The Air Force Research Laboratory announced the impending award of a contract for a new experiment on cislunar space domain awareness to help the United States military observe and track objects in between Earth and the moon. A ranking AFRL officer said that a solicitation for the Cislunar Highway Patrol System is likely to be […]
Colorado Springs-headquartered Aleut Aerospace Engineering announced that it has been selected to provide training services to the Space Force’s 319th Combat Training Squadron and 533rd Training Squadron. The firm-fixed-price task order calls for the delivery of training services in support of tactical, operational, strategic, joint and coalition space operations, Aleut said Friday. Under the deal, the company will […]
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity is seeking information on ways to monitor currently non-trackable space debris. According to a request for information posted on SAM .gov, IARPA wants to know how orbital debris interacts with the environment and if the interaction could be used to detect, map and track space junk. The agency noted […]
Spire Global announced that it has received an over $8 million award from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration to provide commercially available space-based radio occultation data for use in operational weather forecasts. The award, which represents the single largest U.S. government purchase of commercial, operational RO data, was awarded as part of indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity Delivery […]
The Space Force is mulling the establishment of a collaboration with the private sector to help clean up the growing volume of debris in orbit, the vice chief of space operations revealed. Gen. David Thompson said that while addressing space debris is not within the mandate of America’s newest military service, it is committed to […]
Astra’s Rocket 3.3 vehicle failed after liftoff on Thursday when its upper stage became unstable after separation. Video onboard the vehicle, which was designated as LV0008, showed that the upper stage started wobbling after it separated from the first stage, three minutes after liftoff. Footage suggests a potential issue with the separation of the payload […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced that it has selected two science missions to help improve human understanding of the dynamics of the sun, the sun-Earth connection, and the constantly changing space environment. The Multi-Slit Solar Explorer and HelioSwarm missions are intended to supply scientists with a greater understanding of the universe and offer […]
New Jersey-headquartered SciTec on Tuesday announced that it was awarded a $5 million Space Force contract to develop a software application that analyzes data from U.S. missile-warning satellites. Under the nine-month contract, the company will be processing data from Space-Based Infrared System sensors on satellites in highly elliptical orbits, SpaceNews reported Tuesday. The contract will […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Monday announced that it has awarded Lockheed Martin an up to $194 million contract to build a small rocket called the Mars Ascent Vehicle. The envisioned MAV will load samples collected by the Perseverance rover from the Martian surface and carry them off into orbit, SpaceNews reported Tuesday. […]
The Space Development Agency has demonstrated an autonomous data fusion function using a data processor that was launched into orbit on June 30. Scientific Systems Company Inc. developed the prototype on-orbit experimental testbed, an artificial intelligence-enabled edge computer that supports autonomous data processing in space. It was loaded onto Loft Orbital‘s YAM-3 satellite and was […]
