NASA has selected a team that includes a scientist from Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory as a finalist for the agency’s Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration... Read more
A team that consists of professionals from the University of Colorado Boulder and Lockheed Martin has been selected as one of three finalists for NASA’s Small Innovative Mission for Planetar... Read more
Space industry executives pointed to rapid production and customer demand as a key factor in driving the space economy and opening new opportunities in space-related efforts, Florida Today r... Read more
Ball Aerospace has handed over to NASA a small eco-friendly satellite that will test a new, low-toxic fuel blend as part of the agency’s Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM). Read more
An industry team composed of Northrop Grumman, Blue Canyon Technologies and Trident Systems has delivered a 330-pound small satellite into orbit as part of a Defense Advanced Reserach Projec... Read more
Lockheed Martin has introduced a software-defined space technology designed to allow small satellites to alter their missions in orbit. The company said Wednesday it will integrate the Smart... Read more
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency has issued a request for information to find space-based technology offerings for potential use in satellites that weigh less than 1,102 po... Read more
Maxar Technologies’ SSL subsidiary has received a contract from Environmental Defense Fund to design and define requirements for a small satellite designed to detect and monitor methane emis... Read more
Harris plans to make an investment worth over $125M in research-and-development projects in Florida to support tech innovation and talent recruitment efforts in the state. The company said M... Read more
Harris has launched its first small satellite through a medium-lift launch vehicle developed by the India’s space research organization. The Harris Satellite is built to operate in low... Read more
Boeing‘s Millennium Space Systems subsidiary has completed an 18-month mission to demonstrate the performance of small satellite subsystems while in orbit. Millennium said Tuesday it d... Read more
Maxar Technologies’ Radiant Solutions subsidiary has received a potential $2M contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to design and build a new optical telescope platform... Read more
NASA’s Langley Research Center is seeking potential partners in the development of a proposal that will help meet the requirements for the Earth System Science Pathfinder Program’s Earth Ven... Read more
NASA has awarded blanket purchase agreements to three companies to provide the agency with Earth observation data sets derived from constellations of commercial small satellites. Maxar Techn... Read more
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy Carries Ball Aerospace-Built Smallsat for NASA’s Green Monopropellant Demo Mission
Ball Aerospace has deployed a small satellite for launching aboard SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy vehicle as part of NASA’s Green Propellant Infusion Mission to demonstrate AF-M315E, a low-toxic “gre... Read more