NASA is kickin’ it up a notch on a SSPICY mission to check out a defunct sat in LEO. Starfish Space will work on the program—formally known as the Small Spacecraft Propulsion and Inspection Capability mission—under a Phase III SBIR contract from the space agency worth $15M over three years, NASA announced on Wednesday. A […]
Traditional Ground Station as a Service (GSaaS) providers will soon face competition from relay communications networks that promise faster transmitting, simplified licensing, and potentially lower cost.
Radian Aerospace has set out to build the world’s first single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) spaceplane, the Radian One. The company is designing the fully reusable spacecraft to be not just a spaceplane but also a multifunctional platform, capable of performing a broad array of missions in space, many of them not possible with vertical launch systems. Capable […]
Radian is beginning a test campaign to map out the vehicle’s real-life aerodynamic characteristics.
The Destructive Re-entry Assessment Container Object mission, or DRACO, will be the first demo of a fully controlled break-up during its return to Earth.
“I don’t care what way you look at this,” she told Payload. “Farming, national security, commercial—whatever angle you take, space affects us every day.”
“Regardless of what you think about SpaceX or the politics, the speed of decision-making needs to be faster.”
Part of the team’s directive is to uncover ways to tailor Maxar’s data and analytics tools to fit the individual intelligence gathering needs of allied nations.
21SoftWare is a cybersecurity startup developing software and engineering services to improve the safety, security, and reliability of space-based operations. Earlier this year, 21SoftWare spun out of TriSept Corporation, where it had incubated its core product, The Security Enhancement Layer (TSEL) operating system. The team has since expanded into Software Engineering as a Service (SEaaS). […]
Eric Berger’s new book Reentry takes readers behind the scenes, offering unprecedented access to company leaders who appear eager to (finally) tell the inside story of SpaceX’s rise.
Kinéis’ goal is to operate the first European constellation dedicated to global IoT, with 25 satellites on orbit by mid-2025.
The SBIR grant is part of a Japanese government directive to achieve 30 domestic rocket launches per year by the early 2030s.
