Tag: Ground
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True Anomaly Expands to Long Beach for Advanced Space Technology Development
True Anomaly Inc., the defense technology company developing advanced space superiority systems, announced its expansion into Southern California with a 90,000-square-foot factory in Long Beach. The factory will serve as the company’s footprint for new product development and vertical integration and include 20,000 square feet of office space for True Anomaly’s growing employee base. Long…
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NASA to Provide Live Coverage of SPHEREx and PUNCH Mission Launch
NASA will provide live coverage of prelaunch and launch activities for SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer), the agency’s newest space telescope. This will lift off with another NASA mission, Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere, or PUNCH, which will study the Sun’s solar wind. The…
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SuperSharp Selects NanoAvionics’ Microsatellite Platform for Blue Moon Mission
UK-based SuperSharp, part of the Satlantis group, has selected Kongsberg NanoAvionics’s MP42 microsatellite platform for a first-of-its-kind Thermal InfraRed (TIR) mission called Blue Moon. The mission will embark SuperSharp’s flagship instrument HIBISCUS, an 80kg payload, onboard NanoAvionics’ flight-proven MP42 satellite bus. The launch is scheduled for the second half of 2026 onboard a SpaceX’s Transporter rideshare service.…
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Rubicon Secures NASA Contract to Develop ASCENT Thruster
Rubicon Space Systems achieves a NASA contract to develop a 110-newton ASCENT thruster prototype. ASCENT stands for Advanced Spacecraft Energetic Non-Toxic Propellant developed by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory in the 1990s. It’s the most powerful ASCENT thruster built for the government. The new contract could pave the way for ASCENT thrusters to serve…
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BlackSky Receives Contract for Subscription-Based Imagery and Analytics Services
BlackSky Technology won a six-figure contract from a new strategic international customer to provide immediate, subscription-based on-demand Gen-2 imagery and analytics services and comprehensive analyst training on the AI-powered BlackSky Spectra multi-intelligence tasking and analytics platform. Analyst training will also emphasize the use of BlackSky’s automated broad area search and discovery tools. “BlackSky’s software-first adoption…
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Rocket Lab Successfully Launches 60th Electron to Deploy BlackSky’s First Gen-3 Satellite
Rocket Lab USA, a global leader in launch services and space systems, successfully launched its 60th Electron to deploy the next satellite in the Earth-imaging satellite constellation of real-time space-based intelligence company BlackSky. The ‘Fasten Your Space Belts’ mission lifted off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand at 12:17 NZDT on…
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Synergy Quantum Introduces Hybrid Quantum Security for Future-Proof Encryption
Synergy Quantum has introduced a groundbreaking hybrid quantum security solution, combining Satellite-Based Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) and Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC). This next-generation encryption system is designed to future-proof global communications, ensuring that sensitive data remains secure against current and emerging quantum cyber threats. Synergy Quantum is transforming secure communication by integrating Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) with…
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Frontgrade Introduces Industry’s First Class L GaN DC-DC Converter and EMI Filter
Frontgrade Technologies, a leading provider of mission critical electronics for aerospace and defense, has become the first company to successfully qualify its Gallium Nitride (GaN)-based DC-DC converter and complementary electromagnetic interference (EMI) filter to Class L standards. Under the Defense Logistics Agency’s MIL-PRF-38534 specification, Class L qualification verifies these devices’ ability to meet the most…
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Thales Alenia Space and ESA Partner to Develop HydRON Multi-Orbit Optical Network
Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) for Element #2 of the HydRON (High-thRoughput Optical space Network) Demonstration System (DS) for the design, development, deployment and in-orbit demonstration of a full end-to-end optical system to verify and validate the world’s…
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Safran DSI Introduces the First US-Built 5.5 Meter LEO Satellite Tracking Antenna
Safran Defense & Space, a global leader in advanced space technology, has successfully completed its first US-built 5.5 meter “VISION” LEO (Low Earth Orbit) satellite tracking antenna. This cutting-edge antenna, manufactured in Norcross, Georgia, marks a significant step in Safran DSI’s commitment to delivering American-made solutions for space and defense applications. The VISION antenna is…