A young Indian sustainability startup is getting its feet wet in orbit during an international joint mission. OrbitAID, a Bangalore, India-based startup building satellite servicing and sustainability tech, has signed a contract to supply ground fueling services and a refueling port to Aussie firm Space Machines Company in support of the upcoming MAITRI mission, a […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced yesterday that it awarded Safran Federal Systems a contract to develop robust and reliable quantum sensors to improve the US military’s PNT architecture in multiple domains, including in space. To effectively manage its troops and personnel across the world, the DoD says it needs extremely—and increasingly—precise ways […]
China’s message to the US space agency urged the American spacecraft to stay put while Beijing maneuvered its own assets, NASA space sustainability director Drew Alvin said during a panel at the International Astronautical Congress, noting that it’s “the first time that has ever happened.”
Ultimately, these new technologies aren’t competing with radio frequency, but working together as part of a diverse network.
ICYMI: This week, Payload Europe hosted its first ever webinar—all about the EU Space Act.
The quickest delivery service isn’t coming via drone from an Amazon fulfilment center—it’s coming from space.
The UK wants to build a vibrant sovereign space industry, but it knows it can’t do it alone.
KinetX has joined the Intuitive Machines family after years of working alongside it. Yesterday, Intuitive Machines ($LUNR) announced that its $30M acquisition of KinetX, a space infrastructure company with experience in constellation management, is complete. The companies first announced the deal in August. The $30M acquisition was structured like this: IM is planning to use […]
Albedo will abandon its imaging business to focus entirely on building VLEO satellite buses for other payload operators.
More than two years after Maxar split into two separate companies, both entities have rebranded to alleviate confusion in the industry and ensure their names reflect their individual missions.
Whistleblowers told Congress that they’re already worried about the cuts affecting the safety of the agency’s programs, with one telling lawmakers that they are “very concerned that we’re going to see an astronaut death within a few years,” according to the report.
Reality is starting to look a lot like science fiction.
