NASA has appointed Rae Ann Meyer as the new deputy director of the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Starting June 2, Meyer will help lead Marshall’s nearly 7,000 employees and guide the center in developing propulsion systems, launch vehicles, space systems, engineering technologies and scientific research projects, NASA said. Meyer took on the […]
BlueHalo has demonstrated integrated backend mission services that use a fully virtualized satellite communications ground system from Kratos Defense & Security Solutions to the U.S. Space Force’s Space Rapid Capabilities Office. The demonstration, held at the 2024 Space Symposium in Colorado, was part of the Satellite Communication Augmentation Resource program, under which BlueHalo was awarded […]
Six vendors have secured Advanced Space Technology for Range Operations—Electromagnetic Range study contracts from the U.S. Space Force’s Space Training and Readiness Command and Space Systems Command to improve the STARCOM National Space Test and Training Complex. The ASTRO-E project is part of STARCOM’s long-term vision of enhancing education, doctrine and training to protect national […]
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 […]
