low-Earth orbit

Kratos Bets on Bigger Ground Antennas to Handle High-Volume Satellite Data

A new GAIA 100 Tri-Band ground station antenna variant from Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is designed to track satellites and transmit and receive high volumes of data between orbit and Earth.

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No Signal Lost: Hydra MAX Confirms Multi-Orbit Reliability in Harsh Test

Hydra MAX is a terminal that reached TRL 6 after demonstrating uninterrupted, multi-orbit connectivity, using digital beamforming for enhanced resilience, and 4x faster responsiveness.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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