Sixty-image collection captures immense volume and diversity of military aircraft operating from a single location HERNDON, Va.— BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) released a sixty-image collection captured over Khartoum, Sudan, showcasing the never-before-seen scale of operational complexity associated with the evacuation of international civilians and key personnel from Wadi Sayyidna Airfield from late April until early…
Author: David Bullock
Rocket Lab Launches 40th Electron Mission, Successfully Flies Reused Engine
MAHIA, New Zealand — Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a leading launch and space systems company, today successfully launched a dedicated Electron mission for Capella Space (Capella). The mission demonstrated several significant milestones for Rocket Lab’s reusability program, including an ocean splashdown of the Electron rocket’s first stage and…
International Space University, Rice University, and Johnson Space Center Announce Collaboration for the 2024 Space Studies Program
STRASBOURG, FRANCE — The International Space University (ISU), Rice University, and NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) are pleased to announce the hosting of the 2024 Space Studies Program (SSP24) in Houston, Texas. The program, scheduled from June 8 to August 3, 2024, will be held at Rice’s historic campus, a location deeply rooted in the annals…
Eiwa Announces Groundbreaking Integration of SpaceSense Geospatial AI Tool Within Eiwa Vault Analytics Library
ST. LOUIS — Eiwa, an AgTech that is fast becoming the preferred data cloud for farm input companies, is thrilled to announce a significant new integration in Eiwa Vault analytics library. The company has successfully integrated SpaceSense, a geospatial AI tool, into its platform, increasing Eiwa Vault’s capabilities and allowing customers to go even further…
PAR Government, in partnership with ICEYE, Awarded a Prime Spot on a $900M United States Space Force Contract
NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. — PAR Technology Corporation (NYSE: PAR) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary PAR Government Systems Corporation, in close partnership with ICEYE US, the leading commercial provider of space-based radar capabilities, has signed a prime contract award for the Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (PLEO) Satellite-Based Services initiative led by the U.S. Space…
Ball Aerospace’s Pollution Monitoring Instrument Achieves First Light
BROOMFIELD, Colo. — Ball Aerospace is celebrating alongside its mission partners today as the Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) instrument releases its first images of Earth, the next step in its mission to improve air quality monitoring across greater North America. TEMPO launched on April 7, 2023, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station as part…
NASA, Forest Service to Share Moon Tree Seedlings, Promote STEM
WASHINGTON (NASA HQ) — Education and community organizations can apply to receive a living piece of spaceflight history to promote science, technology, engineering, and mathematics: a seedling grown from a tree seed that flew around the Moon on the NASA’s Artemis I mission in late 2022. NASA and the USDA Forest Service will distribute Artemis…
Hughes Awarded Space Force IDIQ Contract for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite Services
Hughes Managed LEO also available to federal government agencies through U.S. General Services Administration GERMANTOWN, Md. — Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), an EchoStar company (Nasdaq: SATS), today announced that it has been awarded a five-year, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the U.S. Space Force for proliferated Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite-based services. Under the…
Sidus Space Acquires Edge Artificial Intelligence (AI) Company, Exo-Space
Accretive acquisition provides Intellectual Property, Technology, Revenue and Contracts while expanding the Company’s Offerings CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Sidus Space (NASDAQ: SIDU) (the “Company” or “Sidus”), a satellite manufacturing and space services company, announces its strategic acquisition of Exo-Space, a cutting-edge California-based firm specializing in Edge Artificial Intelligence (AI) software and hardware for space applications. This…
Umbra Selected by AFWERX for SBIR Phase II Contract
Contract will be focused on Space-Based Moving Target Indication SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Umbra, a leader in advanced space radar technology, announced it has been selected by AFWERX for a SBIR Phase II contract in the amount of $1.25 million focused on Space-Based Moving Target Indication (MTI) to address the most pressing challenges in the Department of…