The planned demonstration mission in low Earth orbit, carrying a communications payload, comes after a three-year development period marked by supply chain...
Firefly Aerospace
NASA and NOAA will work with commercial partners to design and build the network’s spacecraft and instruments.
Kim joins Firefly from Millennium Space, a Boeing subsidiary specialising in small satellites primarily for US government agencies, where he served as CEO.
The missions will launch L3Harris spacecraft into Low-Earth Orbit from Firefly’s SLC-2 launch site at the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Firefly board member Peter Schumacher will serve as interim CEO while the board initiates a search.
The NRO created the contract vehicle, Streamlined Launch Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity Contract, to procure commercial launch services for its more...
Lockheed Martin's upcoming technology demonstration is designed to showcase a highly producible electronically steerable antenna on orbit.
