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Virgin Galactic expects commercial suborbital flights to resume late this year
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ESA launches first Celeste satellites to test complementary LEO navigation layer
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Pentagon weighing termination of Raytheon GPS ground control contract after years of delays
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (925+ words) Industry-shifting news is happening every day. Our reporting allows you to track every major development and what it means for your work. Give yourself a head start " save 25% on a new subscription with code'STAYAHEAD through April 3. WASHINGTON " The Pentagon is…...
Satellite imaging industry’s next challenge: getting systems to talk to each other
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (700+ words) WASHINGTON " The rapid growth of commercial Earth observation satellites and artificial intelligence tools is giving defense and intelligence agencies access to a new kind of intelligence product: fused data from multiple sensors designed to deliver insights about what's happening in…...
U.S. GSSAP satellites execute GEO handoff to monitor China’s Shijian-29 spacecraft
6+ day, 16+ hour ago (394+ words) HELSINKI " Commercial space tracking data shows U.S. satellites coordinating maneuvers to maintain proximity and continuous observation of a pair of Chinese spacecraft in geostationary orbit. Observations by commercial space domain awareness provider Comspoc show USA 324 and USA 325, a pair of U.S. Geosynchronous…...
China sends radar mapping and GNSS augmentation sats into orbit with pair of launches
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (497+ words) HELSINKI " China conducted a pair of launches in recent days, adding new satellites to the SuperView and CentiSpace low Earth orbit infrastructure constellations. A Long March 2D hypergolic rocket lifted off at 6:51 p.m. Eastern (2251 UTC) March 25 from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in…...
Golden Dome and the velocity race: Why ground-based optics are the key to mission persistence
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (372+ words) For a program as critical as Golden Dome this kind of persistence is the decisive factor that turns a warning into a solution. Golden Dome's sensor layer will be contested from day one. Electronic attacks, cyber intrusions and kinetic threats…...
Space Force weighs launch alternatives as Vulcan faces potential months-long grounding
1+ week, 17+ hour ago (462+ words) WASHINGTON " U.S. Space Force officials are working to reshuffle launch plans for a slate of national security missions after United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket was sidelined by a booster anomaly that could take months to resolve. At a March 25 hearing of…...
Infinity Avionics Unveils Aquila: The Next-Generation Space Imaging Solution for Complex Orbital Operations
1+ week, 1+ day ago (300+ words) As the orbital ecosystem shifts toward complex operations, such as RPOD, In-Space Manufacturing (ISM), and space debris removal, the need for high-fidelity, real-time visual data has never been greater. Aquila arrives as a versatile and customizable solution, bridging the gap…...
Moog taps Redwire to provide solar arrays for Meteor
1+ week, 2+ day ago (207+ words) WASHINGTON " Redwire announced the first award for its new solar arrays, a $12.8 million contract from Moog. Under the contract announced March 24, Redwire will deliver Extensible Low-Profile Solar Array "(ELSA) wings for Moog's"Meteor satellite bus ordered by an undisclosed national…...