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Lockheed’s Orion Spacecraft Completes Environmental Testing for Artemis Mission
NASA has certified Lockheed Martin’s Orion spacecraft ahead of its uncrewed flight in lunar orbit as part of the Artemis I mission.
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in News, Space NewsFirefly CEO Thomas Markusic Talks Lunar Lander Dev’t Plans Ahead of Artemis Mission
Firefly Aerospace plans to move forward with the development of its Genesis lunar lander as its continues work on an orbital transfer vehicle in partnership with Aerojet Rocketdyne, ARS Technica reported Wednesday.
in News, Space NewsHughes’ Rick Lober: DoD Needs Enterprise Satcom Network Mgmt System to Optimize Bandwidth
Rick Lober, vice president of Hughes Network Systems’ defense and intelligence systems division, has said that the Department of Defense should start deploying a unified network system for satellite communications, Breaking Defense reported Monday.
ULA to Launch AEHF-6 Comms Satellite with Atlas V 551 Rocket
United Launch Alliance is set to lift off a Lockheed Martin-built military communications satellite aboard an Atlas V 551 rocket at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Thursday, Satnews reported Monday.
in News, Space NewsNorthrop Eyes DARPA Satellite-Servicing Partnership Following MEV-1 Mission
A robotic spacecraft built by Northrop Grumman’s SpaceLogistics business is slated to reposition Intelsat’s communications satellite back to its geosynchronous orbit by the end of the month, Breaking Defense reported Friday.
FCC OKs SpaceX Ground Antenna Rollout for Starlink Broadband Service
SpaceX has received the Federal Communications Commission’s approval to deploy the ground antenna needed for the company's internet service, CNBC reported Friday.
Matthew Desch Propels Iridium to an All-Time High
Local CEO Matthew Desch took over Iridium, based in McLean, Va., 12 years ago and helped the company recover from a troubled past to become the powerhouse that it is today. Under Desch’s leadership, Iridium averaged nine percent growth during the past decade and is operating in a category all its own. The company has […] More
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Northrop Spacecraft Leaves Space Station for CubeSat Deployment Mission
Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft left the International Space Station on Friday after delivering 7.4K pounds of scientific equipment and crew supplies as part of the NG-10 cargo resupply mission.
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Northrop Completes Acoustic, Vibration Tests for James Webb Telescope’s Spacecraft Element
Northrop Grumman has finished acoustic and sine vibration tests on the spacecraft element of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope at a company facility in Redondo Beach, Calif.
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SSL to Design Methane Emission Detection Satellite; Richard White Quoted
Maxar Technologies’ SSL subsidiary has received a contract from Environmental Defense Fund to design and define requirements for a small satellite designed to detect and monitor methane emissions from oil and gas facilities worldwide. MethaneSAT is a small form-factor satellite that will work to provide high-resolution images to help detect and measure low- and high-emission sources in regions that constitute more than 80 percent of global production of oil and gas per week, Maxar said Thursday.Â
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Matt Desch: Rideshare Opportunity Could Prompt Iridium to Launch Spare ‘NEXT’ Satellites
Iridium Communications CEO Matt Desch has said the company could opt to send the six ground spare satellites for the Iridium NEXT constellation should an opportunity for a rideshare mission arise, SpaceNews reported Thursday. “If the right deal comes along, similar to the one that we had with Iridium-6 and the rideshare that we had with […] More
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NASA New Horizons Mission Releases Image of Farthest Explored Object
NASA‘s New Horizons exploration spacecraft, built by Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, has captured the image of the most distant space object explored in human history yet. The spacecraft, from a distance of 10.6K miles, photographed “Ultima Thule,” an object located within the Kuiper Belt, JHU APL said Wednesday. The object measures about 19.3 mi […] More