Tag: Ground
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Sandvik to Exhibit its Space Solutions at Space Tech Expo USA 2023
Sandvik is exhibiting at the Space Tech Expo in Long Beach, CA, USA. The 11th edition of Space Tech Expo is being held in Long Beach, CA, USA in May. Space Tech is a combined conference and exhibition for space technology and services. Spanning three days, Space Tech is an opportunity to learn more about…
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Sidus Space and Lulav Space Collaborate for Guidance Navigation and Control on Lunar Missions
Sidus Space, a Space, and Defense-as-a-Service satellite company focused on mission-critical hardware manufacturing; multi-disciplinary engineering services; satellite design, production, launch planning, mission operations; and in-orbit support, has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Lulav Space, an Israeli robotics company specializing in space applications, to cooperate in the US market by providing…
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ViaSat-3 Americas Soars High After Successful Satellite Launch
Viasat Inc., a global communications company announced the successful launch of ViaSat-3 Americas aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. ViaSat-3 approximately four hours and thirty two minutes after liftoff, the satellite separated from the launch vehicle. First signals from the satellite were acquired approximately…
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ESA Continues Work on Fixing Juice’s Radar for Icy Moons Exploration (RIME) Antenna
Juice’s ice-penetrating RIME antenna has not yet been deployed as planned. During the first week of commissioning, an issue arose with the 16-meter-long Radar for Icy Moons Exploration (RIME) antenna, which is preventing it from being released from its mounting bracket. Work continues to free the radar and teams at ESA’s mission control center in…
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Bradford Space Introduces New Acceleration Measurement Unit for Satellites
Bradford Space, a high-tech developer and manufacturer of state-of-the-art in-orbit systems and components ranging from propulsion systems and avionics to microgravity workspaces has introduced a new Acceleration Measurement Unit (AMU) for satellites. The Acceleration Measurement Unit (AMU) from Bradford Space is an independent measurement unit. The AMU is composed of four accelerometers disposed on a…
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Exo-Space Hardware Delivered to Sidus Space for LizzieSat Integration and Testing
Sidus Space, Inc. a Space and Defense-as-a-Service satellite company focused on mission-critical hardware manufacturing; multi-disciplinary engineering services; satellite design, production, launch planning, mission operations; and in-orbit support, announced that Exo-Space has delivered its hardware for integration and testing in preparation for launch aboard LizzieSatTM. As previously announced, Sidus Space will integrate Exo-Space’s FeatherEdge Data Processing Platform…
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Servo Corporation of America Unveils Earth Sensor with Multi Pixel Detector
Servo Corporation of America is pioneer in Infrared Detectors, Infrared Subsystems for Satellite Attitude Determination and Radio Direction Finding Equipment for airports and harbors. space industry customers include NASA, Galileo, Sodern, Boeing, TRW, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Orbital Sciences, Ithaco, the Indian Space Research Organization, Canadian Space Agency and Surrey Satellite (SSTL). They have introduced…
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Italian Space Agency and Thales Alenia Space Sign a Contract for Space Factory 4.0
Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has won a contract from the Italian space agency (ASI) to conduct the development of the Space Factory 4.0 program in the frame of the Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR). Thales Alenia Space is a consortium including Argotec, CIRA and Sitael,…
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Dragonfly Aerospace Missioning Towards Space Exploration With Their Experience in Space Engineering
Dragonfly Aerospace, a South African space engineering and space missions, with a team of strong experience and heritage dating back to the first earth observation satellite missions starting in the 1980’s through to their most recent satellite launch in 2018 and imager launch in 2020. FACILITY Dragonfly Aerospace is investing in a 3000m² design and…
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Astra Space to Provide Propulsion Kits for Apex’s Satellite Bus Platform
Astra Space and Apex Technology announced a contract for Astra to initially provide 5 Spacecraft Propulsion Kits for Apex’s satellite bus platform. Astra is expected to begin delivering the Spacecraft Propulsion Kits in 2023. The Spacecraft Propulsion Kit disaggregates the four subsystems of the Astra Spacecraft Engine module: (1) thruster, (2) power processing unit, (3)…