Tag: Launch
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Aerospacelab Secures Vyoma Contract for its Second Space Surveillance Satellite
Vyoma, a Munich-based company that leverages ground-based and soon, space-based data to empower automated satellite operations, has selected Aerospacelab, an emerging figure in the aerospace sector, for a contract for a microsatellite, flying Vyoma’s second Space Situational Awareness (SSA) optical payload, scheduled for launch from the end of 2025. The mission advances Vyoma’s 12-satellite Flamingo…
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Thales, Spire, and ESSP Sign MOC to Develop Satellite-Based Surveillance for Aviation Market
Thales, Spire Global, and European Satellite Services Provider (ESSP) have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the goal of introducing a range of innovative global satellite-based surveillance services to the air traffic management (ATM) industry and broader aviation market. These services will be powered by a specialized constellation of over 100 satellites collecting Automatic Dependent…
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Mitsubishi Electric Set to Ship Samples of GaN MMIC Power Amplifier for SATCOM Earth Stations
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced that it will begin shipping samples of 8W and 14W gallium nitride (GaN) monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) power amplifiers for use in Ka-band satellite-communication (SATCOM) earth stations from July 1. While the mainstream frequency for satellite communications is currently the Ku-band (13GHz to 14GHz), the higher frequency Ka-band (27.5GHz to…
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USPACE-Manufactured Test Satellite for Alya Space Successfully Leaves the Production Line
USPACE Technology Group announced that the Group’s first test satellite of Alya-1 Satellite Constellation for Brazil’s Alya Satélite e Produção de Fotografias Aéreas Limitada successfully finished factory test and left the production line, which also represents the inaugural satellite’s departure from the production line of USPACE. This marks a significant milestone for USPACE as it…
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Vast and The Exploration Company Sign Agreement for Second Haven Space Station Cargo Services
Vast, a pioneer in space habitation technologies, and The Exploration Company, builder and operator of the Nyx reusable space capsule, signed a cargo services agreement for a 2028 mission to Vast’s second Haven space station. Walther Pelzer, Director General of the German Space Agency at DLR (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt), and Bale Dalton, NASA…
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Astroscale Signs Zero Debris Charter to Support Sustainable Space Operations
Astroscale, the UK subsidiary of Astroscale, a leader in satellite servicing and long-term orbital sustainability, has announced that the company has signed the Zero Debris Charter, demonstrating its support for a zero debris future in space. Managing Director of Astroscale UK, Nick Shave, signed the Charter at a ceremony in Berlin, Germany, on June 6,…
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Kongsberg NanoAvionics Appoints Atle Wøllo as New CEO
Smallsat mission integrator and bus manufacturer Kongsberg NanoAvionics has appointed Atle Wøllo as its new CEO. Wøllo is replacing Žilvinas Kvedaravicius, who became interim CEO last year, following the departure of co-founder and former CEO Vytenis J. Buzas in 2023. Wøllo, with educational background in business administration and electronic engineering, comes from Kongsberg Defence &…
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Raytheon Selected by NASA to Build Landsat Next Instruments
NASA selects Raytheon Company to provide three instruments and related services, with an option for one additional instrument, in support of the Landsat Next mission based at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The contract includes a cost-plus-award-fee base period and a cost-plus-fixed-fee option period with a total value of $506.7 million. The…
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NASA Selects RTX’s Blue Canyon Technologies to Provide Spacecraft Buses for PolSIR Mission
RTX’s small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider, Blue Canyon Technologies, was selected to build two 12U CubeSat buses for NASA’s PolSIR mission, which will study ice clouds that form at high altitudes throughout tropical and sub-tropical regions. In addition to designing and manufacturing the bus platforms, Blue Canyon will also provide mission operations services.…
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Netcracker Unveils Digital Satellite Solution to Revolutionize LEO and GEO Satcom Ground Networks
Netcracker Technology announced the launch of its Digital Satellite Solution, a blueprint for multi-orbit IT that radically transforms how satellite operators manage, optimize, and monetize their business. With the new solution, operators can guarantee the best service quality at any time, deliver a premium digital engagement to their customers, and expand their business with any…