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BAE Systems Completes CDR on M-Code Military GPS Receiver
BAE Systems has completed a critical design review (CDR) on a program to design and manufacture an advanced military GPS receiver and next-generation semiconductor. The Military GPS User Equipment (MGUE) Increment 2 Miniature Serial Interface (MSI) program is part of a $247 million contract received in 2020 from the U.S. Space Force. The MSI includes…
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SFL Developed Norwegian Microsatellite Achieves Optical Communications Link
The Norwegian Space Agency (NOSA)’s NorSat-TD demonstration microsatellite developed by Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) has successfully transferred data to a ground station using optical communications technology. The accomplishment is a first for a Dutch-built laser communication device and among the first achieved by a microsatellite. Optical, or laser, communications between a satellite and ground station enable…
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Gilat Wins New Government Contract
Gilat Satellite Networks has won a new multi-million defense connectivity contract from an unnamed government cusotmer. Gilat’s SkyEdge IV platform and Taurus-M modems will be augmenting the advanced satellite communications capabilities for a leading governmental defense organization. Gilat announced the deal Feb. 1. SkyEdge IV is Gilat’s next generation multi-service platform built to work in…
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Reticulate Micro Introduces Reticulate Space Business Focused on Satcom
Reticulate Micro has formed a new business segment called Reticulate Space focused on multi-orbit satellite communications management technologies. Reticulate Micro is a commercial and defense technology company that is building a quantum-protected open-systems platforms for video streaming, simplified terminal management and satellite mobile connectivity in austere environments. Reticulate Space will focus on defense and selective…
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Advanced Space’s Resilient CAPSTONE Mission for NASA Marks 445 Days of Lunar Operations
Advanced Space, one of the leading space tech solutions companies, announced that CAPSTONE – the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment – continues to be “The Little Satellite That Could” as it flies near the Moon over 440 days. The spacecraft is conducting operations in Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit (NRHO); achieving record-long…
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Starlab—with half the volume of the ISS—will fit inside Starship’s payload bay
The Starlab commercial space station will launch on SpaceX’s Starship rocket, officials said this week. Starlab is a joint venture between the US-based Voyager Space and the European-based multinational aerospace corporation Airbus. The venture is building a large station with a habitable volume equivalent to half the pressurized volume of the International Space Station and…
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Rocket Lab Successfully Launches First Electron Mission of 2024
Rocket Lab USA, one of the global leaders in launch services and space systems, launched its first Electron mission for 2024, a space-junk-focused mission for Spire Global and NorthStar Earth & Space. The ‘Four Of A Kind’ mission for Spire’s customer NorthStar successfully launched from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand at 19:34…
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SDA Modifies Momentus Contract for Defense Applications of Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle
Momentus, a U.S. commercial space company that offers satellite buses, transportation, and other in-space infrastructure services, has been awarded a contract modification valued at $1,196,404 by the Space Development Agency to continue development of the Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle for the Department of Defense (DoD) Mission Requirements. Through this Small Business Innovation Research Award, “Orbital…
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Why interstellar objects like ‘Oumuamua and Borisov may hold clues to exoplanets
On October 17 and 18, 2017, an unusual object sped across the field of view of a large telescope perched near the summit of a volcano on the Hawaiian island of Maui. The Pan-STARRS1 telescope was designed to survey the sky for transient events, like asteroid or comet flybys. But this was different: The object…
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Sierra Space unveils fully integrated Dream Chaser spaceplane amid testing campaign
For the first time, Sierra Space mated its Dream Chaser spaceplane to the Shooting Star module amid shake table testing at NASA’s Armstrong Test Facility in Ohio. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now An orbital-class spaceplane is one step closer to returning to the International Space Station. As part of an on-going test campaign, Sierra Space mated…