Space

Herndon, Virginia-based defense technology contractor HawkEye 360 announced that its Cluster 9 satellites have reached full operational capability, while the company’s Cluster 10 constellation is expected to reach full operational capability by early November. The Cluster 9 constellation’s mid-inclination orbit expands the radio frequency data and analytics coverage of high-demand areas, HawkEye 360 said Thursday. The company […] More

Eutelsat America Corp. and OneWeb Technologies, jointly operating under the Eutelsat Group as a wholly owned independent U.S. proxy company and subsidiary, have partnered with Iridium Communications to enhance satellite services for U.S. government customers. Under the agreement, EACOWT said Wednesday it will use Iridium’s Certus platform and satellite time and location services to offer enhanced low […] More

The European Space Agency has tapped Kepler Communications to oversee the low Earth orbit segment of the High Throughput Optical Network, or HydRON, program. As a prime contractor on the HydRON-DS Element #1 agreement, Kepler aims to advance the ESA’s data transport capabilities by providing acumen in spacecraft constellation design, manufacturing, networking and operations, the satellite telecommunications […] More

Anduril Industries and Impulse Space have entered into a strategic partnership to combine their technologies in support of complex national security missions for the U.S. government and its allies. The team will focus on delivering integrated systems for operations like rendezvous maneuvers, space control and other space domain awareness applications in high-energy orbits, Anduril said Friday. Under […] More

The Space Operations Command’s Space Acquisition and Integration Office, or SAIO, is soliciting industry information on potential service contractors for three ground-based space observation sites. The SAIO market research covers operations and maintenance services for the Ground-Based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance System, or GEODSS. It also seeks industry input for the possible upgrade of the […] More

Vast has unveiled Haven-2, which is envisioned to replace the International Space Station. If selected by NASA, the first module of Haven-2 could launch to orbit and become operational by 2028, the company said Monday. The proposed Haven-2 module is 5 meters longer than Haven-1, nearly doubling the living space that would be available to […] More

HawkEye 360 will decommission its Cluster 1 Pathfinder satellites in December, replacing them with Cluster 11, as it seeks to bolster its satellite constellation. The new satellites will operate in a mid-inclination orbit, enhancing coverage in high-demand equatorial regions and complementing Clusters 6, 8 and 9, the company said Wednesday. Cluster 11 will also feature an […] More

Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing company, has completed its preliminary design review of the Fire-control On Orbit-support-to-the-war Fighter program just four months after securing the authorization to proceed. FOO Fighter intends to showcase advanced missile defense capability by integrating fire control-quality sensors into a prototype constellation, the company said Monday. “Completing PDR in such a […] More