LAKEWOOD, Colo. — Pioneer Astronautics will test the effectiveness of a dust repellant on an upcoming lunar mission under an agreement with NASA, the company announced on Thursday.

NASA has removed four Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats (TROPICS) satellites from Astra Space’s launch manifest after the company destroyed the first two spacecraft in a launch failure in June.

WASHINGTON (NASA PR) — Researchers across the country produce innovative ideas that have great potential to help NASA in pursuit of its goals. To tap into these ideas, NASA invests in partnerships between research institutions and U.S. small businesses through the agency’s Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program. A new round of awards from the program will help 20 small businesses and their research institution partners continue developing technologies that have shown potential benefit to NASA’s future work in areas like intelligent sensor systems, surface construction, handling propellants needed to get us to the Moon and Mars, and more.

WASHINGTON (NASA PR) — NASA has selected GHGSat, Inc., of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to provide commercial small constellation satellite products for evaluation to determine the utility for advancing NASA’s science and application goals. GHGSat will provide a comprehensive catalogue of Earth Observation data High Resolution Gas Detection Commercial Earth Observation Data products.

This is a fixed-price blanket purchase agreement and each call issued is not to exceed $7 million over a five-year period. The work will be performed at the contractor’s facilities in Montreal, Quebec.

WASHINGTON (NASA PR) — NASA has awarded a total of seven contracts to six companies including Airborne Systems North America of Santa, Ana California, CFD Research Corporation of Huntsville, Alabama, Jackson Bond Enterprises LLC of Dover, New Hampshire, Ryzing Technologies of Staunton, Virginia, Miller Scientific Inc. of Flagstaff, Arizona, and Anasphere Inc. of Manhattan, Montana. Jackson Bond Enterprises, LLC is receiving two of the seven awards.

NASA will hold a media teleconference today at 4:30 p.m. EDT, Thursday, Sept. 29, to discuss a new study exploring potential commercial space opportunities for NASA science missions. The agency will livestream audio of the teleconference on its website. Participants include: Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator, NASA’s Science Mission Directorate Kathy Lueders, associate administrator, NASA’s Space Operations Mission Directorate Jessica Jensen, vice president, customer operations and integration, SpaceX Jared Isaacman, commercial astronaut […]

LONDON, 28 September 2022 (Satellite Vu PR) – Satellite Vu, the British Earth Observation company set to become the world’s thermometer from space with its planned constellation of high-resolution thermal imaging satellites, has partnered with Viasat, operators of the Real-Time Earth global ground service network of world-class antenna systems, to ensure rapid commanding, reception and dissemination of thermal imagery from Satellite Vu’s satellites. This partnership will enable Satellite Vu to regularly contact its constellation throughout the day and night to ensure rapid responsiveness to customers for tasking new collections, low latency times, and high-speed delivery of its thermal imagery and derived analytics.

• Kleos has been awarded a contract with the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) as part of its broad evaluation of new and emerging RF intelligence capabilities and providers
• Under the contract, Kleos will demonstrate the accuracy of its radio frequency (RF) geolocation data over land and water
• The NRO builds and operates the U.S. Government’s space-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities, providing satellite, signals, and imagery intelligence to government agencies

DENVER (Kleos Space PR) — Kleos Space Inc, a space-powered Radio Frequency Reconnaissance Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) and Mission-as-a-Service (MaaS) provider, has been awarded a first stage contract, from the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) as part of the Strategic Commercial Enhancements Broad Agency Announcement (SCE BAA) Framework.

PARIS (ESA PR) — Following ESA’s objective to implement the actions of the Agenda 2025 with a particular focus on commercialisation and ESA’s role and actions in the New Space ecosystem, ESA’s DG appointed in April 2022 the New Space Advisory Board (NAB). It is a senior body of high-level representatives from companies following a New Space approach in the execution of their business. The NAB has the objective to share lessons learned thus supporting ESA executives in the elaboration of an ESA commercialisation policy and the ESA transformation process to adapt to the New Space needs.

LONDON, 22 September 2022 (Satellite Vu PR) – British Earth Observation company, Satellite Vu has signed a second SpaceX launch contract for their second satellite, doubling their thermal data collection capacity, faster than planned, amidst rising climate concerns.

PARIS (ESA PR) — ESA continues to break down barriers and create more opportunities for small companies to get involved in space. Start-up companies and small enterprises offer agile and bespoke development adding value to Europe’s future space economy.

Spire’s data will be used by the agency to evaluate the integration of commercial radio frequency (RF) into its overhead architecture

VIENNA, Va., September 28, 2022 — Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) (“Spire” or “the Company”), a leading global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, announced that it was awarded a study contract by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) for commercial radio frequency (RF) remote sensing.

The contract is a part of the NRO’s Strategic Commercial Enhancements program. Spire’s RF data will be used by the agency to evaluate how commercial radio frequency (RF) will be integrated into its overhead architecture. The contract demonstrates the agency’s commitment to continuously evaluate new capabilities and embrace commercial geospatial providers.