Tag: Launch
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ESA Commissions Six More Radar Satellites from Thales Alenia Space for IRIDE Constellation
Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed a 107-Million-Euro contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) for the supply of 6 additional radar-based satellites dedicated to the Italian Earth observation constellation, IRIDE. This second batch of satellites, as the previous batch of six, will rely on the innovative and…
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Teledyne Supports NASA’s Europa Clipper Launch with Advanced Imaging Spectrometer
Teledyne Technologies Incorporated is pleased to announce its contribution to NASA’s successful Europa Clipper launch, which took place on Monday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Aboard the Clipper, the Mapping Imaging Spectrometer for Europa (MISE) is one of nine science instruments designed to help scientists unravel Europa’s geologic history and assess the potential habitability of…
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True Anomaly Selects Firefly Aerospace to Launch Jackal Vehicle for U.S. Space Force Mission
Firefly Aerospace, an end-to-end space transportation company, and space defense technology True Anomaly, announced a multi-launch agreement for three responsive launch missions aboard Firefly’s Alpha rocket. The first mission will deploy the True Anomaly Jackal Autonomous Orbital Vehicle (AOV) for the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command’s VICTUS HAZE Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) mission targeted…
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Axiom Space and Prada Reveals Spacesuit Design for NASA’s Artemis III mission
At the International Astronautical Congress in Milan, Italy, Axiom Space and Prada revealed for the first time for the flight design of the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU) spacesuit that will be used for NASA’s Artemis III mission. The outer-layer design and materials work was jointly developed starting when the two industry leaders came together,…
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Astroport and Orbit Fab Partners to Advance Lunar Infrastructure and Sustainable Space Exploration
Astroport Space Technologies, a provider of advanced space exploration solutions, and Orbit Fab, a pioneer in in-space refueling and resource utilization, announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the development of lunar infrastructure and enable sustainable long-term space exploration. The two companies were announced at the 75th International Aeronautical Congress (IAC), attended by over 8,000 industry and…
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Rocket Lab Expands 2024 Electron Launch Schedule with Upcoming Mission
Rocket Lab USA, a global company in launch services and space systems, announced it has added a last-minute Electron launch to its launch manifest for a commercial mission that is scheduled to launch in just three days’ time. The mission, called ‘Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes’, will launch to space from Rocket Lab Launch…
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Spire Global and Mission Control Announces Persistence Mission to Test AI in Space
At the International Aeronautical Congress (IAC), Spire Global, Inc. and Mission Control announced a mission to explore the power of artificial intelligence (AI) in space. The Persistence Mission is expected to showcase how AI can be reliably used onboard satellites over a long period of time to generate actionable insights in real time. Spire has…
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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Secures $45 Million Satellite System Related Contract Award
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, a technology company in the defense, national security and global markets, announced that it has recently received a new, sole source, approximate $45 million single award contract related to a new satellite system. Work under this new satellite system contract award will be performed at secure Kratos engineering, production and…
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Giant Magellan Telescope Starts Testing Advanced Support System for Primary Mirror
The Giant Magellan Telescope announced the successful installation of one of its completed 8.4-meter-diameter primary mirrors into a support system prototype at the University of Arizona’s Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab. This highly sophisticated system comparable in size to half a basketball court and containing three times the number of parts of a typical car…
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Viasat and ST Engineering iDirect Partners to Expand Satellite Network for Brazil’s Energy Sector
Global satellite communications leaders ST Engineering iDirect and Viasat have partnered to expand Viasat’s satellite network in Latin America by deploying ST Engineering iDirect’s next-generation hub infrastructure to provide advanced connectivity services for Brazil’s energy industry. ST Engineering iDirect will supply its next-generation DCR/DBR hub deployed on its Dialog platform, to offer a highly scalable…