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NASA Awards Iceye 5-Year Blanket Purchase Agreement
Radar image of Strait of Gibraltar, captured with an ICEYE SAR satellite using the recently developed imaging mode. (Photo: ICEYE) NASA has awarded Iceye US a five-year blanket purchase agreement to buy the company’s synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data, Iceye announced Wednesday. This will give NASA centers broad access to the company’s SAR data. The…
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How power is blazing a trail for America’s space effort — and for nuclear startups
An artist’s conception shows a nuclear thermal propulsion system at work in orbit (USNC-Tech Illustration) As more and more hardware goes into Earth orbit, and eventually to the moon and Mars, where will the power to run all those machines come from? That’s one of the questions under consideration at a State of the Space…
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NASA air quality sensor ready for launch with Intelsat satellite
Artist’s illustration of the TEMPO instrument’s scan of air quality across North America. Credit: NASA A $210 million NASA mission to improve air pollution monitoring over North America is set to launch Friday with an Intelsat communications satellite blasting off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral. NASA’s Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution,…
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SpaceX Transporter-10 Mission to Mark Apex’s Aries Spacecraft Maiden Flight
Apex, the Los Angeles-based spacecraft mass manufacturing company, announced its flagship product, the Aries satellite bus, will fly for the first time on SpaceX’s Transporter-10 mission, which is targeted for no earlier than January 2024. Apex builds productized satellite buses, starting with their flagship Aries spacecraft, capable of a maximum 200kg wet mass. Apex spacecrafts…
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Software Defined Radios (SDRs) for Space
As space missions become increasingly complex, the need for reliable and flexible communication systems is becoming more and more critical. This is where Software Defined Radios (SDRs) come in. SDRs provide a new level of flexibility and adaptability for communication systems in space, offering numerous benefits over traditional hardware-based radios. In this article, we will…
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NTT and SES Partner to Deliver NTT’s Edge and Private 5G Network Solutions Using SES Satellites
NTT Ltd., a global IT infrastructure and services company, and SES, a global content connectivity service provider via satellite, have announced a multi-year partnership to use SES satellites to deliver NTT’s Edge as a Service to enterprise customers. The collaboration will bring together NTT’s expertise in networking and enterprise-managed services with SES’s unique satellite capabilities to deliver reliable connectivity to…
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Astrolab Plans to Launch Moon Rover on SpaceX Starship
Lunar rover developer Astrolab has signed an agreement with SpaceX to transport its first rover to the moon on a future Starship flight. Astrolab said it has arranged to fly the Flexible Logistics and Exploration (FLEX) rover it is developing as a payload on a Starship lunar lander mission scheduled for as soon as mid-2026.…
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Virgin Orbit Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Virgin Orbit has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after the company was unable to secure new funding. The smallsat launcher said in an April 4 statement that it intends to use the Chapter 11 process to maximize value for its business and assets. The smallsat launcher has funding troubles, and reported last week it was…
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Virgin Orbit files for bankruptcy after it continues to fail to find a buyer
What’s happening? Chapter 11 bankruptcy, sometimes called “reorganization bankruptcy,” is a way for companies to make themselves more valuable to potential buyers. This process allows the company to remain in ownership and control while reorganizing its debt and operations. It is often used to attempt to save a company before shutting down entirely and returning…
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AAC Clyde Space’ Specialities Enhance Small Satellites and Services For Space
AAC Clyde Space is a space company that specializes in small satellite technologies and services that enable businesses, governments, and educational organizations to access high-quality, timely data from space. This data has a vast range of applications, from weather forecasting to precision farming to environmental monitoring, and is essential to improving our quality of life…