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  • Intelsat G-37/H-4 Communications Satellite Launches Aboard SpaceX Rocket; Dave Wajsgras Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intelsat G-37/H-4 Communications Satellite Launches Aboard SpaceX Rocket; Dave Wajsgras Quoted

    Intelsat has launched aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket its Galaxy 37/Horizons-4 geostationary satellite to provide space-based connectivity for government and commercial customers in North America. The Maxar Technologies-built G-37/H-4 communications satellite started sending signals minutes after it took off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, Intelsat said Thursday. “This launch completes our comprehensive […] More

  • Northrop's Antares Rocket Launches to Space for ISS Resupply Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop’s Antares Rocket Launches to Space for ISS Resupply Mission

    Northrop Grumman‘s Antares rocket launched to space for the company’s 19th commercial resupply service mission to the International Space Station, Space.com reported Tuesday. Antares lifted off Tuesday from Pad-0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, carrying the space agency’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft to bring hardware, science experiments and crew supplies to ISS. Dubbed the […] More

  • IARPA Picks 4 Contractors for Space Debris Identification & Tracking Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IARPA Picks 4 Contractors for Space Debris Identification & Tracking Program

    The Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s advanced research and development arm has chosen four prime contractors to create technologies capable of tracking small space debris. A-Tech, Advanced Space, SRI International and West Virginia University Research Corp. will work under the Space Debris Identification and Tracking program over an anticipated four-year period to help […] More

  • Northrop's Cargo Resupply Mission to Take 3 NSF-Funded Projects to International Space Station - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop’s Cargo Resupply Mission to Take 3 NSF-Funded Projects to International Space Station

    Three National Science Foundation-backed projects will be part of a Northrop Grumman cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services program. The ISS National Laboratory said Tuesday the projects that will fly on Cygnus spacecraft for the Northrop CRS 19 mission are led by Stanford University, Emory University and the […] More

  • Maxar 300 Small Satellite Bus Series Clears Critical Design Review - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Maxar 300 Small Satellite Bus Series Clears Critical Design Review

    Maxar Technologies is set to begin production of its new small satellite bus series purchased by L3Harris Technologies for the Space Development Agency’s missile-tracking satellite constellation after completing the critical design review phase of the program. The review validates the structural design, power, attitude control and command and data handling functions of the Maxar 300 […] More

  • DOD Transforming the Future of Warfighting With 3 Key Space Technologies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOD Transforming the Future of Warfighting With 3 Key Space Technologies

    Technological advancements have led both the United States and its adversaries further into the space domain, bringing about a host of new threats. To address these challenges, the Department of Defense is investing heavily in space capabilities – with its 2024 space budget request being its largest yet. The DOD’s plan for the space domain encompasses numerous […] More

  • Anduril Equips Space Force's Comms Infrastructure With Resilient Networking Capability - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Anduril Equips Space Force’s Comms Infrastructure With Resilient Networking Capability

    The U.S. Space Force has selected a resilient mesh network manufactured by Anduril Technologies to boost communications between sensors, command and control systems and data platforms at Space Surveillance Network sites nationwide. Anduril said Saturday the SDANet platform was recently used to restore operational communications at an SSN site in Maui, Hawaii, that experienced severe […] More

  • Amazon Invests $120M in New Satellite-processing Facility for Project Kuiper - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Amazon Invests $120M in New Satellite-processing Facility for Project Kuiper

    Amazon is constructing a $120 million facility for Project Kuiper at Space Florida’s Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center to support its development of low Earth orbit satellite constellation for broadband network services. The company said Friday its most recent investment will open 100,000 sq. ft. of space for final satellite processes at […] More

  • NASA Soliciting Bids for Space Tech Flight Test Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Soliciting Bids for Space Tech Flight Test Services

    NASA has released a solicitation for flight test services and added capabilities in support of its future space missions or potential commercial applications. The space agency said Friday the Suborbital/Hosted Orbital Flight and Payload Integration Services 4 contract will cover payload hosting, space flight on commercial platforms and other services. The solicitation is aimed at […] More

  • Space Force Eyes Additional Vendors for Future Launch Missions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Space Force Eyes Additional Vendors for Future Launch Missions

    The U.S. Space Force is planning to broaden its network of commercial launch service providers beyond SpaceX and United Launch Alliance to support multiple planned missions over five years, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The service branch will add a third provider to handle more difficult launch missions under the third phase of its […] More

  • Sidus Space Awarded Parsons Subcontract for Space Force Launch Integration Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sidus Space Awarded Parsons Subcontract for Space Force Launch Integration Support

    Sidus Space has secured a subcontract to provide Parsons with manufacturing hardware support for a U.S. Space Force rideshare payloads integration initiative. Under the award, the Florida-based satellite company will supply master harness assembly and test cables for the Launch Manifest Systems Integration program, Sidus Space said Wednesday. Parsons previously received a multi-year deal that involves […] More

  • NASA Sends 4 CubeSats to LEO to Test Space-Based Autonomous Satellite Swarms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Sends 4 CubeSats to LEO to Test Space-Based Autonomous Satellite Swarms

    NASA has deployed a set of four small satellites to low Earth orbit aboard Rocket Lab‘s Electron launch vehicle to test autonomous spacecraft swarm technologies in space. The 6U-sized CubeSats lifted off from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand and will demonstrate their ability to conduct maneuver planning, communications networking, relative navigation and autonomous positioning […] More