Millennium Space Systems
Firefly, Millennium Space selected for U.S. Space Force rapid-launch demonstration
The U.S. Space Systems Command announced Sept. 30 it selected Firefly Space Transport Services and Millennium Space Systems to conduct a demonstration of a rapid-response space mission to low Earth orbit in 2023.
Millennium Space reveals results of DARPA’s ‘Red-Eye’ smallsat experiment
The DARPA-funded Red-Eye experiment demonstrated capabilities such as on-board data processing, inter-satellite communications and software-defined radios.
Millennium prepares for mass manufacturing
For the moment, Millennium Space System’s new small satellite factory looks like a series of huge rooms that are mostly empty except for powerful yellow cranes in the corners and impressive power strips lining the walls.
Millennium works with Boeing to address smallsat demand
Millennium Space Systems is working closely with Boeing, its corporate parent, to gear up for rapid production of spacecraft for government and commercial constellations.
Millennium Space to launch to orbit a 3D printed satellite structure
Millennium Space Systems plans to launch to orbit a 3D printed metal flight structure the company intends to use to build its next generation of satellite buses.
Launch of U.S. Space Force missile-warning satellite delayed indefinitely
The launch of a U.S. Space Force mission known as USSF-12 has been put on indefinite pause.
Millennium Space sees opportunities in missile defense satellites
Millennium, a satellite manufacturer owned by the Boeing Co., hopes to parlay the experienced gained from the Wide Field of View project into larger contracts.
Millennium Space in an experiment de-orbited a satellite in eight months
Millennium Space Systems announced Aug. 23 it successfully demonstrated the use of a deployable tether to de-orbit a satellite after it completes its mission.
Space Force, DoD agencies planning multi-orbit sensor network to track hypersonic missiles
he U.S. Space Force last month selected Millennium Space Systems and Raytheon to design sensors that can track hypersonic missiles from medium Earth orbit.
Millennium Space experiment to demonstrate technology to rapidly deorbit satellites
Millennium Space Systems says an experiment launched to space on Nov. 19 will show that a small satellite with a deployable tether can safely deorbit in about 45 days.
Dragracer to demonstrate the value of tethers for satellite deorbit
A pair of nearly identical cubesats built by Millennium Space Systems could help answer a nagging question. Can deployment of a lengthy tether speed a satellite’s reentry into Earth’s atmosphere?
Millennium Space experiment to measure speed of satellite deorbiting system
A tethered cubesat is projected to reenter the Earth’s atmosphere and burn up within six weeks whereas an untethered one could take up to nine years.
Millennium Space delivers smallsat for upcoming U.S. Space Force rideshare mission
Called Tetra-1, the microsatellite was the first project awarded in 2018 by the Space Enterprise Consortium.
L3Harris to begin pre-launch work on ‘Wide Field of View’ missile defense satellite
The Wide Field of View satellite is scheduled to launch in August 2021.
Millennium Space sees its future in government work
CEO Stan Dubyn says the company now is entirely focused on government civil and national security space.
Air Force seeking new partner to complete work on experimental missile warning satellite
The Wide Field Of View satellite will be used in support of the next-generation Overhead Persistent Infrared constellation.
TriSept, Millennium, Tethers Unlimited and Rocket Lab to demonstrate de-orbit technology
TriSept Corp., a launch integration and mission management company based in Chantilly, Virginia, announced work Aug. 5 with Rocket Lab and Millennium Space Systems on Dragracer, a mission to demonstrate a way to de-orbit satellites at the conclusion of their missions.
