Space

Gilat posts lower revenues and loss but confident for second half 2020

The US Space Development Agency (SDA) announced two contract awards for the first generation of the Transport Layer.

US Department of Defense Announces New DARPA Director Victoria Coleman

SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 10th episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast: Nicole Stott - Space Shuttle Astronaut Extraordinaire. NASA astronaut Nicole Stott spent 104 days in space and remembers her two space flights aboard the legendary space shuttle that changed her life.

Russia’s company Glavkosmos (an affiliate of Roscosmos corporation) has handed over to Indian customers the results of its research into the possibility of using Russian flight equipment on India’s crewed spacecraft Gaganyan, Glavkosmos CEO Dmitry Loskutov told TASS on the sidelines of the forum Army-2020.

On Sunday, August 30 at 7:19 p.m. EDT, or 23:19 UTC, SpaceX's Falcon 9 successfully lifted off carrying the SAOCOM 1B mission. This mission put the SAOCOM 1B spacecraft into orbit as well as two rideshare payloads, Tyvak-0172 and PlanetiQ’s GNOMES-1.

Rocket Lab, a space systems company and the global leader in dedicated small satellite launch, has successfully launched its 14th Electron mission and deployed a single microsatellite for Capella Space.

Skygate Technologies Inc., a Japanese space startup, has received seed investments from the Keio University-based venture capital firm Keio Innovation Initiative

Intelsat to acquire Gogo's commercial aviation business

Final preparations are underway for Arianespace’s historic Vega rideshare flight with Europe’s Small Spacecraft Mission Service (SSMS) dispenser system – which has been rescheduled within a launch window from September 1 to September 4 following multiple weather-related postponements.