Space Business News
April 05, 2023
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
Spire Global awarded National Reconnaissance Office contract for radio frequency data



Vienna VA (SPX) Apr 04, 2023
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) has been awarded a contract by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) for commercial radio frequency (RF) remote sensing. Spire won a contract as part of the NRO's Strategic Commercial Enhancements (SCE) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) program in September 2022. Spire is proud to announce two options were exercised extending the performance period through March 1, 2025. The agency will continue to use Spire's data to evaluate how commercial radio frequency ( ... read more

SPACE TRAVEL
Improving the accuracy of orbit prediction and position error covariance prediction
Beijing, China (SPX) Apr 04, 2023
With continuous developments in the space industry, the space near the earth was occupied by a variety of spacecraft whose number is increasing dramatically every year. To avoid a collision, huge co ... more
MISSILE NEWS
Raytheon Technologies selected by US Navy for anti-ship strike weapon
Tucson AZ (SPX) Apr 02, 2023
Raytheon Technologies has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy for phase one of the Hypersonic Air-Launched Offensive Anti-Surface Warfare weapon program, or HALO. HALO is a carrier-based offe ... more
AEROSPACE
NASA plans 2 super pressure balloon test flights from New Zealand
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 04, 2023
NASA's Scientific Balloon Program is scheduled to conduct two super pressure balloon (SPB) launches from Wanaka, New Zealand, to further test and qualify the technology, which can offer cost savings ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Virgin Orbit files for bankruptcy, seeks buyer
Washington (AFP) April 4, 2023
Virgin Orbit, the satellite launch company founded by Richard Branson, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and will sell the business, the firm said in a statement Tuesday. ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE
Japan postpones H2A rocket launch after H3 failure
Tokyo, Japan (XBA) Apr 04, 2023
Japan will postpone an H2A rocket launch originally scheduled for May until August or later, the nation's space agency said on Friday. The decision was made as the rocket shares components in ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
ISRO conducts the Reusable Launch Vehicle Autonomous Landing Mission
Chitradurga. India (SPX) Apr 04, 2023
ISRO successfully conducted the Reusable Launch Vehicle Autonomous Landing Mission (RLV LEX). The test was conducted at the Aeronautical Test Range (ATR), Chitradurga, Karnataka in the early hours o ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Privately built, liquid-fuel rocket first in world to reach orbit in debut flight
Beijing (XNA) Apr 04, 2023
The TL 2, a carrier rocket developed by Space Pioneer, reached orbit on Sunday afternoon, becoming the first privately built, liquid-fuel rocket in China to reach orbit. The rocket blasted off ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
NASA, Boeing aiming for July launch of Starliner space capsule
Washington (AFP) March 29, 2023
The first crewed flight of Boeing's Starliner space capsule to the International Space Station (ISS) will take place in July, Boeing and NASA officials said Wednesday. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Virgin Orbit to lay off 85 percent of its employees
Washington (AFP) March 31, 2023
Virgin Orbit, the satellite launch company founded by Richard Branson, said it will lay off 85 percent of its employees, according to a filing to the US stock market regulator. ... more
DRAGON SPACE
China's Shenzhou XV astronauts complete 3rd spacewalk
Beijing (XNA) Apr 02, 2023
The astronauts of China's Shenzhou XV crew have completed three spacewalks since their journey into space four months ago, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). The third spacewal ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
Satellite family launched into orbit from Shanxi
Taiyuan, China (XNA) Mar 31, 2023
China launched four Earth-observation satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi province on Thursday afternoon. The group consists of one 320-kilogram pivot satellite and t ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
The Long March 2D carrier rocket successfully launched a four-star rocket
Beijing, China (SPX) Apr 02, 2023
On March 30, 2023, at 18:50, the Long March 2D carrier rocket blasted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, successfully launching four satellites of Group 01 of Hongtu 1 into the predetermi ... more

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