Northrop Grumman invests $50 million in Firefly Aerospace to advance Eclipse™ medium launch vehicle – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-05-29 00:00 Eclipse will launch up to 16,300 kg of cargo to Low Earth Orbit or 3,200 kg of cargo to Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit. Eclipse will first ...

Gilat receives $4 million in orders for advanced portable satellite terminals from defense clients – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-01-29 00:00 Gilat DataPath’s C-Series and Q-Series Portable Satellite Antenna Terminals (PSATs) are renowned for their robust performance and rugged ...

Rocket Lab’s HASTE suborbital launch vehicle soars testing hypersonic test launch capabilities – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-11-24 00:00 Rocket Lab’s second dedicated mission for Leidos successfully lifted off on November 24, 2024, at 06:00 UTC. The launch was performed by HASTE, a ...

Low-intensity explosion caused Russian satellite to spew debris Original Publication Date: 2024-07-07 00:59 Resurs P1, a defunct Russian remote sensing satellite, suffered a breakup event on June 26. That event created more than 100 pieces of debris that could be tracked by ground-based ...

Spanish defense giant reportedly seeks Hispasat stake Original Publication Date: 2023-12-29 21:48 Indra, one of Spain's biggest defense contractors, is considering buying a stake in Hispasat. Hispasat is majority-owned by Spanish power company Red Eléctrica. Hispasat named Pedro Duque, a ...

Angola signs Artemis Accords Original Publication Date: 2023-12-01 23:44 Angola is the third African nation to sign the Artemis Accords. The accords outline best practices for space exploration. The signing took place during the visit of Angola’s president to the White House. Thirty-three ...

Spain’s MIURA 1 launch campaign kicks off – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2023-10-03 00:00 PLD Space has concluded the two pre-launch tests of the first flight unit of the Spanish launcher. The launch will occur this October at the El Arenosillo Experimentation Centre (CEDEA) of the ...

Update #2: Scrubbed no more when SpaceX’s Crew-7 and Starlink plan launches of ‘doubleheader’ Saturday – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2023-08-25 00:00 NASA and SpaceX teams stood down from a first launch attempt of the Crew-7 mission late Thursday night. The next attempt is tentatively ...

SpaceX launches final two satellites in SES C-band clearing plan Original Publication Date: 2023-03-18 01:32 SES-18 and SES-19 are in geosynchronous transfer orbit. SES needs to claim C-band spectrum clearing proceeds worth nearly $4 billion in total. SES-18 is set to replace the operator’s ...

Canadian military orders space surveillance micro satellite Original Publication Date: 2023-03-10 23:24 Canada's Department of National Defence is moving ahead with a new microsatellite project. The Redwing satellite will monitor objects in congested orbits. It will be able to record and ...