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Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) May 09, 2023 - A Draft Request for Proposal (DRFP) for the Space Test Experiments Platform (STEP) 2.0 contract effort is available now via SAM.gov for industry feedback submissions through Friday, May 19. Th

Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) May 09, 2023 - A Draft Request for Proposal (DRFP) for the Space Test Experiments Platform (STEP) 2.0 contract effort is available now via SAM.gov for industry feedback submissions through Friday, May 19. Th

The effort, called Space Test Experiments Platform 2.0 (STEP 2.0), aims to set up a consortium of providers who have flight-proven buses via an indefinite delivery/indefinite quality (ID/IQ) contract, Lt. Col. Jonathan Shea, STP director, said Monday.

The Space Test Program released a draft solicitation May 8 seeking commercial companies to provide spacecraft and integration services.

Astra Space’s continued efforts to rebound from a pair of Space Coast launch failures with a new rocket has been awarded with a task order by the U.S. Space Force.

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Private company Astra Space has gotten a contract from the Department of Defense to launch a complex mission for the U.S. Space Force.

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has commenced its first laser energy test in space, bringing the prospect of a laser energy beam fired from space closer to reality. A bureau statement [...]

NASA has built small and inexpensive weather sensors to help forecasters track tropical cyclones. NASA constructed two weather instruments to test the capabilities of small, low-cost sensors in replicating the work of bigger and more expensive satellites.

Known as COWVR and TEMPEST, the duo is demonstrating that smaller, less expensive science instruments can play an important role in weather forecasting.