Tag: Ground
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L3Harris Receives $187 Million Award from US Space Force to Enhance Space Domain Awareness
L3Harris Technologies received an award of option year five of the Maintenance Of Space Situational Awareness Integrated Capabilities (MOSSAIC) program. The contract, worth up to $187 million from the U.S. Space Force, continues the modernization and sustainment of critical space infrastructure enabling the Space Force core competency of space domain awareness. In support of the…
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NASA Confirms Dragonfly Rotorcraft Mission to Saturn’s Moon Titan
NASA has confirmed its Dragonfly rotorcraft mission to Saturn’s organic-rich moon Titan. The decision allows the mission to progress to the completion of the final design, followed by the construction and testing of the entire spacecraft and science instruments. “Dragonfly is a spectacular science mission with broad community interest, and we are excited to take…
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Inversion’s Reentry Demonstrator Capsule to Launch on SpaceX Transporter-12 Mission
Inversion, founded in 2021 to build re-entry vehicles to deliver cargo anywhere on Earth in under one hour, announced that Ray, the company’s technology test platform, will be launching on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 as part of the Transporter-12 Rideshare mission, no earlier than October 2024. The purpose of Ray’s mission for Inversion is to test…
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L3Harris Engineers Complete the Alignment of 10 Mirrors on NASA’s Roman Space Telescope
When it launches by 2027, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will serve as a powerful eye on deep space, capturing images of billions of distant galaxies and exploring the mysteries of dark matter, supernovae, and other cosmic phenomena. L3Harris is responsible for some of the most important tasks…
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Momentus and Ascent Collaborate to Bring Leading-Edge Solar Arrays to Market
Momentus and Ascent Solar Technologies announced a new partnership to jointly bring to market leading-edge solar arrays utilizing the low-cost Tape Spring Solar Array (TASSA) being developed by Momentus and the high performance of Ascent’s flexible, lightweight photovoltaic modules. The rapid growth in the production and deployment of thousands of satellites in space has led…
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Sidus Space Joins Orbital Transports Partner Program to Expand Market Reach
Sidus Space, a multi-faceted Space, and Data-as-a-Service satellite company, announced it has joined the Orbital Transports Partner Program to expand the Company’s market reach within the global space industry. The Orbital Transports Partner Program is a community of companies, suppliers, and subcontractors working together to solve space mission challenges for our Customers and Partner companies.…
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ESA’s EarthCARE Satellite Set for Launch and Aims to Deliver Key Insights on Earth’s Climate
With the climate crisis increasingly tightening its grip, the Earth Cloud Aerosol, and Radiation Explorer, or EarthCARE for short, carries a set of four state-of-the-art instruments that will work together to provide a holistic view of the complex interplay between clouds, aerosols, incoming solar radiation, and outgoing radiation to yield new insight into Earth’s radiation…
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5N Plus Secures $14.4 Million DoD Award to Enhance Space-Qualified Solar Cell Supply Chain
The Department of Defense announced an award of $14.4 million via the Defense Production Act Investment (DPAI) Program to 5N+ Semiconductors to sustain and expand the capability to produce germanium substrates used in solar cells for defense and commercial satellites. This effort supports the 2024 National Defense Industrial Strategy to continue and expand support for…
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ULA Prepares Atlas V Rocket for Historic Launch with Boeing’s Starliner
United Launch Alliance (ULA) is readying the Atlas V rocket for the historic flight test that is targeted for launch on May 6, 2024 from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. On the shoulders of Atlas, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will soon launch two NASA astronauts on the Crew Test…
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L3Harris Completes EMI Testing of the Mission Critical Instrument for NOAA’s JPSS Satellite
L3Harris just took one step further in helping NOAA advance its mission to provide more advanced, accurate weather forecasts that help save lives and protect property with the recently completed electromagnetic interference (EMI) testing on their Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS), a mission-critical weather observation instrument that will be used on the next spacecraft in NOAA’s…