The Harwell Space Cluster, Europe’s most concentrated group of space organisations located at Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, has released its 10-year growth strategy. Already recognised internationally as the UK Space Gateway, the strategy supports the cluster’s ambition to become the most compelling global gateway to the space sector, making …
Read More »Phase Four Inks Partnership With Marubeni Corporation
Phase Four, makers of radio frequency (RF) plasma engines for next generation space platforms, announced on 18 May 2020 that it has inked an agreement with Marubeni Corporation as an exclusive representative of its Maxwell line of satellite engines in Japan, one of the world’s fastest-growing space economies. Phase Four …
Read More »Virgin Orbit’s Maiden Launch Attempt Fails
Virgin Orbit, the California-based satellite launch company, conducted a launch demonstration of its innovative air-launched rocket on 25 May 2020 in the skies over the Pacific Ocean just off the California coast. The company successfully completed all of its pre-launch procedures, the captive carry flight out to the drop site, …
Read More »Space Café Podcast Episode 003 Featuring Daniel Porras is Available Now
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the third episode in our new podcast series, The Space Cafe Podcast.
Read More »York Expands With New Production Facility; Hires New Executive To Lead Engineering
York Space Systems, an aerospace company specializing in complete space segment customer solutions and the manufacturer of standardized spacecraft platforms, announced on 19 May 2020 the opening of its new production facility in Denver. With the new space, York is tripling the footprint of its existing production facility to expedite …
Read More »NRL Conducts First Test Of Solar Power Satellite Hardware In Orbit
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory engineers launched PRAM, the Photovoltaic Radio-frequency Antenna Module, aboard an Air Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle on 17 May 2020 as part of a comprehensive investigation into prospective terrestrial use of solar energy captured in space. “To our knowledge, this experiment is the first test in …
Read More »Roccor Creates Helical L-Band Antenna For First-Ever Space Demonstration Of Link 16 Networks
Roccor, a Colorado-based disruptive military and commercial hardware supplier in the rapidly growing small satellite market, announced on 19 May 2020 that it has created a deployable L-band antenna that makes possible the reception and transmission of Link 16 signals via spacecraft. The project is in partnership with Viasat, Inc., a …
Read More »SatRevolution And Momentus Announce Orbital Deployment Contract
Momentus Space, provider of in-space transportation services for satellites, and SatRevolution, a forerunner of the space industry in Poland, announced on 20 May 2020 an orbital deployment contract for SatRevolution’s LabSat 3U Cubesat. Momentus will launch the 3U cubesat, called LabSat, on-board the Vigoride Orbit transfer vehicle in December of 2020 …
Read More »Peter Guggenbach To Leave RUAG Space
Dr. Peter Guggenbach, the long-standing Head of RUAG Space, has decided to leave RUAG and take up a new professional challenge. Luis De Léon Chardel will assume responsibility on an interim basis for the Space segment as of June. “After eleven successful years with RUAG, I have decided that it is …
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