Tag Archives: Orbital
FAA to complete orbital debris upper stage regulations in 2025
Top Stories Tamfitronics A Centaur upper stage being prepared for launch. Credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration is moving ahead with efforts to develop rules for the disposal of upper stages as another Centaur upper stage breaks apart in orbit.Slingshot Aerospace, which operates a network of telescopes to track objects in orbit, said Sept. 6 that a Centaur upper stage left in a geostationary transfer orbit from the March 2018 Atlas 5 launch of the GOES 18 weather satellite had broken up. The company noted that the stage appeared intact in one image taken at 1:16 a.m. Eastern that day but another taken 16 minutes later showed a debris cloud.🚨 Slingshot Orbital Alert 🚨 (Post 2/2)The Slingshot Global Sensor Network is currently tracking 40+ objects related to the breakup of an ATLAS...
Terran Orbital removes Rivada constellation from revenue backlog
Top Stories Tamfitronics TAMPA, Fla. — Terran Orbital has removed the broadband constellation it is developing for Rivada Space Networks from the backlog of revenues in its accounts, even though the manufacturer still expects to get $2.4 billion from their contract.The Boca Raton, Florida-based company’s backlog now stands at $312.7 million, according to earnings results disclosed in a regulatory filing Aug. 12 without a press release or call with investors.About 91% of these future revenues are associated with Lockheed Martin, which owns a third of Terran Orbital’s equity and dropped plans earlier this year to buy a larger stake.Terran Orbital’s work for Lockheed Martin includes a contract for 36 satellite buses to join the U.S. Space Development Agency’s mesh network of low Earth orbit (LEO) military satellites.Marc Bell, Terran Orbital’s CEO, said Rivada Space was stripped from...
