Rocket Lab USA’s Electron rocket has deployed two satellites to distinct orbits on its 47th mission. The mission, which marks Rocket Lab’s fifth launch of 2024, launched from New Zealand on Wednesday, carrying payloads for the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and NASA, Rocket Lab said. The primary satellite, KAIST’s NEONSAT-1, is an […]
The Space Systems Command’s Innovation and Prototyping Acquisition Delta has completed its mission of providing scientists with data on Earth’s atmospheric conditions from space. The CloudSat mission executed its final command on March 20, ending its operations after nearly 18 years of being the country’s first effort to better understand the impact of cloud profiles […]
NASA has welcomed Slovenia to the Artemis Accords, with Slovenian State Secretary Matevz Frangez of the Ministry of the Economy, Tourism and Sport signing the multi-nation pact for sustainable space development on the country’s behalf on Friday. Bill Nelson, NASA’s administrator, described the country’s entry into the Accords as a “new frontier” in the U.S. […]
Mercury Systems announced that BlueHalo has again tapped its support for the U.S. Space Force Satellite Communication Augmentation Resource project, building upon an initial production agreement in 2023. Under the new agreement, Mercury Systems will supply its field-programmable gate array-based common signal acquisition and digital beamforming solution to BlueHalo’s Broad Area Deployable Ground terminal enabling […]
The U.S. Space Force has awarded L3Harris Technologies a contract extension worth of up to $187 million to continue modernizing and maintaining critical space infrastructure. The option year five contract is part of the Maintenance of Space Situational Awareness Integrated Capabilities program, which aims to spot and monitor deep space objects, providing prompt and reliable […]
The lack of existing standards for components and interfaces hampers collaboration between the United States and its allies in advancing space technologies. In a Defense Innovation Board meeting on Wednesday, Chief Master Sergeant Ron Lerch, senior enlisted leader for Space Systems Command’s Intelligence Directorate, said that based on conversations with international partners, the lack of […]
NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate is soliciting inputs from the U.S. aerospace sector on almost 190 space technology shortfalls or gaps that it has identified as vital for future space missions and scientific endeavors. STMD is gathering feedback via the Space Tech Priorities website until May 13. Consultations through virtual meetings with key space technology […]
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has demonstrated a fully virtualized satellite communications ground system for the U.S. Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command in partnership with SES. The event showcased Kratos’ software-defined OpenSpace vStar satellite ground system, which enabled connecting a terminal in Port St. Lucie in the United States and a gateway in Lima, Peru, […]
NASA has announced that its Dragonfly rotorcraft mission to Saturn’s moon Titan will be launched in July 2028, with President Joe Biden’s fiscal year 2025 budget request allocating $3.35 billion for the total lifecycle cost of the project. The agency’s confirmation of the mission launch will enable the completion of the rotorcraft’s final design, which […]
Bill Nelson, NASA administrator and a past Wash100 awardee, has unveiled plans to accelerate the Mars Sample Return program, inviting innovative designs from the industry to retrieve crucial samples from the red planet, NASA said. The samples, Nelson said, will give insights into solar system formation, support future human exploration and aid in the search […]
