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Spectrum AMT Showcases Transformative Capabilities at SpaceCom Space Congress 2024
Spectrum Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, a pivotal force in high-reliability microelectronic circuits and electronic assemblies manufacturing for over 25 years, is poised to exhibit its transformative capabilities in product development and manufacturing services at SpaceCom — America’s Commercial Space Conference and Exposition. The event starts on January 1, 2024, and runs through February 1, 2024, at…
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Sivers Semiconductors Receives €0.6 Million Grant from ESA to Design SATCOM Chips
Sivers Semiconductors announced that its business unit, Sivers Wireless, has been granted €0.6 million (approx. 6.7 MSEK) from the European Space Agency (ESA). The grant will cover funding for the design of satellite communication chips over the next 1.5 years. Sivers Wireless will be responsible for the design of a Q-/V-band direct quadrature demodulator…
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RTX Achieves Key Milestones in DARPA Blackjack Program Using Four BCT Satellites
RTX’s small-satellite manufacturer and mission services provider, Blue Canyon Technologies, announced the satellites supporting the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Blackjack program have completed critical milestones activities. National security space assets, critical to U.S. warfighting capabilities, traditionally reside in a geosynchronous orbit to deliver persistent overhead access to any point on the globe. To…
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Redwire Expands In-Space Manufacturing Tech Portfolio, Targeting Semiconductor Market
Redwire Corporation, one of the leaders in space infrastructure for the next-generation space economy, announced the strategic expansion of its in-space manufacturing technology portfolio with the first pathfinder mission for its autonomous semiconductor manufacturing platform, MSTIC. MSTIC launched to the International Space Station (ISS) onboard Northrop Grumman’s 20th cargo resupply services mission (NG-20). Semiconductors are…
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HPE Spaceborne Computer-2 Returns to ISS as Part of Northrop Grumman’s Resupply Mission
Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced it has sent a third iteration of the HPE Spaceborne Computer, built from commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) servers, to the International Space Station (ISS) via a Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply Services mission, contracted by NASA, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The goal of HPE Spaceborne Computer-2’s latest trip is to build…
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Northrop Grumman Refueling Technology Selected as Preferred Solution for SSC’s Satellites
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Passive Refueling Module (PRM) has been selected as the first preferred refueling solution interface standard for use across SSC satellites. The company is collaborating with SSC, Defense Innovation Unit, and other customers to develop in-space refueling technologies for the nation’s space-based assets. These advancements address a critical national security capability: sustained maneuverability…
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KIOXIA SSDs Power HPE Spaceborne Computer-2 for ISS Mission
KIOXIA SSDs took flight with the launch of the NG-20 mission rocket, which is delivering an updated HPE Spaceborne Computer-2, based on HPE EdgeLine and ProLiant servers from Hewlett Packard Enterprise, to the International Space Station. KIOXIA SSDs provide robust flash storage in HPE Spaceborne Computer-2 to conduct scientific experiments aboard the space station. HPE…
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Rocket Lab Kicks Off 2024 With Mission for Spire and NorthStar
Rocket Lab launched its first mission of 2024 on Wednesday, launching four space situational awareness (SSA) satellites for Spire Global and NorthStar Earth & Space. The Electron mission took off from Launch Complex 1 at 19:34 NZDT and deployed the satellites to a 530 km circular Earth orbit. NorthStar Earth & Space confirmed the success…
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BlackSky Advances to Third Phase of SMART Program for AI Tools
BlackSky Technology won a contract from the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) for the third phase of the Space-based Machine Automated Recognition Technique (SMART) program. BlackSky has won previous awards for the SMART program in 2022 and 2021. Phase III is the final phase and emphasizes the transfer of SMART broad area search technologies…
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BlackSky Advances to Third Phase of SMART Program for AI Tools
BlackSky Technology won a contract from the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) for the third phase of the Space-based Machine Automated Recognition Technique (SMART) program. BlackSky has won previous awards for the SMART program in 2022 and 2021. Phase III is the final phase and emphasizes the transfer of SMART broad area search technologies…