BAE Systems will develop an ocean color instrument for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geostationary Extended Observations satellite program. The NASA-awarded contract, worth approximately $450 million, covers the development of two flight instruments with options for more units. It also includes 10 years of on-orbit operations and five years of on-orbit storage for each […]
Starfish Space has secured a $37.5 million contract from Space Systems Command to demonstrate satellite maneuvering and servicing in orbit. Under the contract, the company’s Otter satellites will perform autonomous rendezvous, proximity operations and docking operations involving docking with U.S. Space Force satellites to extend the service life of each military spacecraft or move them […]
Lt. Gen. Philip Garrant, head of Space Systems Command, has revealed the U.S. Space Force’s restructuring initiative aimed at improving combat readiness. Speaking at an event hosted by the Mitchell Institute on Tuesday, Garrant said that the Integrated Mission Delta concept will revamp its missile warning and space domain awareness as two mission areas in […]
The Space Systems Command’s Commercial Space Office plans to hold an industry session in August for the Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve, envisioned for voluntary support to space missions in times of war or crisis. Col. Richard Kniseley, senior materiel leader of COMSO, disclosed that the event is geared toward issuing the first CASR contracts, including […]
The Department of Defense said Vipin Narang will serve as acting assistant secretary of defense for space policy beginning Monday. Narang, the principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for space policy, will fill the role left by John Plumb, whose departure was confirmed in March two years after he was confirmed by the Senate. Plumb […]
NASA has awarded contracts worth $6 billion to four companies for spacecraft equipment and related services to support the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, under its Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition IV On-Ramp III program. The selected firms are Argotec, Blue Canyon Technologies, General Atomics and Kongsberg NanoAvionics U.S., NASA said. The chosen contractors will […]
Lithuania has become the 40th nation to sign the Artemis Accords, marking a significant step forward in international cooperation for peaceful and sustainable space exploration. The signing ceremony was held in Vilnius, Lithuania, and was attended by Ausrine Armonaite, Lithuania’s minister of economy and innovation, and U.S. Ambassador Kara McDonald, NASA said. Armonaite underscored Lithuania’s […]
The Department of Commerce Office of Space Commerce has extended the Consolidated Pathfinder project for another month. With the extension, OSC, through its partner NASA, has placed new orders for commercial space situational awareness data and services on the Global Data Marketplace, available to all Consolidated Pathfinder participants: COMSPOC, Kayhan Space, LeoLabs, Slingshot Aerospace and […]
The NASA Launch Services Program will secure a U.S. commercial space launch provider for the European Space Agency’s ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover mission’s voyage scheduled in 2028 to search for life traces on the Red Planet. The NASA effort is one of the agency’s commitments to its memorandum of understanding signed with ESA on Thursday. […]
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has announced that the SpaceWERX unit of its AFWERX division will hold its second Challenge Definition Workshop in June, which will open potential funding opportunities for collaborative projects on the workshop topic, “Sustained Space Maneuver.” The first workshop, held in July and focused on Tactically Responsive Space, culminated in […]
