Tag: Launch
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Intuitive Machines Uses Sciaky’s EBAM 3D-Printed Part for Successful Lunar Landing
What do you do when you’re the only company on the planet to have printed large-scale AM parts for land, sea, air and satellite applications? You go to the Moon, of course. And that’s just what Sciaky did by manufacturing a critical part for Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 mission to the Moon. The part, printed with…
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Kepler Successfully Validates Optical Inter-Satellite Links for Space Data Relay Constellation
Kepler Communications, a company building Internet connectivity for space, has announced the successful validation of optical inter-satellite links (OISLs) between two data relay satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). During a commissioning and early operations phase, Kepler established optical inter-satellite links between two Pathfinder satellites equipped with Space Development Agency (SDA) compatible Tesat SCOT80 optical…
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Rocket Lab Secures $23.9M in Funding Under CHIPS Act to Expand Production of Semiconductors
Rocket Lab USA, one of the global leaders in launch services and space systems, announced the signing of a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) with the Department of Commerce that would see Rocket Lab receive up to $23.9M in direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act. The proposed investment would enable Rocket Lab…
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Redwire to Develop Roll-Out Solar Arrays for Thales Alenia Space’s Space Inspire Satellites
Redwire Corporation, one of the leading companies in space infrastructure for the next-generation space economy, announced it will develop and deliver Roll-Out Solar Array (ROSA) wings for Thales Alenia Space’s Space Inspire satellites, the company’s newest product line of geostationary (GEO) telecommunications satellites. A joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), Thales Alenia Space…
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Airbus Selected by Yahsat for the Construction of Al Yah 4 and Al Yah 5 Satellites
Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PJSC (Yahsat), the UAE’s flagship satellite solutions provider announced that it has contracted Airbus Defence and Space, a leading satellite manufacturer, for its new geostationary telecommunications satellites, Al Yah 4 (“AY4”) and Al Yah 5 (“AY5”). The significant step follows the signing of an Authorisation-to-Proceed with Airbus in Q2 2023…
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Scout Space to Launch its First Standalone Spacecraft on ABL’s RS1 Rocket
Scout Space, an in-space observation service provider focused on space security and comprehensive Space Domain Awareness (SDA), is planning to send its first standalone spacecraft to orbit aboard the third flight of ABL’s RS1 rocket this year, the space domain awareness startup announced. Meet the players: ABL, a launch startup founded by former SpaceX engineers and…
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Planet Partners with NVIDIA to Enhance Onboard Processing Capabilities for Pelican-2 Satellite
Planet Labs PBC, one of the leading providers of daily data and insights about Earth, today announced it is collaborating with NVIDIA on its onboard processing capabilities for its high-resolution Pelican-2 satellite. Through this collaboration, Planet will leverage the NVIDIA Jetson edge AI platform for its next-generation high-resolution mission and fly the technology on its…
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NASA Announces Rollout Event for Artemis II Moon Rocket Stage
NASA will roll the fully assembled core stage for the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket that will launch the first crewed Artemis mission out of NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans in mid-July. The 212-foot-tall stage will be loaded on the agency’s Pegasus barge for delivery to Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Media…
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Virgin Galactic Successfully Completes 12th Spaceflight
Virgin Galactic Holdings announced the completion of its second spaceflight of 2024 and 12th mission to date, carrying one researcher and three private astronauts. The ‘Galactic 07’ flight marks the Company’s seventh research mission with Virgin Galactic’s spaceship again serving as a suborbital lab for space-based scientific research. Onboard ‘Galactic 07’: Astronaut 027 – Tuva…
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Rivada Space Networks Commits to a Safe Space Environment by Signing Zero Debris Charter
Together with more than 40 companies, research centers and international organizations, Rivada Space Networks signed the Zero Debris Charter at the Berlin International Airshow (ILA). The Zero Debris Charter, unveiled at the ESA Space Summit in Seville in November 2023, is a world-leading initiative with the goal of making space missions debris neutral by 2030.…