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NASA Selects 12 Companies to Collaborate on Key Technology Developments for Moon to Mars Objectives
NASA has selected 16 proposals from 12 companies under the 2022 Announcement of Collaboration Opportunity (ACO) to advance capabilities and technologies related to NASA’s Moon to Mars Objectives. The cadre of U.S. industry-led teams will test a new lunar rover tire design, develop a robotically assembled power system, build an electrically actuated device to join…
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Redwire Space Showcases New High Resolution Camera for LEO Applications
Redwire Space a company focused on space commercialization, digitally engineered spacecraft, on-orbit servicing, assembly, and manufacturing has announced a new high-resolution camera for low earth orbit (LEO) applications. The SpectraCAM High-Resolution Flight Cameras from Redwire Space are engineered for low earth orbit (LEO) applications including docking, navigation, inspection, and situational awareness. Featuring GigE Vision image…
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Thales Seizes Control of ESA Demonstration Satellite
The European Space Agency (ESA) challenged cybersecurity experts in the space industry ecosystem to disrupt the operation of the agency’s OPS-SAT demonstration nanosatellite. Participants used a variety of ethical hacking techniques to take control of the system used to manage the payload’s global positioning system, attitude control system1 and onboard camera. Unauthorised access to these…
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ispace Lunar lander loses communication at last second
ispace HAKUTA-R Launch On December 11th, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching out of SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station took flight, carrying ispace’s HAKUTA-R towards the Moon. It was set to be the first commercial Lunar lander as the company prepped for landing today, over four months later. The launch of the Lunar…
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Ursa Major to Provide Upper Stage Rocket Engines for Astra’s Rocket 4
Ursa Major, America’s privately funded company that focuses solely on rocket propulsion, announced an agreement with Astra that will support next-generation communications, national security and defense, and Earth observation. Under the agreement, Ursa Major will provide Hadley engines for the upper stage of Astra’s Launch System 2 on its newly architected, higher-capacity Rocket 4 launch…
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SpaceX SLC-6 takeover to mark a new chapter for a famous pad
One of the most iconic launch sites in the world, Vandenberg Space Force Base’s Space Launch Complex 6 (SLC-6), will be leased by SpaceX. Confirmation came after Col. Rob Long, Space Launch Delta 30 (SLD 30) commander, signed a statement supporting SpaceX’s lease to launch Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy missions from the launch site.…
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Live coverage: SpaceX launches Starlink 3-5 mission from California
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on the Starlink 3-5 mission with 46 Starlink internet satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”SpaceX Webcast”] [tabby title=”SpaceX Mission Audio”] [tabbyending]
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Canadian Wireless Provider Rogers is Testing Lynk’s Satellite-to-Cell Service
Canadian wireless provider Rogers Communications is testing Lynk’s satellite-to-cell service ahead of offering the connectivity to expand its network across remote locations in Canada. Rogers said in a Wednesday announcement that it has conducted successful technical tests with Lynk satellites in remote British Columbia and will start testing in Atlantic Canada. The wireless provider plans…
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Intellian Invests $100M in Satellite Tech with New Development Center in Maryland
Satellite terminal manufacturer Intellian has opened a new Advanced Development Center (ADC) in Montgomery County, Maryland, and is making a $100 million investment into R&D for satcom technologies. This new site in Maryland is officially open and is the company’s first and only U.S. research and development center. The center will host radio frequency (RF)…
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The Era of Hybrid Warfare: How Space Became the Latest Dimension in Conflict
PARIS — Speaking at the Cysat event in Paris, France, Greg Wyler, founder and CEO of E-Space, said that gateways are the biggest security vulnerability in today’s satellite networks. “We [E-Space] have no gateways. This is the largest attack surface,” said Wyler, who is also speaking at the CyberLEO event next month. “The gateway is…