Tag: ADCS Systems
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Booz Allen Advances Orbital Warfare for Space Domain
Booz Allen Hamilton announced that its corporate venture capital arm, Booz Allen Ventures, has invested in Portal Space Systems, a U.S.-based space technology company developing rapidly maneuverable spacecraft for next-generation orbital operations. Portal Space Systems is developing a new class of maneuverable spacecraft, including Starburst—its orbital maneuvering vehicle designed to provide rapid, responsive operations within…
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CubeSpace Challenges Vertical Integration in Satellite Manufacturing
CubeSpace (CS), a leading provider of Attitude Determination and Control Systems (ADCS), announced a significant production milestone, reinforcing its product offering as a scalable, high-performance alternative to vertical integration for satellite manufacturers. For years, satellite manufacturers have faced a fundamental challenge: achieving the scale required to make their business models viable in the absence of…
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PowerBank Updates the Collaboration with Smartlink AI
PowerBank Corporation, a leader in North American energy infrastructure development and asset ownership, provides an additional update on its collaboration with Smartlink AI (“Orbit AI”). The Genesis-1 satellite launched on December 10, 2025, is confirmed by Smartlink AI to now be both operational and operating an artificial intelligence model directly in orbit. The successful operation…
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Raytheon Collaborates with AWS to Enhance Space Customer Services
Raytheon, an RTX business entered a strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to significantly advance satellite data processing and mission control operations. Through this effort, Raytheon is equipping customers with the mission-critical space capabilities needed to meet national security objectives. The collaboration enables Raytheon to identify initiatives for deploying scalable cloud-based solutions using…
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Astrofein: Shaping the Future of Space Industry with Precision
Astro- und Feinwerktechnik Adlershof GmbH (Astrofein), a world-leading manufacturer of high-precision space components, is at the forefront of powering the next generation of satellite missions. With a space heritage of over 25 years, the company is renowned for its innovative and highly reliable products that are essential for the precise attitude control and deployment of…
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Spaceflux Raises £5.4 Million to Accelerate Global Role in Space Domain Awareness
Spaceflux, headquartered in London, has successfully closed a £5.4 million (€6.2 million) seed funding round, enabling the company to fast-track the growth of its proprietary global telescope network and push forward innovative space situational awareness (SSA) technologies. The funding comes as calls grow for stronger commercial and sovereign space surveillance capabilities, with recent reports warning…
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Blue Canyon Technologies: Advancing in Space with Turnkey Small Satellites Solutions
Blue Canyon Technologies, a subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies, is a complete end-to-end spacecraft company and a leading provider of turnkey small satellites solutions, including nanosatellites, microsatellites, and ESPA-class satellites. BCT, through its various missions, is enabling space missions to expand the frontiers of science and defense. Their attitude determination and control components are one-of-a-kind, allowing…
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Serenum Space Advances CubeSat Innovation with Advanced Satellite Systems
Serenum Space, a Czech-based CubeSat subsystem manufacturer and service provider, is setting new benchmarks in the small satellite sector through a suite of advanced space technologies and customizable nanosatellite platforms. As a commercially oriented subsidiary of the Czech Aerospace Research Center, Serenum brings decades of aerospace expertise into modern, affordable, and flight-proven solutions for CubeSat…
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Northrop Grumman Undocks Between Two Commercial Spacecraft in Geosynchronous Orbit
A Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV) developed by Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Space Logistics LLC has successfully undocked with Intelsat’s IS-901 satellite, completing its life extension service. This marks the first undocking between two commercial spacecraft in the geosynchronous earth orbit (GEO) graveyard. MEV-1 has provided five years of life-extension services to IS-901, allowing Intelsat to operate…
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What is a Star Tracker?
Star trackers or star sensors are optical devices that are used by satellites as a navigational tool to determine their orientation/attitude to the stars. The positions of stars are measured using a camera, photocells, and other onboard processing systems which identify the images and process the measured position in the reference frame of the spacecraft.…