Resilient Space Order of Battle: Flexible, Adaptable & Affordable
Original Publication Date: 2024-02-13 11:00
Boeing is helping the U.S. Build a resilient space order of battle. Operational resilience is as relevant in space as it is at sea – or land, or air. Proliferated constellations make big targets like those large “Battleship” fleets.
U.S. Air Force and Space Force to realign priorities
Original Publication Date: 2024-02-13 00:47
Air Force, Space Force to focus resources on strategic competition with China. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall says priorities have to change for era of great power competition. China’s growing arsenal of long-range missiles and anti-satellite weapons threatens U.S. Supremacy. Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman compared the journey ahead for the Space Force.
LeoLabs raises $29 million
Original Publication Date: 2024-02-12 14:00
LeoLabs has raised $29 million, bringing the space object tracking firm's funding to date to more than $120 million. LeoLabs established a global network of ground-based radars that track more than 20,000 objects in low-Earth orbit. The extensive data collected by the radars is processed with artificial intelligence.
Space startup Aalyria demonstrates satellite mesh network
Original Publication Date: 2024-02-12 11:15
Aalyria demonstrated its software platform to manage a mesh network of communications satellites. The Defense Innovation Unit, or DIU, is a Pentagon agency that works with the private sector. Aalyria, based in Livermore, California, is working under an $8.7 million contract.
Rocket Lab schedules Astroscale’s launch for ‘space junk’ inspection mission – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2024-02-12 00:00
Rocket Lab has set the launch window for Astroscale’s orbital debris inspection demonstration mission. The ‘On Closer Inspection’ mission is Rocket Lab’s second launch in 2024 that is scheduled to launch during a 14-day window that opens on February 19th NZDT.
Gilat awarded million$$ follow-on order from the U.S. DoD – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2024-02-13 00:00
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. To provide additional DKET 3421 terminals for easy-to-deploy transportable SATCOM network hubs. U.S. Department of Defense awarded a $10 million follow-on order to one of the company’s U.S.-based subsidiaries, DataPath.
DLR awards Exolaunch million€€ launch services contract – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2024-02-12 00:00
Exolaunch was recently awarded a government contract under the Small Satellite Initiative run by the German Space Agency at DLR. Exolaunch will coordinate and execute a broad and comprehensive range of launch services for the winners of the DLR competitions for small satellites and payload developers in 2023. Exolaunch is responsible for more than 80 percent of Germany’s successful smallsat launches over the past decade.
Avanti awards top athletes Hannah Mills OBE and Marlie Packer partnerships – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2024-02-12 00:00
Avanti Communications has partnered with two-time Olympic gold medalist and three-time World Champion in competitive sailing, Hannah Mills OBE, and Saracens and England women’s rugby captain, Marlie Packer. Hannah and Marlie will be working closely with Avanti over the next twelve months to strengthen and promote the satellite provider’s CSR and Sustainability initiatives.
Tāwhaki National Aerospace Centre in New Zealand provides mission-critical boost for aerospace sector – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2024-02-12 00:00
Aotearoa (New Zealand) has reinforced its place in the global aerospace industry with the opening of the Tāwhaki National Aerospace Centre. The new infrastructure, coupled with technical support, will super charge Aotearoa’s fast-growing aerospace sector. Domestic and international companies are already testing and trialing leading-edge technologies at Kaitorete.
Meet NASA’s Twin Spacecraft Headed to the Ends of the Earth
The PREFIRE twins will orbit Earth along different paths, overlapping every few hours near the poles. Since the 1970s, the Arctic has warmed at least three times faster than anywhere else on Earth. Winter sea ice there has shrunk by more than 15,900 square miles (41,200 square kilometers) per year.