SpaceX has submitted an application with the Federal Communications Commission seeking a special temporary authorization to support the first orbital flight test of its Starship launch system. The Starship test launch will be carried out at SpaceX’s Boca Chica test site in Texas to support the company's efforts to gather data to measure entry dynamics and gain more insights into what the launch vehicle experiences in a flight.

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BAE Systems-built electronic systems aboard more than 300 satellites have logged a cumulative flight time of 10K orbit-years.  The company said Monday its single board computers helped power satellites over the past three decades and provided onboard processing functions for government and commercial space missions.

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Orbital ATK will host students of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) at the company’s Dulles, Virginia-based headquarters in support of Higher Orbits’ Go For Launch! program, Loudon Now reported Thursday. Higher Orbits, a non-profit organization, will hold its three-day program next month at Orbital ATK’s Dulles headquarters for high school students to participate in […] More

Data scientist Marc Boysworth has joined government services provider Aeyon as senior principal data scientist. He brings over two decades of expertise in data science and analytics as he leads the Aeyon Center of Excellence and helps improve ACE’s automation, data culture, technical infrastructure, advanced analytics, data governance, knowledge management and data visualization offerings, the […] More

Tom Keane, corporate vice president for Azure global at Microsoft, said the company has launched new Azure Space offerings and formed partnerships with Airbus, ST Engineering iDirect, Blackshark.ai, ESRI and Orbital Insight to deliver more cloud and space capabilities to customers worldwide. Keane wrote in a blog post published Thursday that one of new capabilities […] More

Chris Incardona, a 25-year data analytics veteran in both the government and commercial sectors, has been named senior vice president of the public sector business at New York-based technology company Native.

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Exogenesis has subscribed to DigitalGlobe’s geospatial big data platform in a move to develop new products based on data analysis. DigitalGlobe will provide Exogenesis with access to its algorithms and library of high-resolution satellite imagery gathered over a 15-year period, DigitalGlobe said Wednesday. Sean Anklam, president of Exogenesis, said the company intends for the DigitalGlobe […] More

The U.S. Space Force has started soliciting industry information as it works to determine the acquisition strategy for a new contract vehicle to support training and operations across the Space Operations Command's portfolio of missions. Responses are due Jan. 29.

Hear government leaders, space experts and industry executives discuss the latest space technologies, commercial investments and urgent issues facing the space domain at the Potomac Officers Club's 2024 Space Summit on March 5. Register here.

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Spire Global will vie with three other companies in the study phase of a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration competition that aims to develop a radiometer for the observation of the Earth’s atmosphere. The company said Thursday it will seek to advance a microwave sounder for NOAA’s Near-Earth Orbit Network program through the $4.6 million Microwave-Based […] More

Spire Global will vie with three other companies in the study phase of a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration competition that aims to develop a radiometer for the observation of the Earth’s atmosphere. The company will seek to advance a microwave sounder for NOAA’s Near-Earth Orbit Network program through the Microwave-Based Applications Phase-A study contract from NASA. More

Weather application developer MyRadar has secured a research grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to demonstrate a platform for processing wildfire risk data and disseminating hazard alerts. As part of the project, MyRadar aims to integrate the technology with an Earth observation sensor to be implemented in its future satellite constellation, the company […] More

A new Inmarsat report has called on national governments, regulators and industry to adopt a coordinated action to address the threat posed by space debris and handle the expansion of mega-constellations of satellites in low-Earth orbit to prevent orbital collisions. The Space Sustainability Report offers several recommendations to improve safety and operations in space, such […] More