SpiderOak closed a Series C round with $16.4 million in financing that will be utilized to complete on-orbit testing and achieve the flight heritage of OrbitSecure 2.0 offering. Space technology platform Empyrean Technology Solutions led the oversubscribed investment round, which was also participated by Method Capital and OCA Ventures, the zero trust cybersecurity company said Thursday.  […] More

The launch window for Rocket Lab USA’s Electron mission will open on Jan. 23 after it was delayed in December due to unfavorable weather conditions and additional time required to complete regulatory documentation.  Rocket Lab USA said Wednesday the mission will launch from Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility to deploy […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will hold a Proposers Day on Jan. 19 at its conference center in Arlington, Virginia, to provide potential offerors information on the objectives of a program that seeks to build and demonstrate propulsion systems that could enable sustained operations in very low Earth orbit. The Otter program intends to […] More

Rocket Lab‘s Electron vehicle has concluded wet dress rehearsal activities ahead of its launch from Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility to carry out a mission for HawkEye 360. During the pre-launch activities, the Rocket Lab team raised the Electron rocket vertically before filling it up with liquid oxygen and fuel, […] More

Northrop Grumman kicked off a seventh cargo flight under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services 2 contract on Monday morning to deliver over 8,200 pounds of science experiments and crew supplies to the International Space Station. The Cygnus spacecraft, nicknamed ‘S.S. Sally Ride’ after the first American woman to reach space, launched from the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility […] More

NASA has awarded Science Applications International Corp a five-year, $170 million contract to carry out testing and maintenance on space systems and technological programs. The Reston, Virginia-based company said Tuesday that under the Systems and Software Assurance Services 2 contract, its team will conduct safety and mission assurance and mission protection activities, among other services. Michael LaRouche, […] More

The U.S. Space Force’s innovation arm has awarded Scout Space two phase one contracts to collaborate with research institutions on the development of technologies envisioned to support orbital debris cleanup and other space activities. The Alexandria, Virginia-headquartered company said it will work with Stanford University’s Space Rendezvous Laboratory and the Florida Institute of Technology’s Orion […] More

The U.S. Army has selected SpaceLink to participate in studies to enhance its space communications network. Through a cooperative research and development agreement, SpaceLink’s staff will team with the Army Space and Missile Defense Command Technical Center to enable a communications network that is durable and cuts down on lags between endpoints, the McLean, Virginia-based […] More

David Ray, senior vice president of operations and lead for the space business unit at Science Applications International Corp., said he sees a prime opportunity for the company to offer systems integration services to the Department of Defense’s planned military sensing and data transport system in low Earth orbit, Breaking Defense reported Monday. He told […] More

Timothy Rumford, formerly an operating unit director within Northrop Grumman‘s tactical space systems division, has been appointed vice president of operations at Leesburg, Virginia-based aerospace technical services provider Optimum Technologies. Rumford comes to OpTech with three decades of aerospace industry experience across business, program management and engineering areas, the company said Monday. In his previous […] More

Northrop Grumman has received a $22.1 million contract from the U.S. Space Force to provide the service branch with a satellite bus that will be used on its Rapid On-orbit Space Technology Evaluation Ring program. The ROOSTER space vehicle is envisioned to be capable of supporting future refueling activities in a geostationary orbit, the Department […] More

Rocket Lab USA has unveiled a program meant to provide operators of commercial and government satellites with access to the company’s launch capability and spacecraft development and support services. The Responsive Space Program will enable Rocket Lab to have direct collaboration with satellite operators on rapid call-up launch and operations as well as design, build […] More