Satellites

By Garrett Reim
Kymeta has unveiled its second multi-orbit, on-the-move flat-panel antenna, the Goshawk u8.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
The UK Defense Ministry has awarded a contract to Airbus’s Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. for an Earth-observation satellite in a push toward sovereign ISR.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
Japan successfully launched an X-band communications satellite using the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H3 rocket.
Operations & Safety

By Robert Wall
Australia has cancelled a program to buy and field a geostationary military satellite program, saying it wants to invest in a multi-orbit constellation.
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
The new constellation will expand cellular service for Apple users, Globalstar disclosed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Nov. 1.
Commercial Space

By Vivienne Machi
The European Union as taken the first of two procedural steps to move forward with its proposed sovereign satellite communications constellation.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The service is pursuing an “allied by design” approach that includes a new push for space-related military sales.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Vivienne Machi
Last June, the service awarded the initial NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1 contracts worth $5.6 billion to United Launch Alliance, Blue Origin and SpaceX.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The Office released the BALISTA query in March 2024.
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
Marc Bell, Terran Orbital’s co-founder, chairman and CEO, was “separated” from the company upon close of the acquisition.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The acquisition agency is procuring 160 remote modular terminals (RMTs).
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
NROL-167 lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 1:13 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
The satellites, BlueBirds 1-5, were launched in September.
Commercial Space

By Vivienne Machi
The organization sits under the U.S. Space Force and is fielding hundreds of satellites under the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA).
Satellites

By Chen Chuanren
JISS is calling for Japan's Defense Ministry and the Japan Self-Defense Forces to develop its own tactical surveillance, reconnaissance and tracking satellites.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Vivienne Machi
The Enhanced Polar Satcom-Recapitalization (EPS-R) satellites were built by Northrop Grumman and launched Aug. 11.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The Space Force in 2021 selected Millennium and Raytheon, an RTX company, for the Epoch 1 program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Garrett Reim
The demonstration is intended to show that commercial satellites can connect via laser communications to the PWSA.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
Intelsat has lost power on one of its satellites serving Europe, Africa and some of Asia-Pacific, and it will likely be unable to recover the spacecraft.
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
The CP-12 mission is led by Draper Laboratory, and the APEX 1.0 lunar lander is being developed by Ispace Technologies U.S.
Space Exploration

By Chen Chuanren
NATO and Japan entered the Individually Tailored Partnership Program in July 2023 to cover 16 cooperation areas.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
A Google-backed nonprofit is leaning heavily on deploying artificial intelligence to detect fires.
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
JAXA has selected ArkEdge Space to study the feasibility of a low-Earth-orbit (LEO) position, navigation and timing (PNT) satellite constellation.
Satellites

Aviation Week Staff
Russian energy giant JSC Gazprom plans to deploy a low Earth orbit communications network to service the country’s government and business users.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
NATO partners have linked arms on a responsive space launch initiative that could use Europe’s growing network of spaceports.
Satellites