European Horizon programme will deploy advanced space robotics to support sustainability in space by enabling satellites’ life extension and life enhancement to reduce space debris

PARIS (Thales Alenia Space PR) – Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67 %) and Leonardo (33 %), and its Partners have been chosen by the European Commission to lead EROSS IOD, a programme dedicated to On-Orbit Servicing.

PARIS (ESA PR) — Cyberattacks and geopolitics threaten today’s increasingly digital world, leading to the disruption of essential supplies such as power and water. ESA, the European Commission and space companies in Europe are teaming up to work towards a highly secure, satellite-enabled connectivity system for the EU – based on the unbreakable laws of physics.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. (NASA PR) — NASA is foregoing a launch opportunity Tuesday, Sept. 27, and preparing for rollback, while continuing to watch the weather forecast associated with Tropical Storm Ian. During a meeting Saturday morning, teams decided to stand down on preparing for the Tuesday launch date to allow them to configure systems for rolling back the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft to the Vehicle Assembly Building. […]

LAUREL, Md. (NASA PR) — NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the world’s first mission to test technology for defending Earth against potential asteroid or comet hazards, will impact its target asteroid—which poses no threat to Earth—at 7:14 p.m. EDT on Monday, Sept. 26.

PARIS, September 22, 2022 (Outpost Technologies PR) — During a technical session at IAC today, Michael Vergalla, CTO of Outpost, presented a paper on the findings of Outpost’s two successful flight tests on a breakthrough technology of an autonomous paraglider re-entry system to enable industry-leading payload Earth return capabilities from orbit. The tests, conducted in April 2022, are a huge milestone for Outpost in creating a technology that will disrupt the future of satellite operations.

OneWeb and Kymeta will introduce their superyacht offering at the upcoming Monaco Yacht Show, with service starting from March 2023. The parties completed their pilot tests for the superyacht market in August and experienced speeds of 200Mbps download and 20Mbps upload, providing the ultimate LEO connectivity service for superyacht owners and guests.

Monaco, 23 September 2022: (Kymeta PR) — OneWeb (oneweb.net), the low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications company, and Kymeta, a world-leading company for flat panel antennas, will introduce their joint superyacht offering at Monaco Yacht Showwith LEO connectivity and antenna combination specifically designed for superyachts.

PARIS (Axiom Space PR) — Commercial space leader Axiom Space and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore opportunities for sustained access to space and build on the country’s legacy in human spaceflight. This MOU is aimed at examining the potential for collaboration between Axiom, the CSA and the Canadian space industry for the development of future space infrastructure; and exploring opportunities for sustained access to space including the potential for Canadian astronauts to fly on future Axiom-sponsored missions. The agreement between Axiom and the CSA was signed on September 21, 2022, at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Paris.

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, Fla. (SpaceX PR) — SpaceX is targeting Saturday, September 24 for a Falcon 9 launch of 52 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The instantaneous launch window is at 7:32 p.m. ET (23:32 UTC), and a backup opportunity is available on Sunday, September 25 at 7:10 p.m. ET (23:10 UTC). The first stage booster […]

Agreement supports NASA’s Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator technology, which is developing ultra-lightweight heat shields for maximizing payload delivery to planetary surfaces.

SANTA MONICA, Calif., September 20, 2022 (Outpost Technologies PR) — Outpost Technologies Corporation (“Outpost”), the first space company to develop a platform for returning satellites to Earth, today announced that it has signed a Reimbursable Space Act Agreement (SAA) with NASA Langley Research Center for the use and development of their flight-tested Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (HIAD) to provide industry-leading payload Earth return capabilities from orbit.

SES-led consortium will design, develop and validate in-orbit technologies for secure transmission of cryptographic keys and operate EAGLE-1 satellite to securely connect countries in Europe 

Luxembourg, 22 September 2022 (SES PR) – An SES-led consortium of 20 European companies, with the European Space Agency (ESA) and European Commission support, will design, develop, launch and operate the EAGLE-1 satellite-based end-to-end system for secure Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), enabling in-orbit validation and demonstration of next-generation cyber-security across Europe. 

Orbital Reef’s Reef Starter to Support the Launch of Breakthrough Innovations in Low Earth Orbit

KENT, Wash. (Blue Origin PR) — Reef Starter today announced applications have opened for the first annual Reef Starter Innovation Challenge. The global challenge, in partnership with TechConnect, will select several early-stage companies to receive awards of up to $100,000 and customized workshops with the Orbital Reef team to accelerate their access to space.

Multiple Q3 2022 awards validate growing demand for BlackSky’s real-time dynamic monitoring capabilities

HERNDON, Va. (Black Sky PR) — BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) has received a combined total of $13.8 million of orders to date within the first year of a five-year National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) contract to monitor global economic activity.