Tag: Launch
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Rocket Lab Teams Up with KSAT to Enhance Satellite Communication for Ground Station Service
Rocket Lab USA, Inc., a global company in launch services and space systems, has partnered with Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT), a global provider of communication services for spacecraft and launch vehicles, to develop a new global ground station service for its operations and customers that enables efficient and reliable communications for future Neutron launches, increasingly…
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Hughes Surpasses the Shipment of 5,000 ESA Terminals for OneWeb
Hughes Network Systems, LLC, an EchoStar company, has announced the shipment of over 5,000 HL1120W electronically steerable antenna (ESA) Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) terminals. This milestone solidifies Hughes as a leading supplier of enterprise-class OneWeb LEO terminals. The HL1120W terminal boasts a low-profile, full-duplex, self-aligning design with a built-in modem. Tailored for the Eutelsat OneWeb LEO…
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NASA Selects Astrobotic for SBIR Award to Develop VSAT-XL for Lunar Power Study
Astrobotic, an American private company that is developing space robotics technology for lunar and planetary missions, has been selected by NASA for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award worth approximately $150k to develop an Extra Large Vertical Solar Array Technology (VSAT-XL) for the Moon. VSAT-XL’s impressive size, 34m tall and 12.5m wide, would be…
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Airbus to Develop Radiometers for CNES to use on NASA/JAXA Climate Mission
Airbus has been selected by the French Space Agency (CNES) to design and build two new generation microwave radiometers as part of the French contribution to the Atmosphere Observing System (AOS): the C²OMODO mission (Convective Core Observations through MicrOwave Derivatives in the trOpics). A cooperation between the United States, Canada, Japan, Italy and France, AOS’…
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Raytheon Secures $478 Million Contract for Patriot GEM-T Missile
Raytheon, an RTX business, was awarded a $478 million contract from the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) to supply additional GEM-T missiles to Germany. This contract supports the replenishment of Patriot missiles donated by Germany to Ukraine. Showing their strong support for Ukraine, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Norway have agreed to participate in the…
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Viasat Successfully Launches Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission
Viasat, Inc., one of the global leaders in satellite communications, has confirmed the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM) has successfully launched from Vandenburg Space Force Base. The mission, led by the Space Norway subsidiary Heosat, will see two satellites deployed in a highly elliptical orbit (HEO) in the world’s first HEO mission carrying a broadband…
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Rocket Lab Successfully Completes Launch for Capella Space’s Earth-Imaging Constellation
Rocket Lab USA, Inc., a global company in launch services and space systems, successfully launched its 52nd Electron rocket and deployed a single satellite to low Earth orbit for Capella Space. The mission was the latest in a multi-launch contract with Capella Space to deploy a series of its Acadia satellites to low Earth orbit…
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SpaceX Aborts Starlink Satellite Launch at Just 46 Seconds and Reschedules
SpaceX‘s Starlink satellite launch was aborted at the 46-second mark on August 11th, 2024. In spite of multiple launch attempts, the company had to reschedule the launch to August 12, 2024. The SpaceX’s official tweet said, “Today’s Falcon 9 launch of Starlink was paused at T-46 seconds. Vehicle and payload are in good health and…
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Lockheed Martin Selects Voyager Space to Deliver Next Gen Solid Propulsion Subsystem
Voyager Space (Voyager), a global leader in space exploration, announced the company was selected by Lockheed Martin to support the delivery of an advanced solid-propulsion subsystem for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Next Generation Interceptor (NGI), the nation’s new homeland missile defense capability. NGI, as part of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system, will…
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NASA Tests Deployment of Roman Space Telescope’s Visor
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s “visor” (sunshield) has completed several environmental tests simulating the conditions it will experience during launch and in space. Called the Deployable Aperture Cover, this large sunshade is designed to keep unwanted light out of the telescope. This milestone marks the halfway point for the cover’s final sprint of testing,…