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NASA awards SpaceX a contract for one of the few things it hasn’t done yet
When you compare SpaceX to the world’s other space enterprises, it’s probably easier to list the things SpaceX hasn’t done instead of reciting all of the company’s achievements. One of these is the launch of nuclear materials. SpaceX has launched a handful of planetary science missions for NASA, but these spacecraft have all used solar…
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D-Orbit USA Selects Spectrum AMT as its Manufacturing Partner
D-Orbit USA has selected Spectrum AMT as its manufacturing partner in the U.S. to support satellite bus design, manufacturing, and business development. The deal announced Tuesday is with Spectrum Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, a subsidiary of Ocutrx Technologies. Spectrum’s services will include material management, printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) manufacturing, harness manufacturing, and final assembly of…
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Deutsche Telekom, Qualcomm, and Skylo Trial SMS Over Satellite
Working together, Deutsche Telekom, Qualcomm, and Skylo completed a trial to send a text message over a Geostationary (GEO) satellite, the companies announced Tuesday. The proof-of-concept was conducted in Greece at Deutsche Telekom’s Cosmote subsidiary. The companies report this was the first time in Europe that an operator’s terrestrial mobile network has been integrated into…
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Beyond Gravity Offers New Standardized Products for the Commercial Market
Beyond Gravity, a supplier company to the space industry, is offering a new modular electronics platform for satellites with off-the-shelf products. The standard modules of the so-called FoX platform include single-board computer, navigation receiver, mass memory, time-sensitive networking ethernet switch and more. The company also offers further standardized products for the commercial market, such as…
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Rocket Lab Successfully Achieves Two Launches to Deploy Satellites for Kinéis
Rocket Lab USA, a global in launch services and space systems, successfully launched its 56th Electron mission, deploying five satellites to Low Earth Orbit for French Internet-of-Things (IoT) constellation operator Kinéis. The ‘Ice AIS Baby’ mission lifted-off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand at 4:55 pm on 25 November NZDT (03:55…
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Dawn Aerospace Advances In-Orbit Refueling with Qualified Docking and Fluid Transfer System
Dawn Aerospace’s Docking and Fluid Transfer (DFT) system has completed Environmental Qualification, marking a key milestone in advancing in-orbit refueling. With the DFT-Passive being qualified, Dawn will deliver its first propulsion systems that can be refueled in orbit to its customers in 2025. The DFT-Passive plays a vital role in satellite propulsion by ensuring robust,…
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Frontgrade and DSI Aerospace Partner to Develop 2TB SpaceStor Mass Memory Unit
Representatives from DSI Aerospace, a provider of high-performance electronics and mass storage systems for airborne and space applications, and Frontgrade Technologies, the leading provider of high-reliability, radiation-assured solutions for the defense, commercial, and civil industries, signed an agreement at Space Tech Expo to develop Frontgrade’s SpaceStorTM 2TB Mass Memory Unit. After DSI completes the design…
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NASA Picks SpaceX Falcon Heavy to Launch Mission to Saturn’s Titan Moon
NASA awarded SpaceX a contract to launch the agency’s Dragonfly mission to Saturn’s Titan moon on a Falcon Heavy rocket in 2028. The firm-fixed-price contract announced Monday is worth $256.6 million and includes launch services and other mission related costs. Dragonfly is a rotorcraft mission to explore Saturn’s moon Titan, and it is part of…
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Lasercom Can Lessen the Strain on RF — But It Could Bring Unintended Consequences
As satellite operators raise concerns about radio frequency (RF) congestion, greater use of laser communications in response could have unintended consequences. SpaceX, for example, has warned that its cellular Starlink system of satellites will not be able to provide real-time calling to consumers unless the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) loosens its rules on how the…
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Rakon’s MRO Subsystem Selected by German Aerospace Center for International Space Station Mission
Rakon Limited has announced that its cutting-edge Master Reference Oscillator (MRO) subsystem has been selected by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) for an in-orbit mission on board the International Space Station (ISS). Rakon’s MRO will play a key role as part of the payload for the DLR’s ‘COMPASSO’ in-orbit validation project to test new optical technologies on the Bartolomeo platform attached to the…