German satellite EnMAP launches successfully
Tuesday, 05 April 2022 07:03
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 01, 2022
It all began in 2003 with a competition announced by the German Space Agency at the German Aerospace Center as part of the National Space Programme. The task was to design and build a new type of hyperspectral instrument and a satellite to carry it, and to test both the instrument and its satellite for several years in the harsh conditions of space.
At the same time, an (inter)national com
It all began in 2003 with a competition announced by the German Space Agency at the German Aerospace Center as part of the National Space Programme. The task was to design and build a new type of hyperspectral instrument and a satellite to carry it, and to test both the instrument and its satellite for several years in the harsh conditions of space.
At the same time, an (inter)national com SpiderOak and Lockheed Martin Space enter space cybersecurity + blockchain collaboration
Tuesday, 05 April 2022 07:03
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 01, 2022
SpiderOak Mission Systems and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) Space's Mission Solutions business are developing and testing a zero-trust cybersecurity platform to secure data across the space data supply chain. The two companies have signed an agreement to field key components of the SpiderOak OrbitSecure platform. OrbitSecure allows national security and civil space agencies to harness the commerci
SpiderOak Mission Systems and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) Space's Mission Solutions business are developing and testing a zero-trust cybersecurity platform to secure data across the space data supply chain. The two companies have signed an agreement to field key components of the SpiderOak OrbitSecure platform. OrbitSecure allows national security and civil space agencies to harness the commerci Slingshot Aerospace wins US Space Force contract
Tuesday, 05 April 2022 07:03
Austin TX (SPX) Apr 01, 2022
Slingshot Aerospace, Inc., a company building world-class space simulation and analytics products to accelerate space sustainability, has been awarded a $25.2 million, 39-month contract from the U.S. Space Force's (USSF) Space Systems Command with strategic support from SpaceWERX.
The contract will facilitate delivery of two key Slingshot Aerospace products: the company's Digital Space Twi
Slingshot Aerospace, Inc., a company building world-class space simulation and analytics products to accelerate space sustainability, has been awarded a $25.2 million, 39-month contract from the U.S. Space Force's (USSF) Space Systems Command with strategic support from SpaceWERX.
The contract will facilitate delivery of two key Slingshot Aerospace products: the company's Digital Space Twi New technical concept for NATO's Future Surveillance and Control capabilities
Tuesday, 05 April 2022 07:03
Falls Church VA (SPX) Apr 01, 2022
Airbus Defence and Space together with Northrop Grumman and seven industrial players forming the ASPAARO (Atlantic Strategic Partnership for Advanced All-domain Resilient Operations) team have been selected by the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) to conduct one of three Risk Reduction and Feasibility Studies (RRFS). The studies aim to suggest technical solutions for the Alliance Future
Airbus Defence and Space together with Northrop Grumman and seven industrial players forming the ASPAARO (Atlantic Strategic Partnership for Advanced All-domain Resilient Operations) team have been selected by the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) to conduct one of three Risk Reduction and Feasibility Studies (RRFS). The studies aim to suggest technical solutions for the Alliance Future Axiom-1 targets Friday for ISS launch after NASA delays moon rocket test
Tuesday, 05 April 2022 03:07
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 4, 2021
Axiom Space announced it would delay its first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station to no earlier than Friday, April 8.
If all goes as planned, a previously-flown Falcon 9 rocket will ferry four private citizens, strapped inside a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, to the space station. Liftoff is scheduled for 11:17 a.m. EDT.
The mission was scheduled for Wednes
Axiom Space announced it would delay its first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station to no earlier than Friday, April 8.
If all goes as planned, a previously-flown Falcon 9 rocket will ferry four private citizens, strapped inside a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, to the space station. Liftoff is scheduled for 11:17 a.m. EDT.
The mission was scheduled for Wednes Shake and Bake as NASA's Psyche tested in spacelike conditions
Tuesday, 05 April 2022 03:07
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 05, 2022
To prepare for its launch in August, the Psyche spacecraft was tested to ensure it can operate in the extreme conditions it will face on its trip to a metal-rich asteroid.
