New NASA Hurricane Tracking Mission on Track (Learn More- Video)
NASA confirmed Friday morning that all eight spacecraft of its latest Earth science mission are in good shape. The Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) will provide scientists with advanced technology to...
Orbital ATK Takes NASA’s Scientific Balloon Program to New Heights
Orbital ATK, a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies, today announced a record total of five successful scientific balloon flight launches at this year’s NASA Antarctica Long Duration Balloon Flight...
Iridium NEXT Launch Begins Era of Space-Based ADS-B Tracking (Video)
Aireon announced on Saturday, the successful launch and deployment of the first ten satellites hosting its space-based automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) system.
Part of the Iridium NEXT satellite constellation, Aireon's space-based...
Next SBIRS Missile Warning Satellite Launch Jan. 19 (Learn More – Video)
The U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will launch the next Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) satellite on Jan. 19 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. The...
AUDS Anti-UAV Achieves TRL-9 Following US Force Deploy (Video)
The AUDS counter-UAS defense system, field tested and proven to detect, track and defeat malicious and errant unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) or drones, is the first fully integrated system worldwide to achieve...
Now We’re Talking: SBIRS Responding to Ground Control (See Launch)
After a successful evening launch, the third U.S. Air Force Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) GEO satellite is now responding to commands as planned, approximately 37 minutes after lift-off.
Designed and built by...
Lasers Could Turn Earth’s Atmosphere into a Magnifying Glass? (See How)
Scientists at BAE Systems believe that within the next fifty years, battlefield commanders could deploy a new type of directed energy laser and lens system, called a Laser Developed Atmospheric Lens...
NOAA Releases First GOES-16 Image from Harris-Built ABI (Learn More)
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released the first image taken by Harris Corporation’s Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) onboard their next-generation weather satellite.
The image taken from the Geostationary Operational...
NASA Remembers Fallen Heroes: 50th Anniv of Apollo 1 Tragedy
NASA will honor members of the NASA family, including the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, who lost their lives while furthering the cause of exploration and...
Raytheon Completes Flight Op Sys Testing for NASA’s JWST (Video)
Raytheon has successfully completed factory acceptance testing of the flight operations system for the James Webb Space Telescope.
With seven times the light-collecting power of its predecessor, the Hubble Space Telescope, this...
