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SpaceX Launches Classified Mission for U.S. Military, Deploys Missile-Detection Satellites
SpaceX successfully launched a classified mission for the U.S. military on February 14, deploying six missile-detection satellites into orbit. The mission, known as USSF-124, saw the Falcon 9 rocket carrying payloads for both the Missile Defense Agency and the Space Development Agency. Taking off from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in…
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Merida Aerospace Developing Perovskite Solar Cells for Low Earth Orbit Satellites
Merida Aerospace, a Tampa-based aerospace company, is developing perovskite solar cells tailored for space applications, with a specific emphasis on enhancing performance and economy for low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites. LEO satellites often rely on solar panels as their primary power source, capturing sunlight during orbital solar exposure for sustained operation. These panels enhance weight…
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SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket with national security satellites from Cape Canaveral
A Falcon 9 rocket supporting the USSF-124 mission for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Space Development Agency (SDA) launches from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now SpaceX launched its eighth Falcon 9 rocket on a National Security Space Launch (NSSL) mission on Wednesday evening. The launch, named United…
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KVH to Move Away from Hardware Manufacturing to Focus on Multi-Orbit Service
Maritime service provider KVH Industries is stepping away from hardware manufacturing to focus on its position as a hardware-agnostic multi-orbit connectivity provider. This comes after KVH added Starlink and Eutelsat OneWeb to its connectivity portfolio. The company is laying off about 20% of its workforce, about 75 employees with this change. KVH Chairman David Tolley…
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Sidus Space on Track to Launch the Next Two LizzieSat Satellites
Sidus Space, a multi-faceted Space and Data-as-a-Service company announced LS-2 and LS-3 LizzieSat production is underway and on schedule for launch later this year. With LS-1 ready for launch and delivered to the SpaceX launch site in Vandenburg, CA earlier this month, the Sidus team in Cape Canaveral is focused on upcoming milestones for LS-2…
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SpaceX launches missile tracking satellites for MDA and SDA
SpaceX launched the USSF-124 mission carrying six prototype missile tracking satellites for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Space Development Agency (SDA) into a 1000 kilometer altitude, 40 degree inclination orbit on Wednesday, Feb. 14 at 5:30 PM EST (22:30 UTC). The mission took off from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) in…
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The race is on to power up with perovskite solar cells in space
Enter the potential of perovskite solar cells. They’re cheaper to make, can be deployed on flexible polymer sheets, and they’re catching up fast on the efficiency front, with the potential even to outperform gallium arsenide, which is a pretty big deal. However, the stability of perovskite solar cells is still a work in progress. Tampa-based…
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Kratos Secures $579M IDIQ Contract for Space Force’s SATCOM C2 System
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, a technology company in the defense, national security, and global markets, announced that it is the single recipient for the Command and Control (C2) System Consolidated (CCS-C) Sustainment and Resiliency (C-SAR) indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract with a maximum value of $579 million if all options are exercised. The start date is…
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NASA’s Latest Mission to Investigate the Ultraviolet Sky, Stars, and Stellar Explosions
As NASA explores the unknown in air and space, a new mission to survey ultraviolet light across the entire sky will provide the agency with more insight into how galaxies and stars evolve. The space telescope, called UVEX (UltraViolet EXplorer), is targeted to launch in 2030 as NASA’s next Astrophysics Medium-Class Explorer mission. In addition…
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Thales Alenia Space to Contribute to NASA NEO Surveyor Mission
Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with prime contractor Ball Aerospace to supply communications equipment for NASA’s NEO Surveyor mission, a telescope designed to hunt asteroids and comets. Thales Alenia Space announced the contract award on Feb. 13. This five-year mission aims to advance efforts to defend Earth against near-Earth objects like asteroids and comets,…