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Gilat Details Amplifier and Modem Contracts Worth $25M in Total
Gilat Satellite Networks has revealed details of a number of new contract wins in the US and beyond. It’s U.S. subsidiary DataPath has won a $12 million contract from the United States Army for the continuation of a program to sustain anytime, anywhere satellite connectivity. The contract is for the supply of Wavestream’s solid state…
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Trash from the International Space Station may have hit a house in Florida
A few weeks ago, something from the heavens came crashing through the roof of Alejandro Otero’s home, and NASA is on the case. In all likelihood, this nearly 2-pound object came from the International Space Station. Otero said it tore through the roof and both floors of his two-story house in Naples, Florida. Otero wasn’t…
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ISRO Facilitates Skyroot Aerospace’s Rocket Motor Test
ISRO/SDSC-SHAR, Sriharikota has facilitated the static test of the S2 motor of Kalam-250 Rocket designed and developed by an Indian Space start-up M/s Skyroot Aerospace, Hyderabad at SDSC’s propulsion testbed. The test was enabled by IN-SPACe. Leveraging expertise and infrastructure, SDSC SHAR offered a comprehensive technical assessment and feasibility study, selecting the 6A-High Capacity test…
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Parsons Selected by NOAA as System Integrator for Traffic Coordination System for Space
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced the award of a $15.5 million one-year base value contract to Parsons Corporation of Chantilly, Virginia, for system integration and cloud management services for the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS). NOAA’s Office of Space Commerce (OSC) is developing TraCSS as a modern, cloud-based IT system that…
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Hughes Flat Panel Terminal is Available on the Eutelsat OneWeb Network
The Hughes Network Systems HL1120W flat panel antenna is now commercially available with service on the Eutelsat OneWeb network, the company announced Tuesday. The terminal will support a variety of enterprise and government uses. The HL1120W is an electronically steerable antenna-based (ESA) terminal. It is a full-duplex, self-aligning terminal with a built-in modem. The terminal…
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Daily Telescope: A shiny cluster of stars in a nearby galaxy
Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light, a little too much pseudoscience and not enough science. We’ll let other publications offer you a daily horoscope. At Ars Technica, we’re going to take a different route, finding inspiration from very real images of a…
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Terran Orbital Grows Revenue 44% in 2023, Regains Listing Compliance
Terran Orbital grew revenue in 2023 by 44% compared to 2022, but the company posted a net loss larger than its revenue. Terran Orbital issued its full year results on Monday as it is going through a “strategic review” after receiving a takeover offer from Lockheed Martin. Separately, the company regained compliance with the minimum…
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BAE Systems Successfully Integrates UV Spectrometer of NASA’s Carruthers Observatory
BAE Systems has successfully completed the integration of the Carruthers Geocorona Observatory‘s ultraviolet (UV) spectrometer onto the satellite bus, the next major step in completing the NASA Earth-monitoring satellite. Carruthers is a small satellite (SmallSat) designed around BAE Systems’ configurable spacecraft platform. Once on orbit at Lagrange Point 1 (L1), the observatory will use an…
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NASA, Lockheed Martin working to resolve Artemis II Orion issues, deliver spacecraft around summer’s end
NASA is working with Orion spacecraft prime contractor Lockheed Martin to resolve a handful of issues that came up late last year during ground testing, forcing the space agency to delay the launch readiness target date for its Artemis II circumlunar mission to September 2025. The Lockheed Martin assembly, test, and launch operations (ATLO) team…