The European Space Agency (ESA) selected Italian ground network provider Leaf Space for a novel telemedicine-via-satellite project called "CARES," Leaf Space revealed Friday. The project collects COVID-19 patient medical data while they quarantine at home, which is then fed into a health platform. The tele-diagnostic health platform was developed by Leaf Space’s project partner H&S,…

The FCC on Wednesday voted to establish a unified licensing framework for Earth stations and space stations that the commission said will increase flexibility for satellite operators.   The new, optional licensing framework is available to systems operating above 10 GHz and allows blanket-licensed space stations and blanket-licensed earth stations in a satellite system — both…

Boeing’s bid to build a spacecraft capable of flying NASA astronauts to the moon didn’t meet NASA’s requirements, and the company was going to lose out on a contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars. But NASA was worried that the corporate giant would protest the contract award, potentially holding it up for months at…

Northrop Grumman revealed Wednesday that the company was awarded a follow-on contract under the Commercial Resupply Services contract-2 (CRS-2), which includes two additional NASA missions. Northrop Grumman will deliver a combined total of approximately 16,500 pounds of cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) during these missions, and the launches will take place in 2023.…