Author: David Bullock

There has been a buzz in the halls of Astroscale U.S. ever since the FCC adopted a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) related to Space Innovation and Facilitating Capabilities for In-space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (ISAM) in late summer. After coalescing hundreds of hours of thought, work, and passion, our final Comment provides the FCC with information on…

A significant number of Indians have incorporated their space startups abroad.  This study looks at what can be done to address this and plug entrepreneurial brain drain. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/narayanprasadn_why-indians-incorporate-their-space-start-ups-activity-6994200925468786688-Pqap?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

Response Date: November 21, 2022  SDA is issuing a Request for Information (RFI) for a Tranche 2 Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) service payload. SDA is interested in potentially proliferating a low cost L-band PNT service as a payload on the SDA Tranche 2 Transport Layer.  The PNT payload would include an on-orbit reprogrammable PNT…

(Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Nov. 3, 2022) – The launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket carrying the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)-2 civilian polar-orbiting weather satellite for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA’s Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) is planned for Thurs., Nov. 10 at 1:25…

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2, 2022 — SpiderOak, the leader in complete cybersecurity solutions for next generation space systems, today announced that it has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to deliver the company’s OrbitSecure zero-trust protocol on-orbit. The project will demonstrate end-to-end cybersecurity for the Department of Defense’s future Hybrid Space Architecture,…

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Ignited Thinkers Gitika Gorthi talked about the space economy with Sidney Nakahodo of Seldor Capital.

Tethers Unlimited and our sibling companies in the ARKA Group are having our first Virtual Career Fair! On November 15th, from Noon to 3 pm Pacific, you can chat with the Tethers recruiting team as well as our sister companies AMERGINT Technologies and Danbury Mission Technologies. Click on the following link to pre-register. https://lnkd.in/g22fC9tt https://www.linkedin.com/posts/robhoyt_tethers-unlimited-and-our-sibling-companies-activity-6990810043558371328-feX0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/spireglobal_darpa-awards-spire-global-contract-to-design-activity-6993284643378642944-UgOv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop We are happy to announce that we have been awarded a contract by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to design a satellite that could carry the agency’s sensor to very low Earth orbit (VLEO) to improve characterization of the ionosphere. “Spire is proud to be supporting DARPA’s efforts to advance our understanding of the ionosphere….

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tom-walkinshaw-94630124_solarpanels-network-batteries-activity-6993085536122904576-w2Wo?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop Alba does more than just satellites…  Our first satellite ground station (Alba Connect Node 1) has been talking to our fleet in Orbit since March. We just put the finishing touches to the station near Berlin, Germany.  The station is completely off the grid, relying on its own solar panels, batteries and cell network…