Commercial space company Momentus named Chris Kinman, who has over 30 years of government and industry experience, as chief commercial officer, effective from Jan. 9.  Kinman previously served as senior business development executive for Northrop Grumman‘s space sector business, where he led the business development team in the capture of space-related opportunities with the intelligence and […] More

NASA’s Kennedy Space Center has awarded Momentus a contract modification to send a pair of nanosatellites into orbit for a potential 2023 mission to observe the Earth’s upper atmosphere at night. Momentus said Monday it will provide an orbital service vehicle for two CubeSats that Aerospace Corp. developed to help the agency carry out the Low-Latitude Ionosphere/Thermosphere […] More

John Rood, CEO of Momentus, will assume an additional role as president of the commercial space company following Fred Kennedy’s announcement of stepping down from the post, effective Jan. 21. In a statement published Saturday, the Momentus chief executive underscored Kennedy’s company commitment and contributions, and said the team remains focused on the maiden launch […] More

Momentus has added former Department of Defense executive Victorino Mercado to the company’s board as security director and appointed communications technology professional Karen Plonty as chief security officer. Both executives will drive Momentus’ implementation of operational security programs and oversee its compliance with a national security agreement with DOD and the Department of the Treasury, […] More

Momentus and two federal executive departments have signed an agreement that moved the company closer to being cleared by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. to provide space services for government use. The company said Wednesday it will bolster security measures and build a team for additional oversight as conditions for the national security […] More

Jikun Kim, former chief financial officer of 3D printing technology provider Formlabs, has taken the same role at in-space transportation company Momentus.

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Fred Kennedy, former director of the Space Development Agency and a more than 25-year defense and industry veteran, has been appointed president of Santa Clara, California-based space technology company Momentus.

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Momentus has secured a contract of an undisclosed value from the U.S. Air Force to speed up developmental efforts for satellite upper stage technologies and in-space transportation services, Satnews Daily reported Saturday.

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NASA has awarded 15 companies spots on a five-year, $45 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract in support of the Flight Opportunities and Small Spacecraft Technology programs. Winning contractors will be tasked to provide flight services and carry out the integration of payloads like science instruments and technology demonstrations onto a variety of platforms, including suborbital rockets, balloons and satellites, NASA said Monday.

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Philip Hover-Smoot, an aerospace and defense industry executive, has been appointed CEO of in-space observation service provider Scout Space. He succeeds Scout Space Co-Founder and CEO Eric Ingram, who will transition to the roles of chairman of the board and chief strategy officer, the company said Thursday.

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Data from Space Capital shows that private investment deals within the space industry have amounted to $10.3 billion for the first three quarters of 2021, surpassing the $9.8 billion for all of last year, CNBC reported Thursday. The New York-based venture capital firm estimates that investors injected $3.9 billion into businesses that develop satellites, launch […] More

SpaceX has sent its Falcon 9 launch vehicle to orbit carrying 143 spacecraft including 10 small satellites that will serve as part of the company’s Starlink broadband constellation, CNBC reported Sunday.

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