Atlas sets course to triple sales after raising $15 million
Ground station services provider Atlas Space Operations said Sept. 4 it has raised $15 million for the working capital needed to triple revenue over the next 12 months.
SPAC class of COVID-19: Where are they now?
Fortunes have been decidedly mixed for the space businesses that merged with publicly traded shell companies in search of capital as COVID-19 ravaged the economy. While merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) provides a shortcut to the stock market without the rigors of a classic IPO process, post-SPAC space firms are still subject…
Slow Burn: How Starliner’s crewed test flight went awry
When NASA and Boeing officials walked into the briefing room at the Kennedy Space Center on June 5, they were all smiles. After years of development setbacks, weeks of delays because of a spacecraft helium leak and a final four-day slip caused by a problem with a ground computer, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner commercial crew spacecraft…
The artificial divide between the space and geospatial sectors
After the plenary of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) in June, the global space community typically looks to the 75th International Astronautical Congress in the fall for the next opportunity to come together to discuss the major issues facing the sector. But this overlooks another major UN-convened forum…
Benchmark wins $4.9 million award for ASCENT propulsion systems
SAN FRANCISCO – The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded Benchmark Space Systems $4.9 million to develop propulsion systems for ASCENT monopropellant. The two-year award announced Sept. 5 covers development of Benchmark 22-newton to 100-newton propulsion systems for ASCENT. ASCENT is a non-toxic propellant developed by the Air Force Research Lab. Under a previous contract, Benchmark…
Sierra Space completes acoustics tests of Dream Chaser cargo module
Sierra Space has completed tests of one element of the first Dream Chaser cargo spacecraft ahead of a delayed launch to the International Space Station.
Collimate offers tool to predict downlink success
SAN FRANCISCO – Collimate Space, a new Silicon Valley startup, aims to tackle a specific problem for satellite operators. Collimate offers a tool for predicting the success of satellite downlinks, after considering space weather, terrestrial weather and the location and profile of ground-based antennas. That’s valuable because satellite operators can say to a customer, ‘I…
Telesat sells remote communications services business
Canadian geostationary operator Telesat has sold off Infosat Communications, a remote satellite services specialist, to bolster finances as investments in its low Earth orbit Lightspeed constellation ramp up.
Space startups eye opportunities in the orbital surveillance market
Atomos Space and Katalyst Space are collaborating to retrofit geostationary satellites with space domain awareness sensors
L3Harris Rapidly Advances U.S. Hypersonic Missile Tracking and Defense Capabilities
Threats to our national security increase every day as the United States’ near-peer adversaries develop and field sophisticated weapons on accelerated timelines – including hypersonic missiles that are faster, more elusive and more dangerous than ever before. U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Salzman described the current environment at the Mitchell Institute’s…
NGA to launch $700 million program to help AI make sense of satellite images
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to solicit bids for “data labeling” services
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