An Intuitive Machines spacecraft is on its way to the moon Feb. 15 in the company’s quest to be the first commercial entity to successfully land on the lunar surface.
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Anyone who’s played the board game “Battleship” is familiar with the notion of operational resilience. Gameplay is simple: Each player has a fleet of five plastic ships that they place […]
U.S. Air Force and Space Force to realign priorities
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall: Changes are needed for the era of “great power competition”
Space startup Aalyria demonstrates satellite mesh network
The company is working with the Defense Innovation Unit to create a “hybrid space architecture”
DoD’s satcom evolution
The U.S. military is pursuing novel ways to harness commercial satellite connectivity
France to establish NewSpace hubs in Denver and Houston
A delegation from the French Space Agency CNES visited Colorado and Texas last week in a campaign to expand ties between French and American aerospace companies.
Playback | SpaceNews 2023 Icon Awards panel discussion
This year’s SpaceNews Icon Awards celebrated the tremendous growth, recent successes, and all-around upswing of the commercial, military, and civil space industries. A highlight of the afternoon was a panel discussion hosted by SpaceNews senior staff writers Jeff Foust and Sandra Erwin, with some of the award winners. During the panel, guests were asked to discuss the industry’s crowning achievements from the past year, some of the main obstacles or challenges currently posing a risk to continued development in space, and what most excites them about the future, among other things.
Project Kuiper prototypes successfully test inter-satellite optical links
Amazon has successfully tested inter-satellite links between its two Project Kuiper prototypes in low Earth orbit, the company announced Dec. 14 as it prepares to start filling out a mesh broadband network in space next year.
Space Force extends Kratos’ contract for satellite ground systems
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has received an eight-year extension to a contract it has held since 2002.
Battle of the Bands: What’s at stake for space at WRC-23
The stage is set for a global showdown four years in the making for access to the radio waves needed for communications in space, on Earth, and everywhere in between.