Technology
May 13, 2024
Swissto12 has delivered three RF Antenna Feed Chains to Northrop Grumman for a GEOStar-3 satellite, after completing a qualification program. Swissto12 announced the milestone on May 13. GEOStar-3 is Northrop Grumman’s Geostationary (GEO) satellite bus, the bus used in C-band replacement satellites for Intelsat and SES and the Mission Extension Vehcile (MEV) servicing spacecraft. Swissto12…
May 13, 2024
Redwire Space is developing a Very Low-Earth Orbit (VLEO) spacecraft platform called Phantom, the company announced Monday. Phantom is being developed at Redwire’s facility in Belgium and is designed to carry out a wide array of intelligence, Earth science, and communications missions. Redwire said it is working with Thales Alenia Space to advance Phantom’s design…
May 7, 2024
Starfish Space executed a successful in-space rendezvous between its Otter Pup satellite and D-Orbit’s ION SCV006 satellite. The companies announced the milestone on May 7. This was a backup mission for the Otter Pup, which faced a number of challenges on orbit. After launch deployment last year, the spacecraft fell into an uncontrollable rotation and…
May 6, 2024
New startup Portal Space Systems, led by SpaceX’s former vice president of propulsion Jeff Thornburg, emerged from stealth mode last week with plans to build capabilities for in-space maneuverability. The company is developing the Supernova satellite bus, designed to maneuver from Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) to Geostationary Orbit (GEO) in hours, LEO to Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO)…