Capella to use SpaceX for two Acadia satellite launches Original Publication Date: 2023-12-06 10:49 Capella Space will launch two radar imaging satellites on SpaceX rideshare missions. Capella signed a contract in February with Rocket Lab for four launches of its new line of Acadia satellites. ...

General Atomics acquires electro-optical sensor supplier EO Vista Original Publication Date: 2023-09-16 09:34 Defense contractor General Atomics announced Sept. 15 it acquired EO Vista, a supplier of space and airborne electro-optical sensors. EO Vista, based in Acton, Massachusetts, will be ...

Starlink and SES join forces for multi-orbit cruise connectivity Original Publication Date: 2023-09-13 06:50 SES and SpaceX are pooling their broadband satellites to offer cruise operators an integrated service. The SES Cruise mPowered + Starlink service would mostly use SpaceX’s low Earth ...

Overseas firms on a journey to establish themselves as U.S. entities Original Publication Date: 2023-09-12 09:16 Many overseas companies have set up shop in the United States. Notable successes include European firms like BAE Systems and Airbus. New crop of overseas space and intelligence ...

Probing the origin and evolution of water-rich asteroids Original Publication Date: 2023-08-03 03:07 The United Arab Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt is ambitious. EMA will fly past six asteroids and rendezvous with a seventh, Justitia. Equally ambitious is EMA’s national goal. To ...

Second Orbiter transfer vehicle malfunctions Original Publication Date: 2023-06-23 22:55 Orbiter SN3 was part of a SpaceX rideshare mission that launched June 12. The vehicle caried several spacecraft intended to be deployed later. Controllers elected to immediately deploy all the smallsat ...

SpaceX launches eighth dedicated smallsat rideshare mission Original Publication Date: 2023-06-13 03:43 SpaceX launches several dozen smallsats on a dedicated rideshare mission. Customers range from the U.S. Space Force to startups deploying their first satellites. The Falcon 9 lifted off from ...

TTTech: Secure networking for safety-critical space systems Original Publication Date: 2023-05-03 05:25 TTTech Aerospace provides reliable networking and computing platforms that connect the systems on board spacecraft, launch vehicles, or satellites. Its commercial off-the-shelf products, ...

Apple executive Doug Beck tapped to lead the Defense Innovation Unit Original Publication Date: 2023-04-04 20:24 Doug Beck is the next director of the Defense Innovation Unit. DIU was established in 2015 to tap technologies from the commercial market for military applications. Beck is currently ...