Tag: Global
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AFRL Starts Construction of New FORTRESS Space Lab to Develop Radiation Tolerant Electronic Components
The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, held a ground-breaking ceremony, beginning construction on the Facility for Radiation Tolerance Research on Electronics for Space and Strategic Systems, or FORTRESS, a 6,200-square-foot, $4.5 million facility, located adjacent to the AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate Deployable Structures Laboratory. The facility is designed to enable AFRL researchers to investigate…
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Spire Global Unveils Next-Generation 16U Satellite Bus at Space Tech Expo Europe
Spire Global, a leading global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, revealed a next-generation 16U satellite bus design at Space Tech Expo Europe. The satellite bus is tailored for customers with missions that require larger payloads and more power, volume, and data capabilities than a conventional 16U, such as Earth observation and space…
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ArianeGroup Signs a Contract with Airbus for Ariane 6 Carbon Fibre Structures
Airbus and ArianeGroup have signed a contract for the next transition batch of Ariane 6 large carbon fiber structures. The contract includes the manufacturing and supply of innovative, large, lightweight structures for the next fourteen Ariane 6 launchers, to be manufactured until 2025. The contract will support ArianeGroup’s ramp-up to full production rate by then.…
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SpaceX Confirms Successful Launch of Eutelsat 10B
Eutelsat Communications has announced that the EUTELSAT 10B satellite was successfully launched into Geostationary Transfer Orbit by American space launch provider SpaceX using a Falcon 9 expendable rocket that lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA at 21.57 pm Eastern time on November 22nd(corresponding to 2.57 am UTC and 3.57 am CET on November 23rd). The…
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ESA Plans to Conduct In-Orbit Demonstration of LEO-PNT Satellites
ESA’s Navigation Directorate has planned an in-orbit demonstration with new navigation satellites that will orbit just a few hundred kilometers up in space, supplementing Europe’s 23 222-km-distant Galileo satellites. Operating added-value signals, these novel so-called ‘LEO-PNT’ satellites will investigate a new multi-layer satnav system-of-systems approach to deliver seamless Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) services that…
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Hello Space to Offer IoT through its Pocketqube Satellite Constellation
Hello Space, Turkey’s first and the world’s third pocketqube satellite constellation tech start-up is set out to become one of the eye-catching technology start-ups born in Turkey, offering worldwide data IoT service, with pocketqube constellation to be sent into space. Pocketqube satellites are the world’s renowned smallest satellite standard, in 5cm x 5cm x 5cm…
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R&S Satellite Industry Days to Focus on Impact of Next Generation Satellite Technologies
After the successful parts 1 and 2 of the Rohde & Schwarz Satellite Industry Day series, part 3 will take place on December 13, 2022, at 15:00 CET. The virtual session includes a panel of industry experts and will focus on the impact of next-generation satellite technologies. Participants can meet in virtual reality with industry…
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QuadSAT Launches Productized Version of its Drone-Based Antenna Testing Solution
QuadSAT has launched a productized version of its ground-breaking drone-based antenna test and verification system. Previously available only as a managed service delivered by QuadSAT engineers, the solution can now also be acquired for own testing needs. Users can carry out their own testing, anytime, anywhere, using QuadSAT’s testing solution. QuadSAT’s innovative drone-based system for…
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AST SpaceMobile Deploys Largest-Ever Commercial Communications Array in LEO
AST SpaceMobile, the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by standard mobile phones, announced that it had successfully completed deployment of the communications array for its test satellite, BlueWalker 3 (“BW3”), in orbit. BW3 is the largest-ever commercial communications array deployed in low Earth orbit and is designed to…
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Boeing Demonstrates New Autonomous Anti Jamming Technology for U.S. Space Force’s SATCOM Program
Boeing engineers recently demonstrated a new, autonomous technology that can successfully prevent jamming attempts on U.S. Department of Defense satellite communications (SATCOM). The test was conducted on the U.S. Space Force’s Protected Tactical SATCOM Prototype (PTS-P), showing how this technology can provide secure communication in contested environments. “Maintaining communication with our deployed forces during hostility…