Boston MA (SPX) May 19, 2023
The materials key to many important applications in aerospace and energy generation must be able to withstand extreme conditions such as high temperatures and tensile stresses without failing. Now a team of MIT-led engineers reports a simple, inexpensive way to strengthen one of the key materials used today in such applications. Further, the team believes that their general approach, which

Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) May 19, 2023
Inmarsat, a world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, has announced that SWISSto12, one of Europe's fastest growing aerospace providers, will develop its new eighth-generation of spacecraft. The three I-8 satellites will provide additional network resilience, securing the future of Inmarsat's global L-band safety services. SWISSto12, headquartered in Switzerland, will use it

Irvine CA (SPX) May 19, 2023
Terran Orbital (NYSE: LLAP) and W. P. Carey have broken ground this morning on a 94,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art satellite manufacturing facility located at 4 Goodyear in Irvine, Calif. In partnership with Terran Orbital, W. P. Carey will redevelop one of its outdated office properties into a new, Class A industrial facility, which will serve as Terran Orbital's fifth production facility. D

Carlsbad CA (SPX) May 19, 2023
Viasat Inc., (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global communications company, and Inmarsat, a leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, are pleased that Viasat's proposed acquisition of Inmarsat has received approval from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The FCC's decision leaves the European Commission's (EC) competition review as the key ongoing regulatory pro

Cape Canaveral (AFP) May 22, 2023
The second-ever private mission to the International Space Station (ISS), organized by Axiom Space, blasted off from the southern US state of Florida Sunday, carrying the first two Saudi astronauts to travel to the orbiting laboratory. Rayyanah Barnawi, a breast cancer researcher, is the first Saudi woman to voyage into space and is joined on the mission by fellow Saudi Ali Al-Qarni, a fight

Jaffa, Israel (AFP) May 19, 2023
The global economic slowdown and domestic political turmoil have not impaired the long-term prospects of Israel's vaunted hi-tech industry, officials and insiders say, despite a recent decline in hiring in the sector. Nearly 18 percent of Israel's gross domestic product comes from the tech sector, which employs 12 percent of the workforce, generates nearly a third of its income tax and const

Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 21, 2023
The second-ever private mission to the International Space Station successfully launched on Sunday, carrying the first Saudi citizens, Rayyanah Barnawi, a breast cancer researcher, and Ali Al-Qarni, a fighter pilot, to the orbiting outpost. This marked the maiden voyage of Saudis to space, an event that had been due to take place on the same day. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket roared into the

Cape Canaveral (AFP) May 21, 2023
A private mission to the International Space Station (ISS) organized by Axiom Space is due to blast off from Florida on Sunday, carrying the first two Saudi astronauts to go to the orbiting laboratory. Rayyanah Barnawi, a breast cancer researcher, will become the first Saudi woman to voyage into space and will be joined on the mission by fellow Saudi Ali Al-Qarni, a fighter pilot. The A

Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 19, 2023
U.S. orbital logistics and space mining company TransAstra Corporation announced Friday that the U.S. Space Force has awarded it a Phase One Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to explore new applications for the company's patented, propellant-agnostic Omnivore thruster. The groundbreaking propulsion technology provides thrust typically six times faster and eight times cheap