low-Earth orbit

Apr- 2025 -

8 April

Space

Firefly to Deploy Elytra Dawn Spacecraft for Pentagon’s Orbital Missions

The US Department of Defense has awarded Firefly Aerospace a contract to facilitate orbital missions using its Elytra Dawn space vehicle.

California Firm to Support In-Space Structure Assembly Demo for DARPA

Space services company Momentus has received a contract to aid the demonstration of a large-scale structure assembly in Earth’s orbit for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

Dark to Provide Simulated Space Missile Interception for French Study

The French Defense Innovation Agency has selected space defense startup Dark for a concept study on hostile space object interception in low-Earth orbit.