A cubesat that will provide the Army with capabilities to assess the benefits of using dedicated imaging satellites to support surveillance on the battlefield will be launched aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle in March. The Gunsmoke-J experimental spacecraft is one of seven satellites that will lift off from Mahia, New Zealand, during the mid-March […]
L3Harris Technologies said its technology will allow NASA to communicate and control the Perseverance Rover throughout its 10-year life expectancy. The rover is scheduled to touch down in Mars’ Jezero crater on Thursday. NASA was provided the avionics and communications technology it needs to transmit data to and from the rover. The information will be […]
Derek Tournear, director of the Space Development Agency and a 2021 Wash100 winner, has announced that the agency seeks to launch several demonstration satellites this year, ahead of the scheduled release of the National Defense Space Architecture in 2022. During the virtual SmallSat conference on Feb. 11, Tournear said a few demonstrations are planned to […]
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has announced that it will launch a new edge-computing system for the International Space Station. The system, called Spaceborne Computer-2, will allow astronauts and researchers on the ISS to process data at the edge and significantly speed up various experiments in space, HPE said Thursday. “Space explorers can now transform how they […]
AF Ventures, the commercial investment arm of the Department of the Air Force, has awarded Analytical Space a three-year, $24 million contract, which includes funding from the Space and Missile Systems Center and the Air Force Research Laboratory. The contract will allow Analytical Space to research on, develop, launch and deploy six satellites and two […]
SpaceX will provide launch services for NASA's Power and Propulsion Element and Habitation and Logistics Outpost, which are key elements in the agency's Gateway orbital moon outpost. The company's Falcon Heavy rocket will launch the PPE and HALO elements after they are integrated with each other on Earth. They will be launched from Launch Complex […]
Telesat, a satellite communications company headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, has selected Thales Alenia Space to develop 298 satellites that will be used for a broadband network in the low-Earth orbit. Thales Alenia Space is a joint venture between Thales and Leonardo. Under a $3 billion agreement, the European manufacturer will produce satellites and network management […]
NASA has awarded SpaceX a two-year deal to provide launch services for the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch Reionization and Ice Explorer mission. SpaceX will help survey the sky in near-infrared light, a wavelength that is expected to answer questions about the origin of the universe and the formation of galaxies, NASA […]
Brig. Gen. Heather Pringle, commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory, discussed the organization's 2021 priorities during a Feb. 4 event hosted by the Air Force Association's Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies. The AFRL is starting the year with plans to develop a closer relationship with the U.S. Space Force and is working on a […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has launched a new program to pioneer off-Earth manufacturing technologies, with the goal of producing large space and lunar structures. According to Bill Carter, program manager in DARPA’s Defense Sciences Office, the Novel Orbital and Moon Manufacturing, Materials and Mass-efficient Design program will establish the materials, processes and designs […]
