Vienna VA (SPX) Oct 11, 2023
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) has been was selected by MAN Energy Solutions ("MAN-ES"), a global player within the marine, energy and industrial sectors, to provide weather data and real-time automatic identification system (AIS) vessel-tracking data. According to McKinsey and Co, the shipping industry can decrease fuel consumption by 1% through optimized vessel execution and performance

Redmond WA (SPX) Oct 11, 2023
Kymeta has launched at AUSA 2023 - the Osprey u8 HGL, a hybrid geostationary/low Earth orbit (GEO/LEO) terminal purpose-built for military users. Leveraging Eutelsat Group's (formally known as OneWeb) LEO satellite network, the Osprey u8 HGL is a complete, customizable solution that can be easily mounted on a wide array of military vehicles and vessels, providing connectivity on-the-move.

Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Oct 11, 2023
Space Systems Command (SSC), the United States Space Force (USSF) field command responsible for acquiring, developing, and delivering resilient space capabilities, is now accepting applications for its inaugural Project Apollo cohort. Details and on-line applications can be found at www.sdataplab.org. Project Apollo is a voluntary, collaborative tech accelerator that brings U.S. companies,

San Francisco CA (SPX) Oct 11, 2023
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL) reports that its Pelican tech demonstration satellite, Pelican-1, along with 36 SuperDoves, have arrived at Vandenberg Space Force Base in preparation for launch next month. Pelican-1, designed and manufactured by Planet, is the first tech demonstration of Planet's next-generation, high-resolution fleet, which is expected to replenish and improve upon Planet's existing

San Jose CA (SPX) Oct 11, 2023
Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS) has integrated its customers launching on the SpaceX Transporter-9 mission and shipped the payloads to Vandenberg Space Force Base for integration with Falcon 9 ahead of launch, which is targeted for no earlier than November 2023. Momentus will use a deployer to place five satellites into Low-Earth Orbit for four different customers: The b>AMAN-1 /b> Ear

Boston MA (SPX) Oct 11, 2023
The Milky Way is often depicted as a flat, spinning disk of dust, gas, and stars. But if you could zoom out and take an edge-on photo, it actually has a distinctive warp - as if you tried to twist and bend a vinyl LP. Though scientists have long known through observational data that the Milky Way is warped and its edges are flared like a skirt, no one could explain why. Now, Harvard

Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 11, 2023
Imagine that you have a secret decoder ring that you can use to decipher a secret message with important clues about things around you: where they came from, why they are there, and what will become of them in the future. Now imagine that the secret decoder ring is actually a sensor that can be flown in space to unravel secrets about the matter in the solar system. Where did this matter originat

Kanazawa, Japan (SPX) Oct 11, 2023
Since Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun among the solar system planets, it is strongly influenced by the solar wind, a high-speed (several hundred km/s) stream of plasma blowing from the Sun. Explorations of Mercury was first carried out by the Mariner 10 spacecraft in 1974 and 1975, which revealed that Mercury has a magnetic field, and thus a magnetosphere, similar to that of Earth. In t

Bay St. Louis MS (SPX) Oct 11, 2023
NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, joined with Evolution Space on Oct. 10 to announce plans for the aerospace company to establish production and testing operations for solid rocket motors onsite. "This is another great addition to south Mississippi's commercial space engagement," Center Director Dr. Rick Gilbrech said. "Evolution Space gains access to critical NA