SEOUL, South Korea — A Japanese Epsilon small launch vehicle failed to reach orbit during an Oct. 11 launch, resulting in the loss of all eight smallsats on board. The rocket lifted off on schedule at 8:50 p.m. Eastern from Japan’s Uchinoura Space Center carrying the RAISE-3 technology demonstration smallsat […]
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A legislative proposal in the 2023 defense spending bill calling on DoD to leverage commercial space networks marks a victory of sorts for the SmallSat Alliance. As its name indicates, the alliance is an industry group that advocates for greater use of small satellites, particularly by the U.S. government. Its […]
How pandemic and war dealt a double whammy to a supply chain already struggling to keep up Not long ago, small satellite manufacturers were confident their suppliers would deliver needed parts and components on schedule. Sure, there were hiccups. But overall, supply was sufficient to meet demand. Then the COVID-19 […]
LOGAN, Utah — NanoAvionics said Aug. 10 it has extended its range of modular satellite buses in another step toward the heavier end of the small satellite market. The addition of the MP42D bus enables the Lithuanian smallsat maker to host more powerful customer payloads of up to 145 kilograms. […]
The three-satellite experiment,, launched from the ISS in 2019 and 2022, demonstrated on-board data processing and crosslink communications WASHINGTON — Millennium Space executives on July 20 revealed the results of a two-year experiment involving three small satellites launched in 2019 and 2020 from the International Space Station. The so-called Red-Eye […]
SAN FRANCISCO – The SmallSat Alliance is inviting U.S. university students to propose space-related solutions for formidable technical and policy challenges as part of the Collegiate Space Competition. The first of what is expected to become an annual competition focuses on two topics: Earth science and environmental monitoring as well […]
Updated 9:30 a.m. to correct landing site of booster. LONG BEACH, Calif. — SpaceX launched several dozen payloads on its fifth dedicated rideshare mission May 25, illustrating the continued demand for such missions even as dedicated small launch vehicles emerge. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 […]
TAMPA, Fla. — Luxembourg startup OQ Technology said Feb. 16 it has secured its first patent for a planned satellite constellation to connect internet of things (IoT) devices. OQ founder and CEO Omar Qaise said the patent, granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, will “give us an edge […]