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Yahsat Steps up Plans in EO With Iceye Deal
Yahsat is teaming up with Bayanat and Iceye as it looks to build a national satellite remote sensing and Earth Observation (EO) capability within the United Arab Emirates to commercially address business opportunities in the local and global EO market. Yahsat announced the comprehensive collaboration, May 17. Bayanat is a provider of AI-powered geospatial solutions.…
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Beidou-3 G4 gets launched and Chinese Raptor gets tested, as it receives its own name
One of China’s biggest rockets flew again this Wednesday. Chang Zheng 3B/E successfully launched the Beidou-3 G4 payload at 2:49 AM UTC. The launch was conducted from launch complex 2 of the China Xichang Satellite Launch Center (XSLC). This is already the third flight of the massive first-generation launcher. Beidou-3 G4 is a geostationary Earth…
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GAUSS S.r.l Introduces a New Power Conditioning and Distribution Unit for CubeSats
GAUSS S.r.l, a company operating in the emerging industry of New Space technology mainly related to the design and realization of microsatellites and CubeSats has introduced a new Power Conditioning and Distribution Unit (PCDU) that is specifically designed for CubeSats. The PCDU Board designed and manufactured by GAUSS is intended as the main power board…
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Quantic Wenzel Completes Delivery of Frequency Synthesizer for NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission
Quantic Wenzel, a business of Quantic Electronics and leader in crystal oscillators, frequency sources, and integrated microwave assemblies, has completed the delivery of a space-qualified frequency synthesizer assembly for NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission. Scheduled to launch next year, the spacecraft will orbit Jupiter to perform a detailed exploration of Europa, a moon that shows evidence…
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China launches new BeiDou navigation satellite
China on Wednesday sent a new BeiDou navigation satellite into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province. The satellite was launched at 10:49 a.m. (Beijing Time) by a Long March-3B carrier rocket. It will be connected to the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System after it enters orbit and completes in-orbit tests.…
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SSC Wins New ESA Deal for Nodes Optical Communications Project
Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) has won a new 2.26 million euros ($2.46 million) contract from the European Space Agency (ESA), the company announced May 15. This contract is for the second phase of the optical communication project NODES. The contract will support the implementation, test and demonstration of an optical network, to be carried out…
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NASA’s Lunar Flashlight CubeSat mission ends before entering orbit around moon
This screenshot from NASA’s Eyes on the Solar System 3D visualization tool shows Lunar Flashlight making its close approach with Earth late on May 16. The CubeSat was expected to pass about 40,000 miles (65,000 kilometers) from our planet’s surface over Brazil’s east coast on May 17.Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s small Lunar Flashlight spacecraft, sent to…
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First Vulcan rocket rolls back to hangar for ‘adjustments’ prior to test-firing
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated May 17 with additional Tory Bruno comments. United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket rolls out to Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral on May 11. Credit: United Launch Alliance United Launch Alliance’s first Vulcan rocket was filled with methane and liquid oxygen propellants at Cape Canaveral last week for a tanking test, but…
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NASA looking forward to next Starship test, HLS integration
NASA managers tasked with humanity’s next journey into deep space spoke positively about Starship’s recent test flight, the data gathered, and the resulting design changes that will be incorporated into the next test launch. While launch site repairs continue at Starbase ahead of the continuation of the test campaign that is targeting an orbital success…
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Rocket Lab to Launch Second NASA TROPICS to Deploy Storm Monitoring Constellation
Rocket Lab USA, Inc., a provider of launch and space systems company, is preparing for the second of two dedicated Electron launches to deploy a constellation of storm monitoring satellites for NASA. The launch, called ‘Coming To A Storm Near You,’ is scheduled for lift-off no earlier than 17:30 on May 22nd NZST from Rocket…