A Falcon 9 rocket has delivered 11 satellites into mid-inclination, low Earth orbit, marking the inaugural run of a new rideshare service called Bandwagon.
The Army’s desire to repurpose FARA resources perfectly positions SNC to harness its open systems architecture innovations for the Army’s future mission needs.
Sierra Space has begun initial drop tests of Ghost, a deployable decelerator designed to protect a pre-staged payload during re-entry within 90 min. of call-up.
Touchdown of the descent module on the steppes of Kazakhstan occurred at 3:17 a.m. EDT, or 12:17 p.m. local time, about 90 mi. southeast of Dzhezkazgan.
The award represents a breakthrough into solid rocket propulsion for Ursa Major, and comes as the Pentagon faces a major shortfall in SRM production capacity.
Startups Isar Aerospace, PLD Space and Rocket Factory Augsburg already have agreed to use the refurbished ELM-Diamant launch complex in Kourou, French Guiana.
Guy Norris talks with CEO Tom Vice about the spinoff-turned-prime’s growth plans as its space defense business surges and its spaceplane prepares for flight.
Exosonic is promoting its recently flown EX-3M Trident subscale uncrewed aircraft system as it seeks additional funding to develop a full-scale version.
A U.S. government pressure campaign has yet to produce visible results for Russia to drop alleged plans to eventually launch a co-orbital space weapon.
The Space Development Agency is considering a change to its requirements for optical communications terminal for its data transport satellite constellation.
Norway is to spend an extra 600 billion krone ($56 billion) on defense over the next 12 years, building up a stronger navy and ground-based air defenses.