NASA announced Thursday that it has added four new members to its senior leadership team. Administrator Bill Nelson named Shahra Anderson Lambert, who previously served as director of strategic initiatives for the commissioner of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, as senior adviser for engagement, NASA said. Lambert served as a regional director […]
The U.S. Army has awarded Iridium Communications a research and development contract worth a potential $30 million to develop a small satellite payload that will be hosted by an unspecified commercial satellite constellation in low-Earth orbit. The satellite constellation system will support navigation systems, guidance and control for global positioning system and GPS-denied precision systems, Iridium said […]
The Space Force will begin absorbing the Navy and the Army’s satellite communications infrastructure and units in October. The two services’ satellite operations will be consolidated under Space Delta 8, which operates at Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado. Eleven of the Navy’s narrowband communications satellites, as well as three satellite control antennas and ground […]
The Department of the Air Force and the Federal Aviation Administration have signed an agreement to facilitate commercial rocket launches at two Space Force ranges. The memorandum, signed June 15, eliminates red tape, including duplicative processes and approvals, that hinder commercial space activities at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and Vandenberg Space Force Base, C4ISRNET […]
The Space Development Agency is scheduled to launch five satellites on June 25. The satellites will launch on SpaceX’s Transporter-2 rideshare mission, which is expected to carry up to 88 small satellites from commercial and government customers. Of the five SDA satellites, two pairs will demonstrate laser communication links. One of the demonstrations is called […]
Kymeta has announced that the Army will use its flat-panel satellite antennas to test the technology’s viability for future communication networks. The company will provide eight u8 terminals that will be integrated and tested on various Armored Brigade Combat Team vehicles. General Dynamics Mission Systems was chosen to lead the Army’s ABCT pilot program, which […]
Rocket Lab has been chosen to support the University of California Berkeley’s scientific mission to Mars. Under the terms of a subcontract, Rocket Lab will design two Photon spacecraft for the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers mission, which is led by a researcher at UCB Space Sciences Laboratory. “Our Photon spacecraft for ESCAPADE […]
NASA reported that the Hubble Space Telescope stopped working on June 13 due to a problem in its payload computer. Engineers speculated that a degrading memory module is to blame for the computer’s malfunction. The space agency initially proposed replacing the faulty component with a backup memory module before restarting the telescope’s science instruments and […]
The Space Development Agency has awarded Capella Space a $3 million research contract in support of the National Defense Space Architecture. The SDA selected the San Francisco, California-based radar satellite imagery startup through a broad agency announcement seeking proposals on a wide range of solutions for space architecture systems, technologies and emerging capabilities. Currently, Capella […]
Chief of Space Operations Gen. John Raymond turned down the idea of establishing a new service academy dedicated to the Space Force. Raymond, a 2021 Wash100 winner, was asked about his thoughts on the proposition during a recent Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. He said building such an institution is unnecessary, noting that the Air […]
