June 25: How Could Sensors Protect the United States?
The Pentagon’s Golden Dome initiative envisions a global, multi-layered defense architecture designed to track and counter emerging threats. Much of the…
Katalyst Space raises $12 million for GEO servicing demo mission
WASHINGTON — Satellite servicing startup Katalyst Space Technologies has raised $12 million for a geosynchronous orbit demonstration as its…
PiLogic partners with Air Force lab to test satellite fault-prediction software
WASHINGTON — PiLogic, a startup developing artificial intelligence software to identify faults and predict failures in satellites, has signed…
A UN agency that works for US space
If United States policymakers deride the wider United Nations, they still spend on the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) because it…
Nebraska’s Wide, Rolling Domain – NASA Science
Editor’s Note: Today’s story is the answer to the June Puzzler. The undulating landscape of north-central Nebraska may be easy to…
Geospatial industry launches maritime initiative
WASHINGTON — The race to monitor the world’s oceans from space is driving a wave of investment in maritime surveillance technologies and…
Deep Space Network antenna mishap blamed on poor training and procedures
WASHINGTON — A NASA investigation blamed millions of dollars in damage to one of its largest Deep Space Network (DSN) antennas on poor…
Tianwen-2 makes series of burns on approach to asteroid, according to radio tracking
HELSINKI — China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft has carried out a series of small propulsive maneuvers following a main burn June 7, setting up an…
Space Force orders two more GPS satellites from Lockheed Martin for $514 million
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $514 million contract to build two additional GPS 3F satellites. GPS 3F is the…
Gilat to buy Comtech satcoms business six years after failed merger
TAMPA, Fla. — Israel’s Gilat Satellite Networks plans to expand its defense capabilities by acquiring most of Comtech’s space-related…