Artemis 2 in good shape cruising towards the moon
A day after lighting its engine to head to the moon, the Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft is performing well with only minor issues. The post Artemis 2 in…
Katalyst selects Pegasus to launch Swift reboost mission
BREMEN, Germany — A startup with a NASA contract to raise the decaying orbit of an astronomy satellite has selected the rarely used Pegasus…
OQ Technology demos European emergency smartphone alert from space
TAMPA, Fla. — OQ Technology has become the first European satellite operator to send an emergency broadcast message directly to an unmodified…
Think tank urges Europe to scale up space-based data center efforts
TAMPA, Fla. — Europe must move quickly to craft a large-scale strategy for space-based data centers or risk ceding a potential pillar of…
Finland’s Iceye secures Japanese contract as it advances international expansion, new satellite ranges
WARSAW, Poland — Finnish SAR constellation operator Iceye and Japan’s aerospace and defense company IHI Corporation recently signed a deal to…
Kymeta and iRocket working on multi-orbit Golden Dome interceptor connectivity
TAMPA, Fla. — Kymeta is working on a conformal antenna that could be integrated into the body of missiles being developed by iRocket, enabling…
Italian-Dutch space company Revolv Space launches new, larger solar array drive assembly
WARSAW, Poland — Italian-Dutch company Revolv Space has its first customer for the company’s next-generation solar array drive assembly (SADA)…
SSC introduces streamlined ground station service
BREMEN, Germany — Swedish Space Corp. has rolled out a new ground station service designed to provide streamlined support for operators of…
Industry expects Germany to increase ESA contributions
BREMEN, Germany — With European Space Agency member states set to decide on the agency’s budget for the next three years, all eyes on how much…
ESA unveils Thales Alenia Space-led consortium for its Argonaut lunar lander
MILAN — The European Space Agency has tapped a consortium led by Thales Alenia Space Italy to develop its Argonaut lunar lander and has…
Reimagining space stations for the commercial age
In this episode of Space Minds, host Mike Gruss sits down with Marshall Smith, CEO of Starlab Space for a fireside chat at the Johns Hopkins…