Space
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Business/FinancialBoeing Taps Former Terran, Virgin Orbit Executive To Lead Millennium Space Systems
Boeing [BA] on Monday said it hired Tony Gingiss as the new CEO of its small satellite business, Millennium Space Systems, effective Dec. 9. Millennium was being led on an […]
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SpaceNext-Gen OPIR GEO Enters System Testing
Lockheed Martin [LMT] said that its first Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) Block 0 satellite has advanced to system level testing at the company’s plant […]
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SpaceL3Harris Announces Completion of PDR for Company’s Tranche 2, Tracking Layer Satellites
L3Harris Technologies [LHX] said on Tuesday that it had finished Preliminary Design Review (PDR) to develop 18 satellites with infrared payloads for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) […]
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SpaceAcceleration of Commercial Space for National Security Likely Under Trump
The incoming administration of President-elect Trump is likely to propose a ramping up of commercial space to serve national security needs, according to a new paper from the National Security […]
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SpaceRocket Lab Launched Hypersonic Test Last Month, Company Says
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. [RKLB] said on Dec. 9 that it launched a suborbital mission last month to test hypersonic technology for the Pentagon’s Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonics Test Bed […]
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Air ForceFielding Working Satellite Ground Systems First Priority in House-Senate Language
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration Frank Calvelli has said that it makes no sense to field cutting-edge satellites without the requisite ground systems in […]
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SpaceWittman and Graves Prod FAA to Rectify ‘Extensive Delays’ in Commercial Launch Licensing
Two House Armed Services Committee (HASC) members, Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) and Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.), want the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to take immediate action to shorten the commercial […]
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SpaceTrump NASA Nominee: ‘The Second Space Age Has Only Just Begun’
President-elect Trump on Wednesday nominated 41-year-old Jared Isaacman, a private astronaut/pilot and the billionaire founder of the Shift4 [FOUR] payments processing company, as the next administrator of the National Aeronautics […]
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SpaceEPS-R Arctic Communications Payloads Operational, Northrop Grumman Says
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Monday the company’s two Enhanced Polar System – Recapitalization (EPS-R) payloads for U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command are operational. The EPS-Rs were part of […]
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SpaceFifth NRO Mission in Proliferated Architecture Launched from Vandenberg
NROL-126–the fifth mission for the National Reconnaissance Office’s (NRO) proliferated constellation–lofted into orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., in the wee hours of […]
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