Articles about Satellite – Page 9 of 13

Stratolaunch’s plane spotted from space

How big is the world’s biggest airplane? So big that it shows up clearly in a black-and-white photo taken by… Read More

100th launch of Europe’s Ariane 5 rocket sends a pair of telecom satellites into orbit

News Brief: The milestone 100th launch of Europe’s heavy-lift Ariane 5 rocket put two telecommunications satellites into geostationary transfer orbit… Read More

Boeing seals the deal on its acquisition of Millennium Space’s satellite operation

News Brief: As promised, Boeing has completed its acquisition of California-based Millennium Space Systems, a provider of small-satellite solutions. Millennium,… Read More

Final Delta 2 rocket launch puts NASA’s ICESat-2 satellite in orbit to monitor ice

NASA kicked off its ICESat-2 mission to monitor our planet’s ice sheets from space using a laser-scanning satellite this morning,… Read More

Boeing leads $10 million funding round for BridgeSat laser communications venture

Boeing HorizonX Ventures is leading a $10 million investment round to boost BridgeSat, a Denver-based satellite communications company that aims… Read More

Microsoft and Kymeta bring futuristic connected vehicles onto home turf

REDMOND, Wash. — The vehicles sitting in the parking lot here at the headquarters of Kymeta Corp., a flat-panel antenna startup… Read More

Orrery.ai aims to turn streams of data into secret weapon for strategic investment

Satellites, sensors, social media and purchasing data provide terabytes’ worth of information about how the global economy is working — and… Read More

With Spaceflight’s help, LeoStella moves ahead with Seattle-area satellite factory

TUKWILA, Wash. — Today it’s an empty office building in a business park south of Seattle, not far from a Mexican restaurant… Read More

From Stratolaunch to startup: Chuck Beames raises his sights to York satellites

Two years ago, Chuck Beames presided over Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s effort to build the biggest airplane in the world.… Read More

Policymakers tout high-tech tools for addressing Northwest’s wildfire crisis

The smoky skies over Seattle have cleared up somewhat, but the Pacific Northwest’s wildfires continue to burn — prompting pledges from… Read More

Boeing expands satellite portfolio with acquisition of Millennium Space Systems

Boeing says it’ll expand its already-strong satellite portfolio with the acquisition of Millennium Space Systems, a California-based venture that specializes… Read More

Russians toss satellites and install animal tracking system in marathon spacewalk

News Brief: Russian cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Sergey Prokopyev tossed four small research satellites into orbit and installed an animal-tracking… Read More

Efforts to develop small-scale rockets are soaring, but only a few get off the ground

News Brief: The latest “State of the Industry” report for small orbital-class launch vehicles tracks 101 reported efforts to create… Read More

Aerospace Corp. lays out ‘Launch Unit’ standard for medium small satellites

LOGAN, Utah — Tiny satellites have their own 4-inch CubeSat standard size, and bigger satellites have a size standard as well.… Read More

Spaceflight’s SmallSat Express rounds up more than 70 satellites for SpaceX launch

LOGAN, Utah — Seattle-based Spaceflight is confirming that it has more than 70 satellites from 18 countries signed up for launch… Read More

How small satellites tackle big challenges, from orbital manufacturing to exoplanets

LOGAN, Utah — No one has ever built a satellite in space, but thanks in part to a team of students… Read More

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket puts 10 Iridium satellites in orbit, then lands in rough seas

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket sent 10 more Iridium NEXT telecommunications satellites into space today from a fogged-in California pad, then… Read More

BlackSky teams up with ATLAS Space Operations for satellite communications

News Brief: Michigan-based ATLAS Space Operations says it will provide telemetry, commanding and data support for the Earth-observing satellite constellation… Read More

SpaceX wins $130 million Air Force launch contract, marking a first for Falcon Heavy

The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $130 million firm-fixed-price contract to SpaceX for the launch of its classified AFSPC-52… Read More

SpinLaunch raises $40M from Airbus, Google and others for space catapult

A stealthy Silicon Valley startup called SpinLaunch says it’s raised a total of $40 million from a high-profile array of… Read More

Antarctic ice loss contribution to global sea level

Warming warning: West Antarctic ice loss rate tripled in 25 years, study shows

An analysis of satellite data collected since 1992 suggests that ocean-driven melting has led to a tripling in the rate… Read More

Spaceflight strikes deal with Rocket Lab for three satellite launch extravaganzas

Seattle-based Spaceflight has partnered with Rocket Lab for three launches over the next year, including one of the first launches… Read More

Tethers Unlimited delivers tiny but powerful satellite transmitter for Army

Bothell, Wash.-based Tethers Unlimited says it’s delivered the first flight unit of a K-band radio transmitter that’s designed for use… Read More

Night launch: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sends SES-12 telecom satellite into orbit

News Brief: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sent the SES-12 telecommunications satellite into orbit tonight in a no-drama night launch.… Read More

SpaceX’s prototype internet satellites are good enough for gaming, Elon Musk says

It’s been three months since SpaceX launched the first prototype satellites for its Starlink broadband internet network, and there’s been… Read More

Next-generation GOES-17 weather satellite encounters infrared imaging glitch in orbit

Two months after its launch, the main imaging instrument on a next-generation weather satellite is experiencing problems with its cooling… Read More

SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell sees satellites as bigger market than rockets

SpaceX is taking a commanding role in the rocket business — but Gwynne Shotwell, the company’s president and chief operating officer,… Read More

Taking a page from Amazon playbook, Jeff Bezos says it’s ‘Day One’ for space industry

“Day One” isn’t just for Amazon anymore: Billionaire Jeff Bezos says that first-day feeling of being fired up about a… Read More

Queqiao takes flight: China launches Chang’e-4 relay satellite to moon’s far side

News Brief: China today launched a satellite that will serve as the communications relay for a future probe on the… Read More

NASA’s Rossi X-ray probe makes a quiet exit after spending 22 years in orbit

News Brief: A month after the breakup of China’s Tiangong-1 space lab, another spacecraft went to its fiery doom today… Read More