The conditions that a NASA spacecraft endures are extreme: the violent shaking and cacophony of a rocket launch, the jolt of separating from the launch vehicle, the extreme temperature fluctuations in and out of the Sun'
To prepare for its launch in August, the Psyche spacecraft was tested to ensure it can operate in the extreme conditions it will face on its trip to a metal-rich asteroid.
The conditions that a NASA spacecraft endures are extreme: the violent shaking and cacophony of a rocket launch, the jolt of separating from the launch vehicle, the extreme temperature fluctuations in and out of the Sun' Hubble finds a planet forming in an unconventional way
Tuesday, 05 April 2022 03:07
Baltimore MD (SPX) Apr 05, 2022
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has directly photographed evidence of a Jupiter-like protoplanet forming through what researchers describe as an "intense and violent process." This discovery supports a long-debated theory for how planets like Jupiter form, called "disk instability."
The new world under construction is embedded in a protoplanetary disk of dust and gas with distinct spiral str
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has directly photographed evidence of a Jupiter-like protoplanet forming through what researchers describe as an "intense and violent process." This discovery supports a long-debated theory for how planets like Jupiter form, called "disk instability."
The new world under construction is embedded in a protoplanetary disk of dust and gas with distinct spiral str Prenatal protoplanet upends planet formation models
Tuesday, 05 April 2022 03:07
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 05, 2022
An international research team has discovered a new planet so young that it has yet to emerge from the womb of matter where it is forming. This is the youngest protoplanet discovered to date.
It's location and the surrounding patterns of matter suggest that an alternative method of planet formation may be at work. This discovery could help to explain the histories and features of extrasola
An international research team has discovered a new planet so young that it has yet to emerge from the womb of matter where it is forming. This is the youngest protoplanet discovered to date.
It's location and the surrounding patterns of matter suggest that an alternative method of planet formation may be at work. This discovery could help to explain the histories and features of extrasola Early Universe bristled with starburst galaxies
Tuesday, 05 April 2022 03:07
Amsterdam, The Netherlands (SPX) Apr 05, 2022
In the first few billion years after the Big Bang, the universe contained far more so-called starburst galaxies than models predict. As many as 60 to 90 percent of the stars in the early universe appear to have been produced by galaxies undergoing a growth spurt. This is what an analysis of more than 20,000 distant galaxies show. The team, led by astronomers from University of Groningen (the Net
In the first few billion years after the Big Bang, the universe contained far more so-called starburst galaxies than models predict. As many as 60 to 90 percent of the stars in the early universe appear to have been produced by galaxies undergoing a growth spurt. This is what an analysis of more than 20,000 distant galaxies show. The team, led by astronomers from University of Groningen (the Net Kleos launches Patrol Mission satellites
Tuesday, 05 April 2022 03:07
Luxembourg (SPX) Apr 01, 2022
Kleos Space S.A, (ASX: KSS, Frankfurt: KS1) a space-powered Radio Frequency Reconnaissance data-as-a-service (DaaS) company, successfully launched its third satellite cluster, the Patrol Mission on 01 April 2022 onboard the Transporter-4 SpaceX mission.
The D-Orbit Orbital Transfer Vehicle carrying the four Patrol Mission satellites has been successfully deployed into a 500km Sun Synchrono
Kleos Space S.A, (ASX: KSS, Frankfurt: KS1) a space-powered Radio Frequency Reconnaissance data-as-a-service (DaaS) company, successfully launched its third satellite cluster, the Patrol Mission on 01 April 2022 onboard the Transporter-4 SpaceX mission.
