Tag: Space

Space. JWST gets mid-December launch date (Jeff Foust, Space News)

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is now scheduled to launch Dec. 18 on an Ariane 5. Credit: ESA - D. Ducros NASA’s James Webb Space...

Space. OneWeb and AT&T partner to extend fiberlike coverage across United States (Jason Rainbow, Space News)

A screenshot of OneWeb executive chair Sunil Bharti Mittal's Satellite 2021 keynote Sept. 8, where he announced the AT&T partnership. AT&T has agreed to use...

Space. Pandemic, changing industry affecting satellite manufacturer supply chains (Jeff Foust, Space News)

Northrop Grumman’s Frank DeMauro (third from right) discusses how the pandemic has affected the supply chain during a panel of satellite manufacturers at Satellite...

Space. Rocket Lab’s order backlog tops $141M as the company inks five-launch deal with Kinéis (Aria Alamalhodaei, TechCrunch)

Image Credits: Rocket Lab It was a busy first half of the year for U.S.-New Zealand company Rocket Lab, which posted earnings for the first six...

Space. NASA Readies James Webb Space Telescope for December Launch (NASA)

After successful completion of its final tests, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is seen here being prepared for shipment to its launch site. Credits: NASA/Chris...

Space. Trans-Sonic Truss-Braced Wing May Help Reduce Fuel Consumption (NASA)

Instrumentation technician Michael Hodgins performs installation measures on the trans-sonic truss-braced wing (TTBW) model at Langley Research Center’s 14x22 subsonic wind tunnel. The unique design of...

Space. NASA’s Perseverance Rover Collects First Mars Rock Sample (NASA)

This sealed titanium sample tube contains Perseverance’s first cored sample of Mars rock. The rover’s Sampling and Caching System Camera (known as CacheCam) captured...

Space. NASA, SpaceX Continue Planning for Next Crew Rotation Missions to International Space Station (Danielle Sempsrott, NASA)

With a view of the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building at left, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soars upward from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s...

Space. Rocket Flight to Sharpen NASA’s Study of the Sun (NASA)

The EVE payload is loaded onto a cart for transport at the White Sands Missile Range. Credits: NASA It’s best not to look directly at the...

Space. Targeted launch date for Webb: 18 December 2021 (ESA)

ESA, NASA and Arianespace have jointly defined 18 December 2021 as the target launch date for Ariane 5 flight VA256. This third Ariane 5...

Space/Agriculture. Earth Observation Trainings for Agriculture (UNOOSA)

Space radar image of Dnieper River, Ukraine. Credit: NASA/JPL From the monitoring of natural resources to precision agriculture, Earth Observation (EO) and remote sensing play...

Space. DARPA awards Lockheed Martin $25 million contract modification for integration of Blackjack satellites (Sandra Erwin, Space News)

DARPA is developing a constellation of small satellites in low Earth orbit known as Blackjack. Credit: DARPA The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency increased Lockheed...

Space. Space Force awards ManTech $476 million contract for launch systems engineering services (Sandra Erwin, Space News)

The Space Force launch enterprise manages the national security space launch program. Seen here is a National Reconnaissance Office satellite launch on a United...

Space. Bradford’s Comet production moves to Luxembourg (Debra Werner, Defense News)

Bradford Space is establishing a manufacturing facility in Luxembourg for its Comet water-based electrothermal propulsion system. Credit: Bradford Space Bradford Space is updating its Comet...

Space. Exotrail to provide thrust for York cislunar mission (Debra Werner, Space News)

French startup Exotrail signed a contract with York Space Systems to provide propulsion for a cislunar communications satellite. Credit: Exotrail York Space Systems plans to...

Space. Inmarsat Q&A: Orchestrating a new multi-orbit broadband constellation (Jason Rainbow, Space News)

Satellites in Inmarsat’s GEO fleet, including Inmarsat-6 F1 seen here entering thermal vacuum tests, will work in harmony with its LEO satellites under Orchestra....