The Defense Innovation Unit is inviting space commercial companies to submit satellite concept proposals to support the Department of Defense’s cislunar mission. According to a solicitation, the satellites should be capable of carrying and operating payloads for imaging, space-radiation monitoring and communications, among other applications, in one or more of the five Earth-moon Lagrange points […]
Collins Aerospace has secured a NASA contract with a $97.2 million base value for a spacewalking system that could be used outside the International Space Station. Under the contract, Collins Aerospace will design and develop a next-generation spacesuit and ancillary support systems. The company will demonstrate the suit in a simulated space environment by January […]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has upgraded a remote sensing license held by Maxar Technologies, permitting the company to capture non-Earth images using its existing satellite constellation and WorldView Legion spacecraft. Maxar is now authorized to photograph space objects in low-Earth orbit and provide them to customers, potentially assisting in space domain awareness and […]
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has appointed new leaders for the Armstrong Flight Research Center and the Goddard Space Flight Center. Bradley Flick will oversee efforts at Armstrong to advance the United States’ leadership in aeronautics, Earth and space science, and aerospace technology. He will also ensure that efforts to develop an all-electric experimental spacecraft and […]
Six space companies have won contracts with the Office of Space Commerce and the Department of Defense to develop and demonstrate space traffic data platforms capable of tracking objects in medium and geostationary Earth orbits. OSC, which is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, recently signed an agreement with the DOD to collaborate […]
The U.S. Central Command has activated the U.S. Space Forces-Central at its headquarters at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida. USSPACEFORCENT will oversee space operations over CENTCOM’s area of responsibility and provide an organic environment for combatant commanders to perform planning and employment activities. It will also deliver capabilities like positioning, navigation and timing, satellite […]
NASA described the recent launch of the Artemis I Space Launch System rocket as having met or exceeded expectations. In a press release, the space agency said that the booster motors reached their performance target of 4,000 miles per hour approximately two minutes after liftoff with no issues reported. The SLS rocket delivered the Orion […]
Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, chief of space operations, has highlighted the need to protect U.S. space capabilities, citing their importance in the ongoing Russian military aggression against Ukraine. Speaking at the Reagan National Defense Forum, the newly installed Space Force chief noted that the war in Ukraine proves that satellite-based technologies for communications, imagery, missile […]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Space Commerce has awarded Electro Optic Systems’ U.S. subsidiary two contracts to enhance domain awareness capabilities. EOS Defense Systems USA is tasked with adding commercial satellite laser ranging data to the Open Architecture Data Repository and delivering passive electro-optical observations. James Bennett, executive vice president of EOS […]
Red Hat Holdings subsidiary Skypersonic has delivered to NASA a platform that will be used to control a rover and drone system for the agency’s Simulated Mars Missions. The hardware and software were proven in August when NASA personnel at the Johnson Space Center controlled Skypersonic drones and a rover at Mt. Etna, a stratovolcano […]
