Satellite News

The fifth Vega launcher continues its integration process in French Guiana for a mission this summer to orbit Europe’s Sentinel-2A Earth observation satellite.

The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) and Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) have formally amended the Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) between the two organisations for Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) Certification of the Falcon 9 Launch System.

The Progress M-27M supply ship disintegrated as it plummeted to Earth on Friday after suffering a failure on its way to the International Space Station.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. announced that Thaicom Public Company Limited awarded Kratos Integral Systems International (Kratos ISI) contracts for a Satellite Control Center (SCC) and a Tracking, Telemetry and Command (TT&C) Station.

NASA has selected 15 proposals for study under Phase I of the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC), a programme that aims to turn science fiction into science fact through the development of pioneering technologies.