Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 18, 2024
Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS) has announced a contract with SpaceX to participate in a Transporter rideshare mission scheduled for early 2026. The company plans to launch its Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle (OSV), a flight-proven platform, to Low-Earth Orbit (LEO). The mission will include payloads from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) alongside commercial customers. Momentus is

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 18, 2024
Wherobots, the Spatial Intelligence Cloud founded by the original creators of Apache Sedona, has announced the general availability of Raster Inference for WherobotsAI. Designed to simplify the analysis of satellite and drone imagery, Raster Inference allows data developers using SQL or Python to extract insights quickly and cost-effectively. With on-demand pipelines, model integration, and supp

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 18, 2024
Quadsat has collaborated with NATO NCIA to conduct a measurement campaign aimed at verifying the US Space Force's Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) compliance. Building on Quadsat's inclusion in the 2023 NATO DIANA program, the campaign demonstrated the capability of Quadsat's drone-based RF measurement system to conduct military-standard testing. Held in Den Haag, the campaign included critica

Paris, France (SPX) Dec 18, 2024
Space42 (ADX: SPACE42), the UAE-based AI-driven SpaceTech company, has secured an AED 18.7 billion (USD 5.1 billion) contract with the UAE Government to extend its provision of critical, secure communication services through 2043. The agreement builds on Space42's established partnership and further enhances its financial standing, contributing to a backlog of AED 26 billion (USD 7.1 billion) in

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 18, 2024
Lunar Outpost announced today that its Australian branch, Lunar Outpost Oceania, will lead efforts in constructing Australia's first lunar rover. The project, awarded to the ELO2 Consortium, is jointly led by Lunar Outpost Oceania and EPE Oceania. Following an 18-month preliminary design phase, the ELO2 Consortium was selected to design, build, and operate the Australian-made rover on the

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 18, 2024
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), renowned for its first images of black holes, is advancing its mission by exploring how black holes create powerful jets. A research team led by Anne-Kathrin Baczko from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, has demonstrated that the EHT can capture detailed images of a supermassive black hole and its jets in galaxy NGC 1052, 60 million light-years away. T

Washington DC (UPI) Dec 17, 2024
Two Boeing Starliner astronauts, stranded at the International Space Station in June after what was supposed to be a weeklong test flight, are facing a new delay in their return trip to Earth, NASA revealed Tuesday. Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore had been scheduled to return on a SpaceX Dragon flight in February, after they were forced to abandon Starliner due to helium leaks and thrus

Washington DC (UPI) Dec 18, 2024
The United States and India will partner on space exploration opportunities and begin joint training to space missions planned in the near future. Indian Ambassador to the United States Vinay Kwatra, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell and Principal Deputy National Security Adviser Jon Finer traveled to the Johnson Space Center in Houston to mark the next step in the two nation

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2024
BigBear.ai (NYSE: BBAI), a leader in AI-powered decision intelligence solutions for defense and national security, has partnered with Proof Labs Inc to create a cyber resilience solution for the Department of the Air Force (DAF). Proof Labs, serving as the prime contractor, secured an AFWERX Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Direct-to-Phase II contract to develop the Cyber Resilient On-O

Paris, France (SPX) Dec 17, 2024
The European Commission (EC) and the European Space Agency (ESA) have formally partnered with SpaceRISE, a consortium led by Eutelsat, Hispasat, and SES, to deliver and operate the Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity, and Security by Satellite (IRIS2) program. The contract, spanning 12 years, was signed during a ceremony at the EC headquarters in Brussels. The IRIS2 constellat