Tag: Launch
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NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Primary Instrument Testing Nears Completion at BAE Systems
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s Wide Field Instrument (WFI), the primary scientific instrument on NASA’s next-generation observatory, has entered the final stages of environmental testing at BAE Systems in Boulder, Colorado. The WFI will detect distant infrared light from around the universe and provide high-resolution images across wide swaths of the sky, helping scientists…
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iDirect Government Secures DIU Contract to Build 5G Co-Channel Interference Mitigation Prototype
iDirect Government, one of the leading providers of satellite communications to the U.S. military and government, has won a contract with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to build an operational 5G co-channel interference mitigation solution prototype, leveraging iDirectGov’s leading Communication Signal Interference Removal (CSIR) technology. The award builds momentum for the recently established iDirectGov Engineering…
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Redwire Awarded NASA Contract to Conduct Mars Surface-Imaging Study
Redwire Corporation, one of the leaders in space infrastructure for the next generation space economy, announced that it has been awarded a NASA/JPL contract to conduct a study to conceptualize a Redwire-led commercial Mars spacecraft, which will utilize Redwire’s heritage spacecraft technology to provide surface imagery to industry and government customers. The study could be…
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NASA Selects New Instrument to Study Sun’s Solar Eruptions on ESA’s Vigil Space Mission
NASA, a U.S. government agency that is responsible for science and technology related to air and space, has announced that it has selected a new instrument to study the Sun and how it creates massive solar eruptions. The agency’s Joint EUV coronal Diagnostic Investigation, or JEDI, will capture images of the Sun in extreme ultraviolet…
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Exolaunch Announces Agreement with Sateliot for Launch and Deployment of 5G NB-IoT Satellites
Exolaunch, a global leader in launch mission management, integration, and satellite deployment services, today announced a new launch and deployment services agreement with Sateliot, the first company to operate a low Earth orbit (LEO) 5G NB-IoT satellite constellation based in Barcelona, Spain and San Diego, California, marking the first collaboration between the two companies. Sateliot…
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WISeKey’s WISeSat.Space Leads Innovation in IoT Satellites for Climate Change Monitoring
WISeKey International Holding, a global company in cybersecurity, digital identity, and Internet of Things (IoT) innovations, operating as a holding company announced that through its subsidiary WISeSat AG, which focuses on space technology for secure satellite communication, specifically for IoT applications, is pioneering IoT satellite constellations aimed at climate change monitoring. In recent years, space…
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Airbus Delivers First Active Transmit Antenna for Hisdesat’s SpainSat NG-I Satellite
Acceptance testing of the active transmit antenna for Hisdesat’s SpainSat NG-I satellite has been successfully completed following the final radiation pattern tests. The antenna is now being integrated into the satellite at the Airbus facilities in Toulouse, France. Once integrated, the antenna and satellite will undergo thermal vacuum tests (TVAC) and then vibration tests. The…
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Starfish Space Awarded $37.5 Million Contract by SSC for Satellite Augmented Maneuver Mission
Space Systems Command (SSC) awarded Starfish Space a $37.5 million Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) contract to build, launch, and operate an Otter satellite vehicle for a first-of-its-kind docking mission designed to provide two years of augmented maneuver for National Security Space assets. Through a partnership with Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) SpaceWERX Program, Starfish Space,…
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Pasqal and Thales Achieve Milestone in Satellite Planning with Neutral-Atom Quantum Computing
Pasqal, a global leader in neutral atom quantum computing, in partnership with Thales, announced a major advancement within the AQUAPS project. This innovative project aimed to explore neutral atom architectures to solve optimization problems, with a particular focus on satellite planning. For the past three years, the teams from Pasqal and Thales, supported by the…
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Blue Origin Successfully Completes 25th Space Mission for the New Shepard Program
Blue Origin successfully completed its seventh human spaceflight and the 25th flight for the New Shepard program. The astronaut crew included: Mason Angel, Sylvain Chiron, Kenneth L. Hess, Carol Schaller, Gopi Thotakura, and former Air Force Captain Ed Dwight, who was selected by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 as the nation’s first Black astronaut…