Tag: Launch
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Loft Orbital Selected by Viasat for Real-Time Space Relay Service Demonstration
Viasat, one of the global leaders in satellite communications, announced it selected Loft Orbital as a partner for its Real-Time Space Relay (RTSR) service. The demonstration is part of Viasat’s work in support of a $53 million award under NASA’s Communications Services Project, which evaluates commercial satellite communications services and technologies to support NASA’s near-Earth communications…
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Exolaunch Signs Agreement with Creotech to Deploy Poland’s Largest-Ever Satellite
Exolaunch, one of the global leaders in launch mission management, integration, and satellite deployment services, announced a new partnership with Creotech Instruments, a publicly traded leading satellite and space components manufacturer based in Poland. After winning the public tender, Exolaunch will manage the upcoming launch and deployment services for Creotech’s “EagleEye” satellite, Poland’s first and…
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UK Space Agency Awards £1.8 Million to British Organizations to Boost Tech Innovations
New funding from the UK Space Agency is backing technologies to help satellites measure our changing shorelines, estimate levels of biomass, predict weather forecasting and manufacture medicines in space. The £1.8 million injection, divided across nine individual projects, rounds off the final phase of the Agency’s Enabling Technologies Programme (ETP), designed to give a boost…
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ISRO Successfully Conducts Ignition Test on Semi Cryogenic Pre-Burner Ignition Test Article
ISRO is developing a 2000 kN thrust semi-cryogenic engine working on an LOX Kerosene propellant combination for enhancing the payload capability of LVM3 and for future launch vehicles. Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) is the lead centre for the development of semi-cryogenic propulsion systems with the support of other launch vehicle centres of ISRO. The…
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to Build Optical Payload for Space Force Mission
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Space Program is building an optical space domain awareness payload for an upcoming mission by the U.S. Space Force. The planned mission, known as VICTUS HAZE, will be a tactically responsive space mission to demonstrate the ability to rapidly characterize an on-orbit threat. The U.S. Space Force selected Long Beach, California-based…
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Microchip Technology Launches New 50 W DC-DC Power Converters for New Space Applications
The Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) market is rapidly growing as private and public entities alike explore the new space region for everything from 5G communication and cube satellites to IoT applications. There is an increased demand for standard space-grade solutions that are reliable, cost-effective, and configurable. To meet this market need, Microchip Technology announced a new…
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Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser Spaceplane Completes Pre-Flight Testing at NASA Facility
Sierra Space, a commercial space company and emerging defense tech prime building a platform in space to benefit and protect life on Earth, announced the successful completion of a rigorous environmental test suite on the revolutionary Dream Chaser spaceplane, Tenacity, at NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio. As the first Dream Chaser moves…
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Torch.AI Launches Firefly Earth Observation AI with New Satellite Constellation Capabilities
Torch.AI announced that the company has launched Firefly, an earth observation (EO) capability integrated with a mesh of existing satellites, now offered as a standard module within the company’s HALO Autonomous Fusion platform. Firefly builds on Torch.AI’s momentum supporting defense and intelligence community customers and critical national security missions. Firefly expands a customer’s information ecosystem…
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Requtech to Unveil RESA M Phased Array Terminal with Live Demonstrations at SOF Week 2024
Requtech AB, a satellite communication technology company, announced it will host a special launch event with strategic partner, Network Innovations US & UK Government, at SOF Week 2024 in Tampa. The highly robust RESA M Ku phased array terminal engineered for rugged dependability and high performance, ensuring connectivity under extreme conditions has previously been shown…
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Mitsubishi Electric to Supply Lithium-Ion Batteries for Gateway Lunar Orbital Platform
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced that it has been awarded a contract by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to supply space-use lithium-ion batteries for the Gateway, a lunar orbiting space station. Under the “Joint Exploration Declaration of Intent for Lunar Cooperation (JEDI)” signed on July 10, 2020, by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science,…