When NASA and Boeing officials walked into the briefing room at the Kennedy Space Center on June 5, they were all smiles. After years of development setbacks, weeks of delays […] The post Slow Burn: How Starliner’s crewed test flight went awry appeared first on SpaceNews.

Ground station services provider Atlas Space Operations said Sept. 4 it has raised $15 million for the working capital needed to triple revenue over the next 12 months. The post Atlas sets course to triple sales after raising $15 million  appeared first on SpaceNews.

SAN FRANCISCO – The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded Benchmark Space Systems $4.9 million to develop propulsion systems for ASCENT monopropellant. The two-year award announced Sept. 5 covers development of […] The post Benchmark wins $4.9 million award for ASCENT propulsion systems appeared first on SpaceNews.

SAN FRANCISCO – Collimate Space, a new Silicon Valley startup, aims to tackle a specific problem for satellite operators. Collimate offers a tool for predicting the success of satellite downlinks, […] The post Collimate offers tool to predict downlink success appeared first on SpaceNews.

Canadian geostationary operator Telesat has sold off Infosat Communications, a remote satellite services specialist, to bolster finances as investments in its low Earth orbit Lightspeed constellation ramp up.  The post Telesat sells remote communications services business appeared first on SpaceNews.

Atomos Space and Katalyst Space are collaborating to retrofit geostationary satellites with space domain awareness sensors The post Space startups eye opportunities in the orbital surveillance market appeared first on SpaceNews.

Threats to our national security increase every day as the United States’ near-peer adversaries develop and field sophisticated weapons on accelerated timelines – including hypersonic missiles that are faster, more […] The post L3Harris Rapidly Advances U.S. Hypersonic Missile Tracking and Defense Capabilities appeared first on SpaceNews.

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to solicit bids for “data labeling” services The post NGA to launch $700 million program to help AI make sense of satellite images appeared first on SpaceNews.

A “joint mission management center” has been set up at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s campus in Springfield, Virginia The post Space Force and intelligence agencies seek to streamline satellite imagery delivery appeared first on SpaceNews.

The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency is creating a standardized framework for evaluating the accuracy of computer vision models used to analyze satellite imagery and other geospatial data The post U.S. intelligence agency to evaluate trustworthiness of AI models appeared first on SpaceNews.