NASA and NOAA will work with commercial partners to design and build the network’s spacecraft and instruments.
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Many of these companies have participated in the commercial smallsat data programme and remain actively involved.
This upcoming mission builds on Intuitive Machines' previous successes, including the delivery of NASA payloads to the Moon's South Pole earlier in 2024.
NASA has selected Arrow Science and Technology, Impulse Space and Momentus Space for its VADR contract.
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.
NASA has invited student teams to design and propose space missions for a chance to see their ideas launch into orbit in 2026.
The mission will emphasize scientific research, technology demonstrations, and the commercialisation of space.
Blue and Gold spacecraft are scheduled to ship to Cape Canaveral in August where they will be integrated onto Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket.
The JPSS constellation collects multi-spectral data of Earth’s environment for NOAA’s weather and climate work and for NASA’s Earth science research.
