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Virgin Orbit Prepares for Their Upcoming Launch Demo Mission
Virgin Orbit has announced that their Launch Demo mission starts on Sunday, May 24th, and extends through Monday, May 25th, with an opportunity to launch […]
Orbital Micro Systems GEMS EO Data to be Delivered to the DRIP Program at the University of Colorado Boulder
IOD-1 GEMS 3U demonstration satellite deployed on July 3, 2019. Orbital Micro Systems (OMS) has entered into collaboration with the University of Colorado-Boulder’s Mortenson Center […]
Smallsat Utility Project for Militaries Contracted to Kleos Space
Kleos Space (ASX: KSS, Frankfurt: KS1) has been awarded a contract to prepare Kleos data to be accessed by the Micro-Satellite Military Utility (MSMU Project) […]
Helical L-Band Antenna Created by Roccor for Space Demo of Link 16 Networks
Roccor created a deployable L-band antenna that makes possible the reception and transmission of Link 16 signals via spacecraft. Image is courtesy of Blue Canyon […]
NewSpace Systems to Supply Product for the Kinéis Smallsat IoT Constellation
An artistic rendition of a HEMERIA constellation smallsat. Image is courtesy of Kinéis. NewSpace Systems (NSS), the manufacturer of “lean”, high-quality space components and sub-systems, […]
VOX Space Missions to Now Occur from Andersen AFB in Guam
VOX Space, the Virgin Orbit subsidiary, has signed a new agreement with the Department of the Air Force, allowing the company’s LauncherOne system to conduct […]
Two Smallsats for MIT to be Built by NanoAvionics
Artistic rendition of the AERO and VISTA smallsats. NanoAvionics has received a contract to build two nanosatellites for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) AERO-VISTA […]
Bryce Infographic Presents “Are Smallsat Launch Delays Inevitable?”
A new, independent study found that all 1,078 smallsats on commercial launches in the last five years experienced delays, with a median delay of 128 […]
Recent SmallSat News
May 27, 2020A student-led satellite group from the University of Edinburgh has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Responsive Access, a launch …
May 27, 2020NetSat: Four satellites in formation at an altitude of 600km. Four NetSat smallsats will autonomously control — for the first time — a …
May 26, 2020Virgin Orbit conducted a launch demo of the company’s air-launched rocket on May 25 in the skies over the Pacific Ocean, just off the …
May 26, 2020Equatorial Space Systems has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to use the facilities of Southern Launch Australia for their upcoming, …- May 21, 2020Virgin Orbit has announced that their Launch Demo mission starts on Sunday, May 24th, and extends through Monday, May 25th, with an opportunity to …
- May 20, 2020IOD-1 GEMS 3U demonstration satellite deployed on July 3, 2019. Orbital Micro Systems (OMS) has entered into collaboration with the University of …
- May 19, 2020Roccor created a deployable L-band antenna that makes possible the reception and transmission of Link 16 signals via spacecraft. Image is courtesy of …
- May 19, 2020Kleos Space (ASX: KSS, Frankfurt: KS1) has been awarded a contract to prepare Kleos data to be accessed by the Micro-Satellite Military Utility (MSMU …
May 18, 2020Astroscale Holdings Inc. (“Astroscale”) has opened a Series E funding round and has secured I-NET CORP. (I-NET), a leading Japanese data …
May 15, 2020Earth Observant Inc. (EOI) closed their seed round in the first quarter of this year. Over the past 18 months, the company has been designing a …