Tag: GNSS
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NASA Awards $6.5 Million Contract to Spire Global for Earth Observation Data
Spire Global, one of the leading global providers of space-based data, analytics, and space services, announced it was awarded a $6.5 million, 12-month contract renewal to continue participation in NASA’s Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program. The contract represents a $500,000 increase from the previous award of $6 million in June 2022. Spire will continue…
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EnduroSat to Design and Build Vyoma’s Space Situational Awareness Satellite Constellation
EnduroSat and Vyoma have announced that they will be working together on Europe’s first commercial mission for in-situ space situational awareness (SSA). Vyoma will use in-orbit optical telescopes to observe space objects and map the orbital environment at a high frequency, thus providing SSA data and services with near-zero latency. EnduroSat will design and build…
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Xona Awarded a Contract from AFRL and U.S. Space Force to Accelerate PULSAR LEO PNT Service
Xona Space Systems, a company building the next generation of satellite navigation, has partnered with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and the U.S. Space Force to work toward a secure Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) architecture leveraging Xona’s PULSAR service. This $1.2M Direct to Phase II SBIR (D2P2) contract was…
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ESA Awards €16 Million Contract to Spire Global for Satellite-Based Aviation Surveillance System
The European Space Agency has awarded Spire Global, a global provider of space-based data, analytics, and space services, a €16 million phased contract for the EURIALO project, which will develop the preliminary design and demonstrator for a global space-based independent aircraft surveillance system. Spire will provide a system design and in-orbit technology demonstrator for a…
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Rohde & Schwarz Collaborates with Qualcomm to Test GSO and GEO Satellite Chipsets for IoT-NTN
Rohde & Schwarz, in collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies, will conduct a broad range of NB-IoT over NTN tests that address the many challenges inherent to satellite-based non-terrestrial networks that use geosynchronous orbit (GSO) and geostationary orbit (GEO) constellations. The test set covers time and frequency synchronization from prolonged delays and the Doppler effect, low signal-to-interference-plus-noise…
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Spirent to Demonstrate First Signal Simulator for LEO PNT Satellite Constellation at Joint Navigation Conference 2023
Spirent will demonstrate the first fully-certified Xona satellite constellation simulator, SimXona, at the 2023 Joint Navigation Conference (JNC), June 12-15, 2023, in San Diego, CA. Organized by the Institute of Navigation, JNC is the largest U.S. military positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) conference, with government, defense, and industry participation. Spirent, a global provider of test…
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SpacePNT and D-Orbit Completes Integration Testing of NaviLEO GNSS Receiver Technology
SpacePNT and D-Orbit have completed the integration testing of SpacePNT’s unique NaviLEO GNSS receiver technology onboard the ION Orbital Transfer Vehicle (ION SCV011) that is scheduled to be launched from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base on June 2023. NaviLEO is a low-cost, high performance multi-GNSS multi-frequency receiver product platform that has been developed by SpacePNT…
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Spirent Announces the Certification of its LEO SatNav Constellation Simulator by Xona Space Systems
Spirent, one of the leading global providers of test and assurance solutions, has announced SimXona, an industry-first Xona satellite constellation simulator, has been fully certified by Xona Space Systems. Xona is developing PULSAR, a commercial positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) service built on a backbone of low Earth orbit (LEO) small satellites. Xona’s patented high-powered…
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Beyond Gravity Explores The World and Beyond Over 40 Years of Advances in Space
Beyond Gravity, a supplier of structures for all types of launch vehicles including the European Ariane and Vega rockets, is helping humanity explore space and beyond with their range of products and services. Beyond Gravity is a pioneer in selected satellite products as well as satellite constellations. Furthermore, the company is a long-standing supplier to…
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Surrey Building World-Leading Small Satellites for 40+ Years
Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) pioneers new satellite technologies, products, and services and shares its know-how to enable advancement in space. SSTL, with 40+ years in operation, has 14 satellites currently operated from their spacecraft operations centre, 70+ launches, 35+ long-duration SSTL satellites operating in orbit (years), 12 payloads and 8 satellites in manufacture, and 500+…