Latest stories

  • ULA’s Tory Bruno Suggests 'Block Buys' for Heavy Launch Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    ULA’s Tory Bruno Suggests ‘Block Buys’ for Heavy Launch Services

    Tory Bruno, CEO of United Launch Alliance and a previous Wash100 Award winner, said the U.S. Space Force should do large-scale purchases of heavy launch services in preparation for a possible rocket shortage in the coming years, SpaceNews reported Thursday. Bruno cautioned that the U.S. national security launch program could be slowed down as a “perfect storm” has […] More

  • Northrop LDPE-3A Spacecraft Gearing Up for Space Force Launch Mission in 2023 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    Northrop LDPE-3A Spacecraft Gearing Up for Space Force Launch Mission in 2023

    Space Systems Command has transported the Northrop Grumman-built long-duration propulsive-evolved expendable launch vehicle secondary payload adapter to Astrotech Space Operations’ processing facility in Florida in preparation for the U.S. Space Force-67 launch mission in 2023. The LDPE-3A satellite bus will launch aboard SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket and will carry multiple experimental and prototype payloads designed […] More

  • USSF-44 National Security Mission Lifts Off Aboard SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    USSF-44 National Security Mission Lifts Off Aboard SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy

    A National Security Space Launch mission, called U.S. Space Force-44, aboard SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket lifted off Tuesday from a launch complex at Kennedy Space Center in Florida to deploy multiple satellites into geosynchronous Earth orbit. The Space Force said Tuesday the Space Launch Delta 45 unit supported the USSF-44 mission, which included the Long […] More

  • SpaceX Gets Certification to Use Recyclable Boosters in National Security Launches - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    SpaceX Gets Certification to Use Recyclable Boosters in National Security Launches

    SpaceX has received certification from the U.S. Space Force to launch classified intelligence, surveillance and early-warning satellites using previously flown first-stage boosters on its Falcon Heavy rocket, Bloomberg reported Thursday. The certification issued in June allows the company to use the recyclable side boosters in launching national security missions and the service branch said one […] More

  • DARPA Selects 11 Teams to Develop Optical Intersatellite Communications Terminal - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    DARPA Selects 11 Teams to Develop Optical Intersatellite Communications Terminal

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has named the teams that will work on a program that aims to develop an intersatellite optical communications terminal for enabling satellite constellations to communicate in space. Eleven teams from academia and the commercial industry received other transaction agreements to perform phase 1 research and development work for the […] More

  • SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft Performs 25th Resupply Mission to International Space Station - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft Performs 25th Resupply Mission to International Space Station

    A SpaceX-built Dragon spacecraft aboard a Falcon 9 rocket took off Thursday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to deliver over 5,800 pounds of crew supplies, science experiments and other cargo to the International Space Station as part of the company’s 25th resupply services mission to the ISS. The spacecraft is expected to arrive […] More

  • NASA to Send Climate Research to ISS via SpaceX Dragon Resupply Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    NASA to Send Climate Research to ISS via SpaceX Dragon Resupply Mission

    SpaceX will launch a spacecraft Thursday to carry cargo to the International Space Station for its 25th resupply services mission, which will include a NASA payload for climate change research. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will help enable NASA’s orbital laboratory-based investigation of the composition of the Earth’s mineral dust and the effects of the dust […] More

  • FAA Outlines Environmental Impact Mitigating Actions for Planned SpaceX Super Heavy Launches - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    FAA Outlines Environmental Impact Mitigating Actions for Planned SpaceX Super Heavy Launches

    SpaceX will have to perform over 75 environmental impact mitigating actions as part of the Federal Aviation Administration’s environmental review that is required for the company’s proposed spacecraft launch from Boca Chica, Texas. The agency said Monday the actions related to the SpaceX Starship/Super Heavy vehicle program will be undertaken for FAA’s Programmatic Environmental Assessment, […] More

  • NASA to Order 5 More SpaceX Crewed Flights - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    NASA to Order 5 More SpaceX Crewed Flights

    NASA has indicated its intent to award SpaceX a contract modification to fly an additional five crewed missions as the agency seeks to ensure the availability of human transportation services to the International Space Station. The agency said Wednesday that SpaceX, which is currently the only company that secured certification under the Commercial Crew Transportation […] More