TrustComm, a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) satellite communications application specialist, is now a distribution partner of OneWeb. The companies announced an MoU on March 26 that TrustComm will deliver connectivity from OneWeb’s satellites in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) to U.S. government ...
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President Joe Biden announced former Florida Senator Bill Nelson as his pick for NASA administrator on Friday. Nelson, 78 years old, represented Florida in the Senate for 18 years. Some in the space industry had expected Biden to nominate a woman for the role. Nelson chaired the Space Subcommittee ...
Relativity Space has been awarded its first launch contract with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), the company said Monday. The contract is a Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) Launch Enterprise follow-up effort to the DoD Space Test Program Rapid Agile Launch Initiative. This initiative ...
SpaceX has been awarded a $150.5 million firm-fixed-price contract from the Space Development Agency to launch its Tranche 0 transport and tracking layer satellites. The award, announced by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) on Dec. 31, is for standalone launch services for two launches from ...
The White House released Space Policy Directive-6 (SPD-6) on Wednesday regarding a U.S. national strategy for space nuclear power and propulsion (SNPP), technology that the White House said will be needed to fuel future space exploration. Space nuclear systems power missions where alternative power ...
Kymeta’s next-generation u8 antenna is now commercially available, the company said Monday. Kymeta is pitching the land mobility Ku-band antenna as a communication solution for government, defense, and first responder customers. It covers the full Ku-band and is capable of operating on Low-Earth ...