United Launch Alliance has started the application process for a competition that aims to provide U.S. colleges and universities a chance to build payloads for ULA’s CubeSat rideshare program. ULA said Thursday that Tyvak Nanosatellite Systems will help evaluate and pick schools that can get free science, technology, engineering and math payload rides on Atlas V rockets as part of […] More

United Launch Alliance has launched a National Reconnaissance Office payload and 13 CubeSats for the Government Rideshare Advanced Concepts Experiment aboard an Atlas V rocket as part of the NROL-55 mission. The Boeing–Lockheed Martin joint venture said Thursday the mission is in support of national defense and is the company’s 10th launch since the beginning of the year. Jim […] More

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has unveiled a command and control system that is intended for use in small satellite operations. The quantumCMD off-the-shelf technology is built to help users develop dashboards and a common operational picture across satellites, Kratos said Tuesday. QuantumCMD is also designed with telemetry, tracking and command tools, as well as HTML5 web server […] More