Raytheon Intelligence and Space completes Next Gen OPIR Block 0 Milestone
Raytheon Intelligence and Space, a Raytheon Technologies business, completed a Critical Design Review of its competitive sensor payload design for the U.S. Space Force's Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared or Next-Gen OPIR, Block 0 GEO missile warning satellites, which are being designed and built by spacecraft prime contractor Lockheed Martin.
"Protecting the U.S. and our allies Hughes awarded IDIQ Contract by U.S. Air Force to offer enterprise satellite networking solutions
Hughes Network Systems has been awarded one of several prime positions on an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract with a ceiling of $950,000,000 by the U.S. Air Force to support its Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS). Hughes will offer flexible satellite communications solutions that leverage open systems design, modern software and algorithm development in order to enab Fast changes between the solar seasons resolved by new sun clock
Violent activity on our Sun leads to some of the most extreme space weather events on Earth, impacting systems such as satellites, communications systems, power distribution and aviation. The roughly 11 year cycle of solar activity has three 'seasons', each of which affects the space weather felt at Earth differently: (i) solar maximum, the sun is active and disordered, when space weather is sto Firefly hires former SpaceX, Blue Origin engineer as COO
Firefly Aerospace has hired a former SpaceX and Blue Origin engineer as its new chief operating officer to guide the company’s shift from development to production, although exactly when the company’s first launch will take place remains unclear.
Ariane 5 upper stage for Webb heads for Europe's Spaceport
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The upper stage of the Ariane 5 rocket which will launch the James Webb Space Telescope is on its way to Europe’s Spaceport South Korea’s Satrec Initiative to build constellation of high-resolution Earth observation satellites
In the first step toward building its own constellation of Earth observation satellite, Satrec Initiative will send the high-resolution SpaceEye-T imaging satellite into low Earth orbit by the first quarter of 2024.
Former Momentus CTO reveals competing space logistics venture
TransAstra, a startup founded by Joel Sercel, the former Momentus chief technology officer, is raising money for a competing space logistics venture.
Spaceborne Computer-2 shows results on space station
After completing the first round of experiments on the International Space Station’s second-generation Spaceborne Computer, Hewlett Packard Enterprises and Microsoft executives say they have clearly demonstrated the value of processing data in orbit and funneling it into the cloud.
International Space Station experiment expands DNA research toolkit using CRISPR
Studying DNA repair is key to future space exploration, which could expose humans to risk of DNA damage caused by radiation. Conditions in space also could affect the way the body repairs such damage, potentially compounding that risk.
Thanks to the work of four students, a team of researchers, and the first use in space of the CRISPR genome editing technique, a recent investigation aboard the International Space Station successfully generated breaks in the DNA of a common yeast, directed the method of repair, and sequenced the patched-up DNA to determine whether its original order was restored.
South Korea touts Artemis Accords as a way to settle international space issues
South Korea’s vice foreign minister said last week that the most effective way to settle space disputes is through an international diplomatic framework like the Artemis Accords.
