Orbital Sidekick disclosed a $16 million Series A financing round on April 13 headed by Singapore investment titan Temasek, paving the way for the firm to complete construction of the very first hyperspectral imaging satellite constellation. Orbital Sidekick Chief Executive Officer and co-founder Daniel Katz informed SpaceNews that Temasek is a tremendous […]
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Before returning to Earth, OSIRIS-REx will make a near-final approach to the asteroid
Next week, NASA‘s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft would make ultimate close proximity to the asteroid from which it obtained samples before returning to Earth. On April 7, the spacecraft will travel 3.7 kilometers above the Nightingale, a position on the asteroid Bennu where the spaceship momentarily touched down in October and obtained multiple […]
IBM Cloud Satellite will convert your data center into a satellite for IBM Technology
Recent business developments have witnessed managers employ an AI algorithm to verify the activities taking place in their facilities. This move allows them to identify the places where they need to pay attention by maintaining proper hygiene to minimize the coronavirus pandemic’s spread. However, the technology to examine this video […]
NOAA forecasting satellite that has been decommissioned has broken up
A decommissioned polar-orbiting weather satellite has split up, leading to the increasing debris community in a critical orbit. The 18th Space Control Squadron of the United States Space Force reported on March 18 that the NOAA-17 satellite had broken up on March 10. The squadron stated it was monitoring 16 fragments of […]
After a software malfunction, Hubble, the ageing space telescope, is back in operation
After several days in a safe protective mode due to a software error, NASA‘s Hubble Space Telescope continued observations on 11 March. Still, the incident serves as a reaffirmation of the telescope’s mortality. Hubble started observations at 8 p.m. Eastern on 11 March, over four and a half days after […]
ISRO creates radar for the planet’s first collaborative satellite mission with NASA to launch by 2023
Space study is an extensive industry where it is impossible to figure out everything. And this fact explains why space companies and agencies often partner to co-invent technologies giving many scientists a chance to input. The Indian Space Research Organization has recently completed an important task from their to-do list. […]
Tunisia to launch its first satellite on Nation’s Independence Day
Tunisia will be launching its first satellite, Challenge ONE, on 20 March, the Nation’s Independence Day. The satellite is owned by TELNET, and it will launch by Glavkosmos (GK) Launch Services aboard Soyuz 2 from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Tunisia will also be carrying out SIMBA (System for Improving Monitoring […]
Despite the current setback, supporters of a spaceport in Georgia are optimistic
Despite yet another setback in the environmental evaluation process, supporters of a planned Georgia launch facility remain hopeful that they would gain authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration. On March 5, the FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation notified stakeholders involved in the ongoing evaluation of Spaceport Camden in Camden […]
Maxar is sticking to its multi-year diversification plan
According to Dan Jablonsky, president and Chief executive officer of Maxar Technologies, the company is progressing to diversify its market. However, it is still in the “early innings” of attracting further security and intelligence jobs. Throughout a business earnings call on February 24, Jablonsky stated, “It’s a multi-year path that […]
Space Force assigns engineering deal for ULA Vulcan rocket certification
The Millennium Engineering and Integration won a $13.2 million award from the United States Space Force on February 19 for operations in aid of the United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket certification. MEI received an estimated $55 million deal in the year 2018 for engineering facilities linked to the certification of dual newly built launch […]