Satellites

By Irene Klotz
Liftoff of the Proba-3 mission is slated for Nov. 29 aboard an Indian PSLV-XL rocket, ESA said at the International Astronautical Congress in Milan this week.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
The total size of the constellation is now 13 spacecraft.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
The deorbit vehicle effectively needs to complete its mission within about 18 months of launch.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
ShinMaywa began research on a light material UAS in 2017, and following positive tests and commissioning by METI started the XU-S II project in fiscal 2024.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
Airbus says it will cut staff and reorganize its Defense and Space unit to respond to business challenges that have dented the company’s earnings since 2023.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Garrett Reim
The company, based in Munich, has two satellites in orbit and plans to launch eight cubesats in 2025, it says on its website.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
The European Space Agency has awarded OHB a €280 million contract to build two satellites for the Harmony Earth observation mission which could launch in 2029.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
The European Space Agency (ESA) plans to deploy critical navigation and communications architecture to support future Moon missions.
Space Exploration

By Garrett Reim
The funds will be used to conduct connectivity tests, as well as engineering studies of the company’s first two satellites.
Satellites

By Thierry Dubois
ESA and space tug startup D-Orbit are planning a demonstration and ensuing commercial mission for satellite life extension in geostationary orbit.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The office’s executive branch is refining a commercial procurement document for the radar commercial layer.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
The UK is expanding its military space effort with an agreement to work with Canada on an on-orbit space surveillance mission.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
Arianespace says the VV25 mission will see Vega-C loft the Sentinel-1C satellite, the sixth in the European Copernicus Earth observation program.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
Millennium, a Boeing company, is building eight satellites and one ground system for the SDA.
Satellites

By Brian Everstine
AFRL’s Global Lightning prototyping effort began in 2018.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
The FCC has issued a special permission to T-Mobile and SpaceX to use the Starlink system’s new direct-to-cell capability in areas affected by Hurricane Helene.
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
The U.S. Space Force’s SSC wants Impulse Space to demonstrate its Mira spacecraft quickly conducting space domain awareness missions.
Satellites

By Tony Osborne
Sweden’s armed forces can begin developing space capabilities after the country’s government allocated SEK1 billion ($100 million) to the plans.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The once-classified office, first publicly acknowledged in 1992, is close to operationalizing its new constellation.
Satellites

By Matthew Fulco
OTVs adjust satellite positions in space after they are launched by a rocket.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
ESA is still optimistic its Hera mission to survey the Dimorphos asteroid will launch Oct. 7 despite a technical glitch with a SpaceX Falcon 9 during a recent flight.
Space Exploration

By Garrett Reim
As part of the first phase of its rollout, the Traffic Coordination System for Space is sending alerts to nine satellite operators.
Operations & Safety

By Vivienne Machi
The 5650B is an upgraded version of Comtech’s current wideband global satcom-certified modem.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
More than 50 years into its military space odyssey, the UK is looking to take its capabilities to a higher level.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Vivienne Machi
The defense tech startup first announced it was expanding its hardware and software capabilities to support the space domain in a Sept. 13 release.
Satellites