SSC’s Space Test Experiments Platform 2.0 to bolster USSF spacecraft procurement—12 companies selected – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-05-01 00:00 Space Test Experiments Platform ( STEP) 2.0 contract awarded to 12 vendors. STEP 2.0 establishes a 10-year multi-award Indefinite Delivery ...

United Launch Alliance successfully launches Amazon’s first operational satellites – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-28 00:00 A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Kuiper-1 mission for Amazon’s Project Kuiper lifted off on April 28 at 7:01 p.m. EDT. The Kuiper 1 ...

SpaceX sends Firefly’s Blue Ghost and ispace’s RESILIENCE lunar landers on mission to the Moon – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-01-15 00:00 Falcon 9 launched Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Also on ...

SpaceX’s Transporter-12 mission sends 131 smallsats soaring near California’s beach – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-01-14 00:00 The Transporter-12 mission was launched at 11:09 a.m. PT from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The rocket’s first stage booster did a traditional ...

SpaceX to launch Starlink Group 9-14 smallsats on Tuesday including Direct to Cell – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-12-02 00:00 SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is ready to launch Starlink Group 9-14 smallsats on Tuesday December 3 at 4:29 PM – 8:29 PM PST from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg ...

SmallSat Europe 2025 is big on speakers and exhibitors and is now receiving presentations – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-11-08 00:00 SmallSat Europe 2025 is ramping up with notable speakers and exhibitors and leading technical and business attendees. This event takes place in May ...

OroraTech raises 25 million euros for satellite wildfire detection system Original Publication Date: 2024-10-15 09:54 Munich-based startup OroraTech has raised 25 million euros ($27.3 million) OroraTech is developing a constellation of small satellites equipped with thermal cameras. The company ...

Airbus and Astroscale expand in-orbit servicing partnership Original Publication Date: 2024-08-12 21:57 Astroscale UK is looking into using robotic arm technology from Airbus for future debris removal and satellite refueling missions. The companies announced a memorandum of understanding Aug. ...

Senate Armed Services Committee advances 2025 defense policy bill Original Publication Date: 2024-06-15 10:04 Senate Armed Services Committee clears version of fiscal year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act. Bill includes compromise language on transfer of Air National Guard space units to ...

Orbital Outpost X names Negar Feher CEO Original Publication Date: 2024-01-30 10:00 Negar Feher is the new CEO of Silicon Valley space technology startup Orbital Outpost X. Feher has held management and technical roles at Lockheed Martin, Maxar Technologies, Momentus Space. OOX develops ...