Jettison motor for Artemis 1 delivered by Aerojet Rocketdyne
Aerojet Rocketdyne has delivered the jettison motor for NASA’s Orion Launch Abort System (LAS) to Lockheed Martin in anticipation of Artemis 1, the first integrated flight of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion.
The...
Cost-Efficient Manufacturing for Rocket Cylinders
‘Flow forming’ shapes a metal in a single step and is being trialed to create rocket cylinders that are much cheaper and quicker to make.
Ten 3 m-diameter integrally stiffened cylinders – a size...
Raytheon to Start Global Installation of GPS OCX Modernized Monitoring Station Receivers
Raytheon Company's GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System program, known as GPS OCX, completed final qualification testing of the system's modernized monitor station receivers, which are now ready to be installed around the world starting...
Kongsberg supplies space electronics to Astranis
Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace will supply communications equipment (TC&R) to Astranis Space Technologies.
The delivery consists of the functional interface between the satellite and the ground and includes all the equipment needed to transmit data...
Mu Space Signs a 3D Printed Rocket Ride to Space
Relativity Space, a startup building 3D rockets, backed by Mark Cuban, billionaire and Shark Tank co-host; has signed another contract with mu Space based in Thailand to launch a satellite to low Earth orbit...
Intelsat 29e Total Loss Confirmed
After an incident of propulsion system leakage on April 7, Intelsat S.A confirmed late on April 18 that it has lost one of its satellites made by Boeing Co. Service disruption to customers on...
Raavana-1, First Sri Lankan Nanosatellite Goes Space Bound
Raavana-1, built by two Sri Lankan engineers, becomes the first Sri Lankan research satellite to reach space. It was carried to the International Space Station aboard Antares rocket as cargo at 0216 hrs local...
Saudi Scientists to be trained by Russian Space Experts: Saudi Prince
Saudi Prince Sultan bin
Salman bin Abdulaziz expressed his desire of Saudi scientific personnel to be
trained by Russia. He is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Saudi
Space Agency. He was the first...
Vector and Lockheed in a law suit-lock
Vector, a small Tuscan based aerospace enterprise, filed a law suit against aerospace giant Lockheed over its smart technology which is able to reprogram satellites in orbit to facilitate multiple missions. The suit alleged...
Stratolaunch’s Plane creates a “large” buzz
Stratolaunch, a private launch company, flew the world’s largest aircraft for the first time ever on the morning of April 13, 2019. The maiden test flight of the craft took off from Mojave Air...