Topic: spacecraft

Satellite bus tech demo ready to launch mid-March, say Lockheed Martin and Firefly Aerospace

March 06, 2025

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. Lockheed Martin and Firefly Aerospace announced that their LM 400 technology demonstration is ready to launch no earlier than March 15, having successfully passed its static fire test.

Topic: spacecraft

Satellite bus tech demo ready to launch mid-March, say Lockheed Martin and Firefly Aerospace

Satellites launch on Rocket Lab mission for Kinéis Constellation

Cellular network set for upcoming IM-2 Moon mission

Unmanned

Autonomous space vehicle gets ride on Bandwagon-2 mission

Comms

Satellite for MEO mission will launch in February 2026

Unmanned

NASA selects innovative concept awardees for 2024

Unmanned

Autonomous spaceplane mission launches under U.S. Space Force flag

Comms

High-reliability flash passes 50-krad lot testing threshold

Unmanned

NASA recognizes James Webb Flight Operations Subsystem team at Raytheon

Comms

NASA opens new program office and outlines lunar, Mars exploration plans

Radar/EW

Properly evaluating ADCs for harsh conditions

Comms

Standards-driven innovation: A perspective on SpaceVPX

Radar/EW

An evolution in the industry: Top trends for Space 2.0

Comms

Enabling next-generation Space IoT with a unified memory architecture

Comms

Optical inter-satellite links demoed by SEAKR Engineering and DARPA

Comms

CubeSats from Navy Research Lab, U.K. defense ministry collab to conduct radiation experiments

Comms

Space onboard computing platform market to reach $2.3 billion by 2027, study finds

Comms

SoCs for space the focus of contract between CAES and European Space Agency

Comms

Microsatellite for deep-space sensing planned by Blue Canyon Technologies and AFRL

Comms

Space-based missile-warning system successfully tested by Lockheed Martin and U.S. Space Force

Comms

Autonomous space-mission networking contract with NASA won by Rebel Space Technologies

Unmanned

Hydrogen-fueled engine for Delta IV Heavy Launch Vehicle passes final hot-fire acceptance test

Comms

Satellite-communications contract with AFRL garnered by Verus Research

Avionics

Avionics and comms from L3Harris play role in NASA's imminent Perseverance Rover mission

Unmanned

Small telescopes for nanosatellites subject of research and development agreement

Avionics

RTOS for NASA Dream Chaser cargo spacecraft will be sourced from DDC-I

A.I.

Why space needs artificial intelligence

Comms

New era of space-based computing is underway

Comms

Small sats, custom microelectronics, and the end of Moore’s law

SPONSORED VIDEO: Analog Devices components and systems flying on the Mars Perseverance rover

Radar/EW

Thermal-management innovations sought by DARPA, HRL Laboratories

Avionics

Military satellites will benefit from U.K.-made surveillance system

Comms

Disruptive Technology, Transformative Solutions

Avionics

Training simulator for USAF F-16s garners HII $182 million contract

A.I.

AI-assisted UAS demos for USSOCOM completed at Camp Roberts

Cyber

Los Angeles Air Force Base, Space Systems Command sign IT contract with Trace Systems

Comms

Ku-band Dual Travelling Wave Tubes delivered for ASTRA 1Q satellite