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Kongsberg to Acquire AST SpaceMobile’s Majority Stake in Smallsat Developer NanoAvionics

AST SpaceMobile has agreed to sell its majority share in NanoAvionics, a Lithuania-based small satellite mission integrator and bus manufacturer, to Kongsberg‘s defense and aerospace business for approximately $68 million. The deal is anticipated to be completed in the third quarter, subject to customary closing conditions, and to bring about $28 million in net cash proceeds to AST […] More

by Kacey Roberts July 7, 2022, 11:40 am
in Industry News, News

Boeing, Millennium Open Small Satellite Factory in El Segundo

Boeing has unveiled a new factory in El Segundo, California, where it will produce, integrate and evaluate small satellites for the company’s Millennium Space Systems subsidiary. The Millennium-led production line was established within Boeing’s 1-million-square-foot site for space and communications system-focused activities in the city, the parent company said Wednesday. The factory will have Millennium […] More

by Nichols Martin March 31, 2022, 11:32 am
in News, Space News

NASA Selects 7 Winners of Entrepreneur’s Challenge for Smallsat Tech

Seven startups each won $90,000 in awards to develop technologies that can support small satellite science missions for NASA. The space agency said Saturday it held a two-round competition to select the winners from a pool of 44 participants in the Entrepreneur’s Challenge. The competition sought sensors, electronic systems and autonomous detection technologies for smallsats; […] More

by Nichols Martin November 15, 2021, 11:41 am
in Government Technology, News, Wash100

NRO Director Christopher Scolese Named to 2021 Wash100 for Leading COVID-19 Response; Supporting Advancement for Space Exploration & IT Technology Capabilities

Executive Mosaic is pleased to introduce Christopher Scolese, director of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), as a recipient of the 2021 Wash100 Award, the top prize in all of government contracting (GovCon), for his leadership in the COVID-19 pandemic response and relief as well as the advancement of U.S. space exploration and development of IT technology capabilities.

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by William McCormick April 15, 2021, 10:11 am
in Contract Awards, News

NASA Taps Astra Space to Launch CubeSats for Storm Processes Research

Astra Space has secured a $7.9 million contract to help NASA launch six CubeSat small satellites designed to help meteorologists study storms. The company's Rocket 3 launch vehicle will carry the smallsats to space as part of the space agency's Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of SmallSats or TROPICS mission, NASA said Saturday.

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by Nichols Martin March 1, 2021, 6:26 am
in Government Technology, News, Space News

Maxar’s Jim McClelland: Tech Advances Fuel Smallsat Industry“™s Transformation

Jim McClelland, vice president of mission architecture at Maxar Technologies, said the small satellite industry is now more willing to take some risks, launch and learn from those launches driven by technological advances in smallsats, SpaceNews reported Wednesday. “It“™s been a very exciting transformation of the industry,“ he said. “I have to actually, oddly enough, give a lot of credit to the cubesat guys."

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by Jane Edwards February 11, 2021, 4:39 am
in News

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket Launches 143 Spacecraft for ‘Transporter-1’ Smallsat Rideshare Mission

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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by Brenda Marie Rivers January 25, 2021, 4:58 am
in News

SpaceX Obtains FCC OK for Polar Orbit Launch of 10 Starlink Smallsats

SpaceX has received approval from the Federal Communications Commission to launch 10 Starlink satellites into polar orbit using a Falcon 9 rocket as part of the Transporter-1 small satellite rideshare mission, SpaceNews reported Saturday.

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by Matthew Nelson January 11, 2021, 5:44 am
in Government Technology, News

NASA Taps Three Companies to Launch Small Satellites to Space

NASA has selected Astra Space, Relativity Space and Firefly Black to launch different types of small satellites under contracts with a combined value of $16.7M. The companies will send to space nanosatellites, CubeSats and other types of small satellites under the Venture Class Launch Services Demonstration 2 effort, the space agency said Saturday.

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by Nichols Martin December 14, 2020, 5:38 am
in News

Lockheed, University of Colorado Boulder to Launch Smallsats for NASA ‘Janus’ Asteroid Mission

Lockheed Martin has partnered with the University of Colorado Boulder to launch twin spacecraft that will rendezvous with binary asteroids for a NASA mission in 2022.

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by Brenda Marie Rivers September 11, 2020, 3:33 am
in News

OneWeb Satellites’ Debra Facktor on Smallsat Production Plans, UK Gov’t Acquisition

Debra Facktor, a board member at an Airbus and OneWeb joint venture, has said the JV is working on a new batch of satellites to support long-term efforts to expand its clientele, SpaceNews reported Sunday.

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by Brenda Marie Rivers August 17, 2020, 4:35 am
in Government Technology, News, Space News

L3Harris, Planet Execs Talk Progress, Challenges in Smallsat Dev’t

Two executives from Planet and L3Harris Technologies have cited electronic components and thermal management systems as key factors to the improvement of small-satellite technologies in the market, SpaceNews reported Thursday.

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by Brenda Marie Rivers August 7, 2020, 4:10 am

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