Media briefing on the loss of the Vega-C Flight VV22 mission
Friday, 03 March 2023 09:15
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The Independent Enquiry Commission tasked with analysing the loss of the Vega-C Flight VV22 mission shares its findings.
Earth from Space: Poyang Lake, China
Friday, 03 March 2023 08:00
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This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image shows Poyang Lake in China’s Jiangxi Province during winter. Loss of flight VV22: Independent Enquiry Commission announces conclusions
Friday, 03 March 2023 06:10Press Release N° 7–2023
On Tuesday 20 December 2022, Arianespace announced the loss of the Vega-C VV22 mission after its launch at 22h47 local time in French Guiana (2h47 CET/1h47 GMT on 21 December 2022). The mission was carrying two payloads, Pléiades Neo 5 and 6 Earth observation satellites for Airbus Defence and Space.
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Galactic seascape White House cybersecurity strategy warns of ‘complex threat environment’
Thursday, 02 March 2023 20:34
The White House on March 2 released a national cybersecurity strategy that points at Russian and Chinese hackers as major threats to U.S.
China’s Shenzhou-15 astronauts conduct secretive second spacewalk
Thursday, 02 March 2023 20:28
A pair of Chinese astronauts conducted their second extravehicular activity in recent days, with China for the first time providing no advance indication nor details of the event.
Raytheon wins $250 million contract for missile-tracking satellites
Thursday, 02 March 2023 17:53
The Space Development Agency awarded Raytheon Technologies a $250 million contract to build seven missile-tracking satellites for the agency’s low Earth orbit constellation
Juice’s Ariane 5 booster transferred to launch vehicle integration building
Thursday, 02 March 2023 13:20
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Launcher booster on top of a platform running along rails, pulled by a lorry. The image is taken outdoors, the sky is cloudy, in the foreground is a path and some trees Core of Juice’s Ariane 5 rocket prepared for launch
Thursday, 02 March 2023 13:17
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Part of an Ariane 5 launcher in a large warehouse Juice’s Ariane 5 stands up straight
Thursday, 02 March 2023 13:11
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Part of a launcher inside a room that looks like a warehouse CesiumAstro wins SDA contract for Link 16 antennas
Thursday, 02 March 2023 11:30
SAN FRANCISCO — CesiumAstro won a $5 million contract from the Pentagon’s Space Development Agency to develop active electronically scanned array antennas compatible with the Link 16 tactical data network.
SpaceX Dragon crew blasts off for ISS
Thursday, 02 March 2023 10:25
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off on Thursday to the International Space Station carrying two NASA astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and the second Emirati to voyage to space.
The SpaceX Dragon Crew-6 mission launched at 12:34 am (0534 GMT) Thursday from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a livestream of the launch showed.
The launch had been scrubbed on Monda Maxar awarded Phase 3b of One World Terrain Contract for US Army
Thursday, 02 March 2023 10:25
Maxar Technologies (TSX:MAXR) has been awarded Phase 3b of the U.S. Army's One World Terrain (OWT) prototype Other Transaction Agreement contract.
The OWT program delivers 3D global terrain capability and associated information services that support a fully accessible virtual representation of the physical Earth through the Army network. OWT is a key component of the Army's Synthetic Train Kleos Space joins Ursa Space Virtual Constellation
Thursday, 02 March 2023 10:25
Ursa Space Systems, a global satellite intelligence infrastructure provider, has announced that Kleos Space (ASX: KSS), a space-powered defense and intelligence technology company, will join its Virtual Constellation, the world's largest database of satellite imagery from the most trusted SAR, optical, and RF data vendors around the globe.
Kleos intelligence products are available now to p Sidus Space to integrate Edge AI for upcoming satellite constellation operations
Thursday, 02 March 2023 10:25
Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIDU) has announced the integration of edge AI capabilities into its planned satellite constellation. The Space-as-a-Service satellite company is focused on commercial satellite design, manufacture, launch, and space-based data collection. Under an expanded agreement with Exo-Space, Sidus will use the FeatherEdge AI platform to provide near real-time intelligence derive