The D-Orbit Orbital Transfer Vehicle carrying the four Patrol Mission satellites has been successfully deployed into a 500km Sun Synchrono SwRI's Space System Integration Facility supports smallsat development
Tuesday, 05 April 2022 03:07
San Antonio TX (SPX) Apr 05, 2022
Southwest Research Institute has added a new, 74,000-square-foot Space System Integration Facility to its San Antonio headquarters. The SwRI facility can rapidly respond to customers needing to design, assemble and test spacecraft, particularly small satellites for emerging "new space" applications, including support for the commercial and U.S. Department of Defense arenas. The building is sched
Southwest Research Institute has added a new, 74,000-square-foot Space System Integration Facility to its San Antonio headquarters. The SwRI facility can rapidly respond to customers needing to design, assemble and test spacecraft, particularly small satellites for emerging "new space" applications, including support for the commercial and U.S. Department of Defense arenas. The building is sched Lockheed Martin releases open-source interface standard for on-orbit docking
Tuesday, 05 April 2022 03:07
Littleton CO (SPX) Apr 05, 2022
Lockheed Martin has released an open-source, non-proprietary interface standard to support on-orbit docking within the industry.
With unity of effort in mind, Lockheed Martin has published this Mission Augmentation Port (MAP) interface standard online to support industry approaches to on-orbit servicing and mission augmentation. Those interested in incorporating the standard in their space
Lockheed Martin has released an open-source, non-proprietary interface standard to support on-orbit docking within the industry.
With unity of effort in mind, Lockheed Martin has published this Mission Augmentation Port (MAP) interface standard online to support industry approaches to on-orbit servicing and mission augmentation. Those interested in incorporating the standard in their space Xplore acquires Major Tom cloud-based mission operation software and Kubos flight software
Tuesday, 05 April 2022 03:07
Redmond WA (SPX) Apr 05, 2022
Xplore Inc., a commercial space company providing Space as a Service, has announced it has acquired the assets of Kubos Corporation and its Major Tom mission and flight control software platform for satellites.
Major Tom enables mission operations for more than a dozen satellites currently on orbit for commercial and government customers. In a seamless transition to Xplore, key Kubos emplo
Xplore Inc., a commercial space company providing Space as a Service, has announced it has acquired the assets of Kubos Corporation and its Major Tom mission and flight control software platform for satellites.
Major Tom enables mission operations for more than a dozen satellites currently on orbit for commercial and government customers. In a seamless transition to Xplore, key Kubos emplo Satellogic launches 5 more satellites on SpaceX Transporter-4 mission
Tuesday, 05 April 2022 03:07
New York NY (SPX) Apr 01, 2022
Satellogic Inc. (NASDAQ: SATL), a leader in sub-meter resolution satellite imagery collection, has announced the launch of five additional spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The satellites were delivered to a sun-synchronous low-Earth orbit on SpaceX's Transporter-4 mission on April 1, 2022 onboard the Falcon 9 reusable, two-stage rocket, under SpaceX's Rideshare program. All fi
Satellogic Inc. (NASDAQ: SATL), a leader in sub-meter resolution satellite imagery collection, has announced the launch of five additional spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The satellites were delivered to a sun-synchronous low-Earth orbit on SpaceX's Transporter-4 mission on April 1, 2022 onboard the Falcon 9 reusable, two-stage rocket, under SpaceX's Rideshare program. All fi BlackSky expands constellation to 14 satellites
Tuesday, 05 April 2022 03:07
Herndon VA (SPX) Apr 05, 2022
BlackSky's (NYSE: BKSY) newest satellites successfully began revenue-generating commercial operations for customers, taking high-resolution images and creating analytics within a company record of 12 hours after launch.
The company expanded its constellation from 12 to 14 high-resolution satellites following the successful RocketLab launch
Without Mission a Beat" on Saturday, April 2. Th
BlackSky's (NYSE: BKSY) newest satellites successfully began revenue-generating commercial operations for customers, taking high-resolution images and creating analytics within a company record of 12 hours after launch.
The company expanded its constellation from 12 to 14 high-resolution satellites following the successful RocketLab launch
Without Mission a Beat" on Saturday, April 2. Th