by OGL News | Feb 15, 2025 | news-hub
Lynk Global envisages a total constellation of 5,000 satellites built in-house. Credit: Lynk Global TAMPA, Fla. — Lynk Global has raised more than $85 million to expand its direct-to-smartphone satellite network, as growing momentum from SpaceX and AST SpaceMobile...
by OGL News | Feb 14, 2025 | news-hub
WASHINGTON — Blue Origin is laying off 10% of its workforce, or more than 1,000 employees, citing the need to restructure the company and reduce bureaucracy. Dave Limp, chief executive of Blue Origin, notified employees Feb. 13 the layoffs, which he said would be...
by OGL News | Dec 9, 2024 | news-hub
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said Dec. 5 he has talked with Jared Isaacman, the person proposed to be his successor, but did not disclose details about that conversation. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls WASHINGTON — The outgoing administrator of NASA says he is...
by OGL News | Dec 3, 2024 | news-hub
The University of Southern California’s student rocketeers have done it again. The USC Rocket Propulsion Lab (USCRPL) — which in 2019 became the first student organization ever to launch a rocket to space — sent its Aftershock II vehicle 470,400 feet (89.09...
by OGL News | Dec 2, 2024 | news-hub
This artist’s concept shows the Large Magellanic Cloud, or LMC, in the foreground as it passes through the gaseous halo of the much more massive Milky Way galaxy. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, Ralf Crawford (STScI)) In its galactic neighborhood, the Milky Way can...
by OGL News | Dec 1, 2024 | news-hub
AST SpaceMobile says its gigantic phased array antennas are supported by over 3,450 patent and patent-pending claims. Credit: AST SpaceMobile TAMPA, Fla. — AST SpaceMobile said Nov. 14 it has booked rockets from Blue Origin and others to deploy enough...