L3Harris names space sector leader...
L3Harris Technologies named Sam Mehta its new chief executive, elevating the head of its space business in an abrupt leadership change.Christopher Kubasik stepped down as chairman, chief executive ...
HEO to use Planet satellites for...
HEO, the Australian company that uses Earth observation satellites to take images of other spacecraft, has signed an agreement with Planet to access that company's satellites.The two companies ...
The 77th International Astronautical...
For more than 75 years, the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) has been the annual moment when the global space community comes together – not online, not in separate regional events, but ...
A rocket crashed into the moon. It...
Earlier this month, a discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage crashed into the lunar surface at 8,700 kilometers per hour. This was not a controlled landing. The stage had been drifting, out of fuel ...
U.S. expands missile production as...
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - The Pentagon is pressing defense contractors to increase production of missile interceptors as recent conflicts expose a longstanding weakness in U.S. air and missile defense: ...
U.S. defense agencies tap three...
Three companies have been selected to study options for providing satellite deorbiting services to the U.S. government as the Pentagon explores whether disposal of aging spacecraft can be purchased ...
Satellite operators emphasize launch...
Amid a constrained launch market, satellite operators are increasingly emphasizing to investors and customers that they have lined up launch capacity, even if it is uncertain when those vehicles ...
U.S. Space Force adds second...
The U.S. Space Force has completed the deployment of two space-surveillance sensors aboard Japanese navigation satellites, expanding its ability to monitor objects in geosynchronous orbit through a ...
Spire and PlanetiQ win NOAA...
SAN FRANCISCO – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded contracts to Spire Global and PlanetiQ to provide radio occultation data for terrestrial and space weather ...
Wallops gears up for an increase in...
SALISBURY, Md. - With a projected surge in launches from Wallops Island, Virginia, in the coming years, companies and local officials say now is the time to invest in infrastructure improvements to ...
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