Tag: Ground
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Satellogic Announces Successful Expansion of Aleph-1 Constellation
Satellogic, one of the leaders in sub-meter resolution Earth Observation (“EO”) data collection, announced the successful deployment of four satellites, launched with SpaceX at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Each of the spacecraft has made contact with Satellogic’s ground station network and confirmed good health across all subsystems. The SpaceX Transporter-6 mission was completed Tuesday…
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Virgin Orbit Successfully Completes Final Rehearsal Ahead of Historic Start Me Up Mission Launch
Partners for the United Kingdom’s first orbital launch announced that the initial window for the historic Start Me Up mission will officially open on Monday, 9 January at 22:16 UTC with additional backup dates continuing into mid and late January. Start Me Up is a collaborative effort between the United Kingdom Space Agency (UKSA), Cornwall…
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Airbus to Provide Poland with a High Resolution Optical Satellite System
Airbus Defence and Space has signed a contract with Poland to provide a geospatial intelligence system including the development, manufacture, launch, and delivery in orbit of two high-performance optical Earth observation satellites. The contract also covers the associated ground segment, including Direct Receiving Station in Poland, launch services, training for the Polish team, and maintenance,…
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Bright Ascension Software Supports 6 Satellites on Latest Rideshare Mission
Bright Ascension confirmed that their six latest GenerationOne flight software deployments were launched onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on 3rd January 2023, taking the current total to 39 spacecraft in orbit. The satellites, developed by Innovative Solutions In Space B.V. (ISISPACE) in the Netherlands and AAC Clyde Space in Scotland for a diverse mix…
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Broadcast Commerce Giant Benefits from Teleport Upgrade
Satellite communications used by video commerce giant QVC/HSN for their television shopping networks and e-commerce sites are benefiting from a teleport upgrade provided by PSSI Global Services. The new satellite ground links use ViaLite’s high dynamic range L-Band HTS link pairs together with 3U chassis configurations and HRC-5 monitoring and control modules in Satcom6 outdoor…
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Sidus Space Awarded Bechtel Cable Assembly Contract for Mobile Launcher 2
Sidus Space, a Space-as-a-Service company focused on mission critical hardware manufacturing combined with commercial satellite design, manufacture, launch, and data collection has been selected by Bechtel Corporation to manufacture cables for the NASA Mobile Launcher 2 project. Sidus was previously awarded a contract to fabricate custom cables and populate unique electronics cabinets supporting the launch…
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Kleos Geospatial Intelligence Released to Customers
Kleos Space S.A., a space-powered defence & intelligence technology Company, has confirmed that it is now successfully processing RF data collected by the Vigilance Mission (KSF1) satellites through its signal processing technology platform to create its geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) product, LOCATE, which has been released to initial customers alongside other intelligence collected by the Vigilance…
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Mitsubishi Electric Announces Two New GaN High Electron Mobility Transistors for SATCOM
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced that two new 12.75-13.25 GHz (Low-Ku band) 70W (48.3dBm) gallium-nitride high-electron-mobility transistors (GaN HEMTs) will be added to the company’s GaN HEMT lineup for satellite-communication (SATCOM) earth stations. The two GaN HEMT products, one for multi-carrier1 communications and the other for single-carrier2 communications, support increased data-transmission capacity and smaller earth stations…
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Quantum Space to Begin Expansion of QuantumNet with $15 Million Investment
Quantum Space announced that it has received a $15 million investment from Prime Movers Lab, a U.S.-based venture capital firm. The investment enables Quantum to begin the expansion of QuantumNet, a cornerstone project aimed to provide data products and digital services for customers from cislunar space. Quantum plans to close the Series A round of…
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Av-Comm Space and Defence Acquires R G Systems to Expand Large Antenna Capabilities
Av-Comm Space and Defence is pleased to announce it has acquired the Central Coast-based large antenna specialist R G Systems. Australian-owned R G Systems has been operating since 2005 and during that time has installed and refurbished more than 100 large antenna systems for defence and civil satellite communications customers. This strategic acquisition of R G…