Tucson AZ (SPX) Apr 14, 2023
Bigger. And even better. That's the trajectory of Space Systems Operations - aka the "space factory" - since its 2002 opening outside Tucson, Arizona. Run by Raytheon Missiles and Defense, a business of Raytheon Technologies, the space factory covers over 49,000 square feet. Inside are dozens of clean rooms housing space simulating technologies to support production and testing of complex

Rehovot, Israel (SPX) Apr 14, 2023
SatixFy has announced a strategic partnership with Presto Engineering, a recognized expert in ASIC design and semiconductor engineering and production services. This partnership supports SatixFy's growth of the Satellites constellation-based communication market by developing high-quality, space-grade and radhard (radiation hardened) ASICs (Application-Specific Integrated Circuits). ASICs

New York NY (SPX) Apr 13, 2023
SpaceChain has been accepted into the Google for Startups program. The Google program is designed for early-stage companies such as SpaceChain to help build a sustainable, successful business over the long-term by providing the support, services and technology to do so. Under the Google for Startups program, SpaceChain will be able to strengthen its position in leading data and transaction

Cannes, France (SPX) Apr 16, 2023
Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), and its partners are pleased to announce that the VERTIGO project has concluded with the successful demonstration of a high-power optical data transmission system at the Thales laboratory in Palaiseau, France. This is a key success for the development of future geostationary communication satellites using optic

Washington DC (UPI) Apr 19, 2023
SpaceX will again attempt to launch the first test flight of its fully integrated Super Heavy booster and Starship rocket on Thursday. The launch from SpaceX Starbase in Texas is slated for no sooner than Thursday, with a 62-minute launch window beginning at 8:28 a.m. CST. The test flight is highly anticipated because it represents a crucial step toward sending a manned mission b

Making use of the very first resources of another world would be a major feat for our species, bringing us closer to living in space to stay. But reaching such a milestone will take sustained inventiveness and effort – so ESA invites your ideas to help make it happen.

A report, publishing today, states that ice loss from Greenland and Antarctica has increased fivefold since the 1990s, and now accounts for a quarter of sea-level rise.

Westminster CO (SPX) Apr 20, 2023
Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) (TSX: MAXR), provider of comprehensive space solutions and secure, precise, geospatial intelligence, received an order for a direct broadcast satellite from DISH, designated ES XXV. This geostationary (GEO) communications satellite will be operated by DISH and deliver content across North America. ES XXV will be built on the proven Maxar 1300 series platform

London, UK (SPX) Apr 20, 2023
Lunar exploration is undergoing a renaissance. Dozens of missions, organised by multiple space agencies - and increasingly by commercial companies - are set to visit the Moon by the end of this decade. Most of these will involve small robotic spacecraft, but NASA's ambitious Artemis programme, aims to return humans to the lunar surface by the middle of the decade. There are various reasons

Gottingen, Germany (SPX) Apr 20, 2023
Stars that contain comparatively large amounts of heavy elements provide less favourable conditions for the emergence of complex life than metal-poor stars, as scientists from the Max Planck Institutes for Solar System Research and for Chemistry as well as from the University of Gottingen have now found. The team showed how the metallicity of a star is connected to the ability of its planets to