NASA will fund research and development for 18 space technology concepts, including solar sails, smart space suits, and a Lunar-polar propellant mining outpost, as part of the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program. The developers of each of these technologies will use the funds to determine the feasibility of their innovations and ability to change the way…

Rocket Lab will begin building a satellite platform called Photon, with the intent of launching small satellites into low-Earth orbit within four months of an order. The end-to-end mission solution helps enable small satellite customers to focus on delivering their service from orbit and generating revenue, rather than building their own satellite hardware. “This is…

Made In Space is developing an in-space manufacturing system to enable precision long-baseline interferometry missions. This technology, known as Optimast-SCI (Structurally Connected Interferometer) equips an ESPA-class small satellite with the company’s extended structure manufacturing technology. It enables the deployment of a 20-meter optical boom interferometer with modular internal optics bench developed with Lowell Observatory. Optimast-SCI…

Phasor, a developer of electronically-steered antenna (ESA) systems partnered with manufacturer Surface Technology International (STI) to produce ESA systems. STI is a specialist contract electronics manufacturer, providing electronics design and manufacturing solutions in both Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA) and full box-build manufacturing. Headquartered in Hampshire, U.K. and part of the AC Industrials group, STI has decades of…