DENVER – Ursa Major, America’s leading privately funded company focused solely on rocket propulsion, announced it received additional funding from America Makes, an Ohio-based organization that aims to accelerate U.S. manufacturing competitiveness through the adoption of additive manufacturing (AM). Ursa Major and America Makes began their relationship in 2021 with the establishment of the Ursa…
Blue Origin Awarded NASA Partnership to Turn Lunar Regolith into Solar-Power Systems on the Moon
Breakthrough could lead to autonomous manufacture of unlimited amounts of solar power, power transmission cables, and oxygen anywhere on the surface of the Moon NASA awarded Blue Origin a $35 million Tipping Point partnership today to continue advancing its innovative Blue Alchemist breakthrough revealed earlier this year. Blue Alchemist is a proposed end-to-end, scalable, autonomous, and commercial…
PLANETiQ High Quality GNSS-RO Data To Be Used By NOAA To Save Lives and Improve Our Environment with Superior Weather Forecasting and Atmospheric Research
Key Highlights: PlanetiQ providing NOAA with high-quality GNSS-Radio Occultation (GNSS-RO) data for superior weather forecasting and atmospheric research. Funded under NOAA IDIQ-2 Operational Delivery Order-2 for $59.6 million allocation over five years. Planet iQ Enhanced Weather Forecasting and Climate Research will significantly improve short and medium-range weather forecasts and provide vital insights for climate change research. PlanetiQ…
Wilson Sonsini Adds Space and Technology Veteran Curt Blake in Seattle
Former Spaceflight Inc. Co-founder and CEO Blake Joins Corporate Department as Senior Of Counsel Wilson Sonsini to Launch NewSpace Industry Group by Leveraging Blake’s Expertise and the Firm’s Existing Experience Representing Clients Engaged in the Sector PALO ALTO, CA — Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences,…
Tomorrow.io Successfully Launches Second Satellite and Closes Series E Funding
BOSTON, Mass. – Tomorrow.io, the world’s leading weather intelligence and climate adaptation platform, today announced the successful launch of its R-2 satellite from Vandenberg Air Force base on June 12th, in addition to the completion of its $87M Series E funding, led by Activate Capital. New investors as part of the round also include RTX…
Firefly Aerospace Announces Strategic Acquisition of Spaceflight Inc. to Bolster On-Orbit Services
CEDAR PARK, Texas – Firefly Aerospace (“Firefly” or the “Company”) today announced the acquisition of Spaceflight Inc. to strengthen Firefly’s on-orbit solutions and service the entire lifecycle of customers’ satellites and spacecraft. The acquisition further supports Firefly’s robust portfolio of low-cost space transportation services, including responsive launch and in-space mobility, on-orbit hosting and servicing, and lunar delivery operations….
LeoStella Manufactures and Delivers its Twentieth Satellite
U.S.-based smallsat manufacturer delivers another satellite to Loft Orbital TUKWILA, Wash. – LeoStella, a U.S.-based satellite design and manufacturing company, delivered its third satellite to Loft Orbital Solutions. The spacecraft is the 20th satellite manufactured by LeoStella since its formation in 2019. This latest satellite was modeled on LeoStella’s LS-100 bus platform and delivered to Loft Orbital….
The Saudi Space Commission launches the AX-2 mission today
A momentous occasion as the first Arab Female Astronaut, Rayyanah Barnawi travels into space CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., — Two Saudi astronauts, Rayyanah Barnawi and Ali AlQarni are part of the AX-2 space mission which launched today at 22:37 BST / 21:37 GMT. The mission consists of four astronauts all travelling towards the International Space Station (ISS) to conduct ground-breaking scientific research…
Bayanat, Yahsat and ICEYE announce an ambitious program to broaden commercial opportunities across the UAE space-ecosystem
Abu Dhabi — Bayanat, an ADX listed public company and leading provider of AI-powered geospatial solutions, and Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PJSC (Yahsat), the UAE’s flagship satellite solutions provider (ADX: YAHSAT), announced today a comprehensive Space Program aimed at building national satellite remote sensing and Earth Observation (EO) capabilities within the UAE to commercially…
NASA Selects Blue Origin for Astronaut Mission to the Moon
KENT, WA. — NASA has awarded a NextSTEP-2 Appendix P Sustaining Lunar Development (SLD) contract to Blue Origin. Blue Origin’s National Team partners include Lockheed Martin, Draper, Boeing, Astrobotic, and Honeybee Robotics. Under this contract, Blue Origin and its National Team partners will develop and fly both a lunar lander that can make a precision landing anywhere on the…