The U.S. Space Force awarded Orion Space Solutions a contract worth up to $44.5 million to develop three spacecraft for its Tetra-5 Space Vision program. Orion Space announced the award Tuesday, and said it will work with partners Hera Systems, Booz Allen Hamilton, and SCOUT Space. According to Space Systems Command, the Tetra-5 program is…

Nanoracks confirmed Monday that it will conduct a second Bishop Airlock mission with Japanese space robotics startup Gitai. A follow-up to the companies' successful Bishop Airlock demonstration in 2021, the second mission will involve demonstrating "S2," Gitai's 1.5 meter-class dexterous robotic system. Bishop Airlock was the first permanent, commercial platform added to the International Space…

Denver-based in-space transportation company Atomos Space entered into a technology partnership with Addvalue Innovation, a communication terminals provider, to develop orbital transfer vehicles (OTVs) that relocate Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites and provide terrestrial logistics in orbit. The companies said Thursday that the collaboration will leverage Addvalue’s Inter-satellite Data Relay System (IDRS) terminal operating over Inmarsat’s…

Sarah Schellpfeffer, CTO of Northrop Grumman’s Space sector, recently joined the opening general session at SATELLITE, which looked at how satellite business models and technologies are evolving in the multi-orbit ecosystem.  Schellpfeffer recently spoke with Via Satellite to continue that conversation and share insight into Northrop Grumman’s focus on space sustainability.  VIA SATELITE: One of…