WASHINGTON — NASA is preparing to award a contract to a Boeing-Northrop Grumman joint venture for Space Launch System missions that could run through the middle of the next decade. The agency published July 26 a pre-solicitation notice for its Exploration Production and Operations Contract (EPOC), which would shift procurement of SLS launches to a
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The contract was awarded by SpaceWERX in support of the Orbital Prime program to develop technologies for space debris cleanup and other on-orbit services WASHINGTON — Wallaroo Labs announced July 26 it won a Phase 1 Small Business Innovation Research study contract from the U.S. Space Force to model the performance of machine learning and
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TAMPA, Fla. — Viasat said July 26 it has been selected to study multi-orbit satellite networks for the European Space Agency. The study will be conducted by the U.S.-based satellite broadband operator’s British subsidiary, which will spend a year evaluating technical requirements and potential markets for hybrid networks that combine multiple frequency bands and network
WASHINGTON — Orbit Fab, a startup that is developing an infrastructure for in-space refueling of spacecraft, announced plans to purchase a small amount of lunar regolith and transfer it to a trust to promote sustainable management of lunar resources. The Colorado-based company said July 26 that it signed a letter of intent with Breaking Ground,
SpaceNews spoke with Kyle Whitehill, Avanti’s chief executive officer, to learn more about the British satellite operator’s plans to expand across Africa. After breaking free from most of its debt restraints, British satellite operator Avanti Communications is ready to expand across Africa. Investors agreed in April to swap debt for equity in a deal that
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Defense Innovation Unit’s Steve Butow: ‘We want to make GEO cool again’ WASHINGTON — The Defense Innovation Unit is funding space projects that the agency hopes will spur commercial investments in satellite refueling technologies and support services for geostationary satellites. “Imagine a world where every 18 to 24 months, you could simply upgrade the processor
TAMPA, Fla. — Eutelsat said July 25 it is in talks to merge with OneWeb to create a global multi-orbit satellite broadband operator. The deal would combine France-based Eutelsat’s satellite fleet in geostationary orbit (GEO) with British startup OneWeb’s constellation in low Earth orbit (LEO). Eutelsat already owns 23% of OneWeb, and has been building
WASHINGTON — The person tapped to be the next head of NASA’s astrophysics division says his top priority is to keep the agency’s next large space telescope on schedule and within its budget. NASA announced July 14 that Mark Clampin would take over as director of NASA’s astrophysics division, effective Aug. 15. He succeeds Paul
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