. The work complements an effort to map the entire seafloor using ship-based sonar by 2030.