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United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched the first two prototype satellites for Project Kuiper on Friday, putting the first assets in space for Amazon’s Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation.  The Atlas V 501 rocket lifted off at 2:06 p.m. ET on Friday, launching from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The satellites...

Axiom Space and the European Space Agency (ESA) signed an MoU this month to collaborate on human spaceflight, science, technology, and commercialization. The MoU is active for three years, with the option to be extended.  It involves a number of areas for potential collaboration: Axiom Space missions to the International Space Station; Axion’s next-generation spacesuits;...

Integrasys is forming a new strategic partnership with Network Innovations. The two companies announced the partnership Oct. 4. The formal relationship specifically features Network Innovations’ Advanced Networks division, which provides end-to-end networking solutions that address the challenges of space and terrestrial networks, including cybersecurity threats. Integrasys’s technologies will be adopted internally by Network Innovations, with...

Northrop Grumman is no longer pursuing its own commercial space station and instead will be working with Voyager Space on its Starlab project. Voyager and Northrop Grumman announced their new collaboration on Wednesday, and NASA confirmed Northrop is withdrawing from its contract with the agency.  Northrop Grumman was awarded $125.6 million in 2021 through NASA’s...

CesiumAstro demonstrated its Ka-band active phased array terminal with SES and Hughes Network Systems, connecting to a satellite in Geostationary Orbit (GEO).  Cesium performed the tests in June and July in Austin, Texas, with the Hughes HM400 software-defined modem connecting through an SES GEO satellite. In tests with the terminal attached to a truck, it browsed...

Rocket Lab officially opened a new engine development center in Long Beach, California, in the facility acquired out of Virgin Orbit’s bankruptcy proceedings.  The new manufacturing complex is more than 144,000 square feet and will support high-rate production of Rocket Lab’s 3D printed Rutherford engine which powers the Electron rocket, as well development and production...

Private funding in commercial space startups dramatically outpaces government investment but venture capital (VC) could wane if the Defense Department fails to quickly boost its contracting with these companies, potentially depriving the DoD of key space technologies, Silicon Valley Defense Group, which advocates for VC-backed national security companies, says in a new report. Startup commercial...

Keysight Technologies is launching a new phased array antenna control and calibration solution. It believes the solution will enable satellite designers developing active electronically scanned arrays for satellite communications applications to rapidly test their designs during early validation. The company announced the new product Oct. 3. The system aims to bring a number of benefits...

E-Space completed a U.S. Department of Defense contract with a demonstration at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, the company announced Wednesday.  The announcement was light on details, E-Space said it demonstrated “innovative communications and connectivity capabilities” on its Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) space system to members of the Space Development Agency (SDA) at the Naval Surface...

The U.S. Army recently ordered $48.6 million worth of modems from Comtech, the company announced Tuesday. The contract is for Enterprise Digital Intermediate Frequency Multi-Carrier (EDIM) modems. The EDIM modems will replace the aging Enhanced Bandwidth Efficient Modem (EBEM) currently supporting Army, Navy, and Air Force satcom users with a digital and software-defined platform. The...