Canopy Aerospace to supply thermal protection for spacecraft and hypersonics
Tuesday, 08 November 2022 18:54
Canopy Aerospace plans to set up a pilot factory in Denver to produce thermal protection systems (TPS) for rockets, spacecraft, reentry capsules and hypersonic vehicles.
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Cognitive Space gets $1.2 million U.S. Air Force contract extension for satellite-tasking software
Tuesday, 08 November 2022 14:00
Cognitive Space won a $1.2 million contract extension to continue development of the company’s satellite tasking software for the Air Force Research Laboratory.
Meet the SME Office at Space Tech Expo
Tuesday, 08 November 2022 12:30
ESA's SME Office welcomes startups and SMEs to its booth at this year’s Space Tech Expo, a space technology trade fair and conference in Bremen, Germany from 15–17 November.
Virgin Orbit says U.K launch licensing taking longer than expected
Tuesday, 08 November 2022 11:51
Virgin Orbit acknowledged it has taken longer than planned to get approvals for its first launch from the United Kingdom but still expects to conduct the mission before the end of the year.
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Making History in Space
Tuesday, 08 November 2022 09:21
When the world thinks of space pioneering companies with a long, proven track record of success, Northrop Grumman is top of mind. With over six decades of history in space leadership supporting multiple civil, commercial and national security space missions, the company now supports various customer launch requirements ranging from human exploration to scientific discovery, commercial communicat From Graphene to Gravity: Exploring the Physics of Emergence
Tuesday, 08 November 2022 09:21
A new short volume by veteran science writer George Musser covers the concept of emergence in two domains of physics: the physics of materials (known as condensed matter) and the physics of space and time (known as quantum gravity). Both areas have gone through a mini-revolution over the past two decades. In condensed matter, physicists have realized that nature is replete with states of matter SpiderOak wins contract with DoD to demonstrate OrbitSecure Zero-Trust Protocol On-Orbit
Tuesday, 08 November 2022 09:21
SpiderOak, the leader in complete cybersecurity solutions for next generation space systems, has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to deliver the company's OrbitSecure zero-trust protocol on-orbit. The project will demonstrate end-to-end cybersecurity for the Department of Defense's future Hybrid Space Architecture, an initiative the U.S. Congress has begun referr How MIRI became Webb’s coolest instrument
Tuesday, 08 November 2022 09:00
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope is widely referred to as the successor to the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. In reality, it is the successor to a lot more than that. With the inclusion of the Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI), Webb also became a successor to infrared space telescopes such as ESA’s Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) and NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope.
First small geostationary HummingSat sold
Tuesday, 08 November 2022 08:04
Satellite operator Intelsat has placed an order for the first small geostationary “HummingSat” developed as part of ESA’s efforts to support fast, dynamic and agile private space firms in Europe.
Call for Media: launch of the first Meteosat Third Generation satellite MTG-I1
Tuesday, 08 November 2022 07:37
Call for Media: launch of the first MTG satellite MTG-I1
Gilmour Space completes final qualification test of Sirius rocket engine
Tuesday, 08 November 2022 05:07
Australian rocket engineers at Gilmour Space Technologies have successfully completed the final qualification test of its main Sirius hybrid rocket engine, paving the way for the country's first orbital launch attempt of an Australian-made rocket next year.
The Queensland-based rocket company is developing Eris, a three-stage launch vehicle that will be a cost effective and greener alterna Phase Four achieves electric thruster operation on Air Force Green Propellant ASCENT
Tuesday, 08 November 2022 05:07
Phase Four, the creator of the radio-frequency thruster (RF thruster) for satellite propulsion, has successfully demonstrated operation of its RF thruster using the Air Force Research Laboratory's green propellant, ASCENT (formerly AF-M315E). The achievement, made under a U.S. Space Force contract awarded at the 2021 Space Force Pitch Day, enables multi-mode propulsion capability, which combines First geostationary navigation receiver from Beyond Gravity will be sent to orbit
Tuesday, 08 November 2022 05:07
Beyond Gravity (formerly RUAG Space) delivered a geostationary navigation receiver, called GEORIX, and an antenna to Maxar in 2021. The receiver precisely determines a satellite's position in orbit. Maxar installed GEORIX on Intelsat-40e, a geostationary communications satellite.
Intelsat-40e is hosting NASA's climate payload called Tropospheric Emissions Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO). G One Cygnus solar array deployed so far
Tuesday, 08 November 2022 05:07
A Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station with more than 8,200 pounds of science investigations and cargo after launching at 5:32 a.m. EST Monday from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency's website will provide live coverage of the spacecraft's approach beginning at 3:30 a.m. Wednesday