Space systems comapny Rocket Lab, announced on 16 March 2020 that it has reached an agreement to acquire Sinclair Interplanetary, a provider of high-quality, flight-proven satellite hardware. Financial terms of the acquisition have not been disclosed.
Read More »European Gateway Experiment Will Monitor Radiation In Deep Space
The first science experiments that will be hosted on the Gateway, an international outpost which will orbit the Moon, have been selected by ESA and NASA.
Read More »Orion Spacecraft For Artemis I Mission Successfully Completes Major Testing
The Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis I mission has successfully completed several months of simulated space environment system level testing in the NASA-owned thermal vacuum chamber at Plum Brook Station in Ohio, according to a 16 March 2020 announcement by Airbus.
Read More »L3Harris Technologies Introduces New Reflector Antenna Tailored For Smallsat Missions
L3Harris Technologies has introduced a new small satellite reflector antenna that will help decrease the size, weight and overall time to produce smallsats, the company announced on 9 March 2020.
Read More »Exolaunch To Deliver UAE Space Agency’s Small Satellite Into Orbit On Soyuz-2
Berlin-based Exolaunch, a leading launch services and deployment system provider for small satellites, announced on 17 March 2020 that the launch of a 3U cubesat, MeznSat, for the UAE Space Agency will be performed aboard a Soyuz-2 rocket.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Op-Ed: Orbital Space – The Next Resource For Humanity To Exhaustively Exploit And Litter!
ASTRIAGraph, the world's first crowd-sourced, space traffic monitoring and assessment system, can trace its roots back to a landfill in Maui.
Read More »Mercury’s 400 C Heat May Help It Make Its Own Ice
It is already hard to believe that there is ice on Mercury, where daytime temperatures reach 400 degrees Celsius, or 750 degrees Fahrenheit. Now an upcoming study says that the Vulcan heat on the planet closest to the sun likely helps make some of that ice. As with Earth, asteroids …
Read More »Mitsubishi Electric Completes New Satellite Production Facility
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced on 18 February 2020 that it has completed construction of a new facility for the production of satellites at the company’s Kamakura Works in Kamakura, Japan. Together with existing facilities, Mitsubishi Electric’s combined annual capacity will increase to 18 satellites, up from 10 at present, which …
Read More »Guiana Space Center Suspends Launch Campaigns Due To COVID-19
Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the need to fully implement the measures decided by the French government, launch campaigns underway at the Guiana Space Center (CSG) in French Guiana have been suspended, according to a statement posted by Arianaespace on 16 March 2020. These launch preparations will resume as …
Read More »C-COM Satellite Systems Reports Profitable Fiscal Year
Canada’s C-COM Satellite Systems Inc, a global provider of mobile auto-deploying satellite antenna systems, announced its financial results for the fiscal year ended 30 November 2019. The announcement was made on 16 March 2020. The company has generated revenues of CDN$13,977,909 (approximately US$9,997,630) and a net after tax profit of …
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