Tag: defense
The US Department of Defense is working to normalize space as an operational domain, according to John Plumb, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy. Speaking at the Space Symposium, Plumb said that doing so requires collaboration with allies...
Northrop Grumman has completed the critical design review for its spacecraft for the Tranche 1 Transport Layer (T1TL), paving the way for production to begin. The company won a contract from the Space Development Agency (SDA) to provide satellites...
ATLAS Space Operations, the leading provider of Ground Software as a Service™ (GSaaS), today announced the award of a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II award to develop their Space Domain Awareness (SDA) capabilities. This effort will use...
https://youtu.be/4RA8Tfa6Sck
Late this evening, at 23:14 UTC, the DART spacecraft will impact with Dydimos, testing a possible way to redirect an asteroid, providing a feasible maneuver for planet Earth defense from incoming asteroids.
DART was launched on Nov. 23, 2021, aboard...
Arkisys announces its first Space mission to fly and demonstrate key technology in a space environment. The mission is to specifically test, validate, and mature its Applique design and architecture, which will be used for all future space missions...
Southern Launch has continued to expand on the capabilities of the Koonibba Test Range by undertaking another launch campaign to test new technology and systems.
The launch window opened on 29 August 2022 and once again the local Koonibba Aboriginal...
The success of Kymeta’s u8 family of products over the past year has heightened customer and investor interest and will accelerate with new pricing, availability of the Osprey u8, and future product iterations.
Kymeta , the communications company making mobile...
Viasat Inc., a global communications company, today announced the availability of its most advanced class of large-aperture antennas, which will be capable of providing the United States and other spacefaring nations with enhanced space-to-ground communications for upcoming Earth observation...
ICEYE successfully launched its fifteenth and sixteenth synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites into orbit, including the first satellite built, licensed and operated by ICEYE US.
Irvine, CALIFORNIA – January 13, 2022 – ICEYE, the global leader in persistent monitoring with...
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the world’s first full-scale mission to test technology for defending Earth against potential asteroid or comet hazards, launched Wednesday at 1:21 a.m. EST on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex...