BlackSky expands constellation to 14 satellites
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 Military space chiefs from 15 countries gather amid growing security concerns
The United States this week will host the third gathering of international military space chiefs in Colorado Springs.
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Six bases selected as candidate locations for U.S. Space Force training command
The Department of the Air Force on April 4 announced six Space Force bases in Colorado, Florida and California are candidate locations for the headquarters of the U.S. Space Force’s Space Training and Readiness Command.
Space Force looking to ease barriers to entry for commercial companies
A new Commercial Space Futures Office is helping the Space Force analyze the technical and financial wherewithal of commercial space companies.
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New L3Harris space boss says it’s time to rethink risk tolerance
With China and Russia embracing hypersonic weapons capable of evading U.S. missile shields, the Pentagon is spending billions of dollars on infrared sensor satellites to counter the threat. Kelle Wendling, the new president of L3Harris Technologies’ Space Systems sector, says U.S.
Head of U.S. Space Force launch operations ‘watching Starship closely’
Brig. Gen. Stephen Purdy was in Boca Chica, Texas, last month visiting Starship manufacturing and testing operations.
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Space industry struggling to attract more skilled workers
While the space industry workforce continues to increase, there are signs the industry may be struggling to attract people, which could stifle its long-term growth.
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Xplore acquires Kubos and Major Tom software
Xplore Inc. announced the acquisition April 4 of spacecraft software developer Kubos Corp. including Major Tom, Kubos’ flight control software platform.
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HENSOLDT Cyber and Beyond Gravity team up for robust satellite cybersecurity
HENSOLDT Cyber will supply its high security IT operating system TRENTOS to Beyond Gravity's for its latest satellite computer . The company's say this will ensure a high level of IT security for satellites is at the heart of today's efforts to make satellites more robust and reliable.
"As satellites have become increasingly critical to the infrastructure of modern society, there is an inc German satellite EnMAP launches successfully
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 
