Tag: Launch
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ATLAS Space Operations Rapidly Onboards Critical TROPICS Spacecraft
In May of 2024, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicted an 85% likelihood of above-normal activity for the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season. This marked the fifth consecutive year with an above-normal prediction and, if proven accurate, would make 2024 the eighth year in the last decade to record above-normal activity. With the apparent…
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Dawn Aerospace Unveils Docking & Fluid Transfer Port for SatDrive Propulsion Systems
Dawn Aerospace, one of the leading providers of satellite propulsion, is proud to reveal the Docking and Fluid Transfer (DFT) port for SatDrive propulsion systems to enable in-space refueling for Dawn customers. The DFT port replaces standard manual fill/drain valves used for propellant loading on the ground with a passive interface that can facilitate refueling…
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Orbit and Viasat Collaborates for Advanced Airborne Satellite Communication Systems
Orbit Communication Systems Ltd., one of the leading provider of airborne communication solutions, announced a milestone collaboration with Viasat Inc., a global company in satellite communications, for the engineering and supply of advanced satellite communication (SATCOM) Multi-Purpose Terminals (MPT) for airborne platforms. This work is expected to significantly enhance performance and access for Viasat customers…
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SES Space & Defense Secures $46 Million US Air Force Contract for Airborne Satellite Services
SES Space & Defense, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES, has been awarded a multi-year contract worth USD 46.8 million by the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Air Combat Command (ACC) to provide Geostationary (GEO) Ku-band satellite services in support of the ACC remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) training and testing program. SES Space & Defense will use…
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Astroscale’s ADRAS-J Successfully Demonstrates Fly-Around Observations of Space Debris
Astroscale Japan, a subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings, a company in satellite servicing and long-term orbital sustainability across all orbits, announced that its commercial debris inspection demonstration satellite, Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan (ADRAS-J), has achieved an unprecedented technical milestone for a commercial company: the controlled fly-around operations of the space debris (rocket upper stage) capturing…
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ESA’s Hera Satellite Trio to Use Inter-Linked Radio Technology from Tekever
ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defense involves not just one spacecraft but three: two shoebox-sized CubeSats will fly up to a few dozen kilometers from their mothership around the Didymos binary asteroid system. Keeping this trio in communication to fulfill their mission needs while ensuring their safe separation is the task of a novel inter-satellite…
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Novocomms to Develop Next-Gen Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Antenna for Use in Space
With a grant from UK agency Pivot into Space, Novocomms, a Birmingham-based antenna business, will be involved in an R&D project to develop a next-generation positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) antenna system for use in space. It will be leveraging its existing antenna know-how to develop a proof-of-concept demonstrator by the end of this year.…
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Northrop Grumman’s Solid Rocket Boosters Help Launch USSF-51 National Security Mission
Five Northrop Grumman Corporation 63-inch-diameter Graphite Epoxy Motor (GEM 63) solid rocket boosters helped successfully launch the U.S. Space Force (USSF)-51 mission for the USSF Space Systems Command aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket. Five GEM 63 boosters supporting the Atlas V represents the most powerful configuration of the rocket. The boosters…
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United Launch Alliance Launches 100th National Security Mission on Atlas V Rocket
United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched the company’s 100th national security mission to orbit with the launch of an Atlas V rocket on July 30 at 6:45 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The rocket, carrying the USSF-51 mission for the United States Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC),…
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Rocket Lab Finishes Integration and Testing of Twin Spacecraft for NASA’s Mars Mission
Rocket Lab USA, one of the global leaders in launch services and space systems, has completed the integration and testing of two spacecraft destined for Mars orbit. Rocket Lab built the twin spacecraft for the University of California Berkeley’s Space Science Laboratory and NASA to enable the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE)…