by Matt Wilson | Oct 28, 2020 | Satellites, Seradata News, Technology
European satellite manufacturer Thales Alenia Space (TAS) has received a construction contract from NorthStar Earth and Space, of Canada. The contract entails the construction of a 12-unit in-orbit, optical SSA fleet. LeoStella, an American joint venture between TAS... 
by David Todd | Oct 21, 2020 | Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX, Technology
NASA has formally awarded “Tipping Point” contracts worth a total of US$370 million to 14 firms to demonstrate new technologies for lunar and Mars exploration. Possibly due to criticism that cryogenic storage and refueling technology would not be ready to make a human... 
by Matt Wilson | Oct 16, 2020 | Constellation, COTS, Military space, Satellites, Seradata News, Technology
An American subsidiary, Telesat U.S. Services, of Canadian global FSS operator Telesat was awarded a satellite production contract on 14 October. The contract was handed down by the US DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), a military technology research... 
by David Todd | Oct 16, 2020 | Seradata News, Technology
Every year a city gets the honour present to the world space community the latest news, technology and – dare we say it – political moves involved in the performance of human and unmanned spaceflight. This year it was supposed to be in Dubai – a move... 
by Matt Wilson | Oct 13, 2020 | Blue Origin, Launches, Seradata News, Suborbital, Technology
Lifting-off from the Van Horn facility, Texas, at 1335 GMT 13 October a Blue Origin New Shepard booster completed its seventh consecutive mission. Whilst this flight was the seventh for this booster in particular, it marks the thirteenth overall for the “New... 
by Matt Wilson | Oct 6, 2020 | Constellation, Military space, Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX, Technology
The Space Development Agency (SDA), USA, on 5 October announced it had awarded satellite development contracts to two companies. The contracts cover the inaugural, “Tranche 0”, satellites for a planned missile warning and tracking constellation. US...
