To keep its missile attack warning defences up to date, the US Air Force has awarded a US$2.9 billion contract to Lockheed Martin for the production of three Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next Gen OPIR) early warning satellites. They will be positioned...
On 16 August, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) of the United Kingdom signed an agreement with Antrix Corporation – the commercial wing of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) – for a PSLV mission to carry two SSTL-built satellites to Low...
At 0945 GMT on 10 August 2018, a J-SSOD satellite dispenser was taken from the JEM (Japanese Experimental Module) Kibo airlock of the International Space Station using the JEM RMS robot arm. At 0945 GMT the J-SSOD ejected three 1U-Cubesats – Bhutan-1, UiTMSat-1...
While the old politically incorrect joke about a stupid country (insert a preferred nation) attempting a space mission to land on the Sun (they were going to go at night) might be intentionally ridiculous, NASA is attempting to do something close. After a one-day...
Internet of Things communications satellite operator Astrocast, in conjunction with the dispenser provider D-Orbit, has booked a launch aboard the first Vega-C launch of Arianespace. Ten satellites of its 64 satellite constellation are to be carried to...
The Chinese state television company China Central Television (CCTV) has ordered its first satellite CCTV-1 and a launch to take it into space. The recipient of the launch order is the start-up “private” Chinese launch firm, LandSpace Techologies. ...
