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Rocket Lab to Launch NASA’s TROPICS Constellation from New Zealand
Rocket Lab USA, one of the leading launch and space systems companies, announced that it will launch NASA’s TROPICS constellation across two dedicated Electron missions lifting off from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand next month. The TROPICS constellation (Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of Small Sats) will monitor…
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GAO Report: DoD’s Satellite Control Network Needs an Update to its Life Cycle Sustainment Plan
The U.S. Space Force intends to bolster its satellite communications capacity through the use of electronically-steered phased array antennas for the DoD Satellite Control Network (SCN), and a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) study urges the Department of the Air Force to finish its planned update to the SCN life cycle sustainment plan (LCSP). “SCN…
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UK Government Sets Out Communication Infrastructure Strategy With a Role for Satellite
The United Kingdom has unveiled sweeping plans for communications technologies such as satellite, in a huge new policy initiative. Its latest Wireless Infrastructure Strategy details the roles technologies such as satellite will play as the U.K. aims to be at the forefront of communications technologies and connectivity. The U.K. government released the new strategy on…
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Loft Federal and Microsoft Join Ball Aerospace’s Team for SDA NExT Contract
Loft Federal and Microsoft will join Ball Aerospace to work on its Space Development Agency (SDA) contract for the experimental testbed NExT for 10 satellites. SDA awarded Ball Aerospace the NExT contract in October 2022, to build 10 satellites and accompanying ground systems to serve as the experimental testbed of the SDA’s constellation. The contract…
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Lynk Signs Agreement With Vodafone Ghana
Via Satellite archive photo Lynk Global has signed an agreement with Vodafone Ghana to bring mobile coverage to all of Ghana’s population with Lynk’s “cell tower in space” satellite connectivity. This is Lynk’s second commercial contract with mobile network operator Telecel Group in Africa, following an agreement with Telecel Centrafrique in the Central African Republic. …
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SpaceX readying Starship rocket for around-the-world test flight next week
SpaceX’s Super Heavy booster and Starship rocket stand fully stacked at the company’s Starbase launch facility in South Texas. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX said Tuesday it won’t perform a final countdown dress rehearsal this week for the giant new Starship launch vehicle, and could send the rocket — standing nearly 40 stories tall on its Texas…
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Microsoft Azure enlists generative AI to help Pentagon look for satellite imagery
The Department of Defense envisions linking multiple ground communication systems with diverse satellite networks. (Photo via Defense Innovation Unit) Can a chatbot help Pentagon planners find the satellite data they need to understand what’s happening in a global hotspot? Microsoft Azure Space recently showed the U.S. military how an application beefed up with AI could…
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GomSpace Showcases New Camera System for Earth Observation Projects
GomSpace, one of the global leading manufacturers and suppliers of CubeSat and small satellite solutions for customers in the academic, government, and commercial markets has introduced a new high-performing camera system for earth observation projects. The NanoCam C1U system from GomSpace is a flexible and modular system to rapidly implement tailored imaging systems based on…
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What is AOI?
AOI is an acronym for “Area of Interest.” Knowing your desired AOI will help you in planning your data collection with satellites to ensure you get the right technology in the right place and at the right time. In satellite imagery ordering and tasking workflows, an AOI describes the location for which you are requesting…
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On Orbit’s Future Space Economy Series: Computing Power in Space
Today’s modern global economy runs on data, and the world’s most successful industries and organizations are defined by the speed and efficiency in which they access that data. Defining success in space will be no different – a vibrant, diverse, and productive economy in space will require massive amounts of data that can easily be…