Tag: Launch
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Airbus-Built Copernicus Sentinel-2C Satellite Shipped to European Spaceport for Launch
Airbus-built Sentinel-2C satellite, the third Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite, is about to be shipped to the European spaceport in French Guiana, after road transport from Airbus in Friedrichshafen to Bremen on 2 July. The container has been loaded onto the iconic Canopée, the first sail-assisted cargo ship designed specifically to transport Ariane 6 rocket components from…
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Infinite Orbits and Telespazio France Selected by CNES for Two GEO In Orbit Services Missions
Following two France 2030 requests for proposals issued by CNES to demonstrate various in-orbit services, the consortium formed by the two companies and led by Infinite Orbits was selected by CNES for both missions. These two contracts are a major milestone for both companies, enabling the French Newspace company to rapidly penetrate the innovative international…
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EnduroSat Collaborates with BIUST to Build Botswana’s First Software-Defined Satellite
The Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST) and EnduroSat are building together the country’s first satellite, BOTSAT-1. The satellite will launch on SpaceX’s Transporter-13 mission no earlier than February 2025. BOTSAT-1 will directly benefit local agriculture and mining industries by using the onboard hyperspectral camera payload to provide key intelligence on the contents…
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NASA selects SpaceX to launch a gamma-ray telescope into an unusual orbit
A small research satellite designed to study the violent processes behind the creation and destruction of chemical elements will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in 2027, NASA announced Tuesday. The Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI) mission features a gamma-ray telescope that will scan the sky to study gamma-rays emitted by the explosions of…
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SpaceX Awarded $69 Million Launch Services Contract by NASA for COSI Space Telescope Mission
NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the COSI (Compton Spectrometer and Imager) mission. The firm-fixed-price contract has a value of approximately $69 million, which includes launch services and other mission related costs. The COSI mission currently is targeted to launch August 2027 on a SpaceX…
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Keysight RCAT Solution Enables SGS to Become Facilitator for Skylo NTN Device Certification Program
Keysight Technologies has announced that its RF/RRM Carrier Acceptance Toolset (RCAT) has enabled SGS to become a facilitator for the Skylo Technologies non-terrestrial network (NTN) device certification program. With the goal of extending secure and reliable connectivity across their entire geographical footprint, mobile operators are exploring the adoption of the hybrid satellite-terrestrial network architecture of NTN. Chipset and device makers need tools that…
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HawkEye 360’s Cluster 8 Satellites Enters Initial Operating Status
HawkEye 360, one of the global leaders in defense technology for space-based radio frequency (RF) data and analytics, announced that its Cluster 8 satellites have entered initial operating status. Launched into a mid-inclination orbit in April 2024 alongside Cluster 9, these satellites have begun providing enhanced revisit rates and expanded data coverage over the world’s…
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OrbitFab Successfully Completes Testing of its In-Space Refueling Nozzle
Orbit Fab, the premier provider of on-orbit refueling services, announced the completion of testing of its refueling payload and testing of the GRIP capture and active in-space refueling nozzle with automated docking, which eliminates the need for complex robotic arms for refueling. After completing rigorous GRIP testing and in-space refueling simulations, Orbit Fab has successfully…
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Sidus Space and NASA Stennis Space Center Achieve Primary Objectives of ASTRA Payload Mission
Sidus Space, a multi-faceted Space and Data-as-a-Service satellite company, announced that in partnership with NASA Stennis Space Center, the primary objectives of the NASA Autonomous Satellite Technology for Resilient Applications (“ASTRA”) payload mission were successfully met on July 1, 2024. Collaborating closely with the NASA Stennis Autonomous Systems Laboratory (ASL) team, Sidus Space conducted extensive…
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Astrobotic Unveils High-Fidelity Lunar Surface Proving Ground for Payload Testing
Astrobotic announced the unveiling of its Lunar Surface Proving Ground (LSPG) at its facility in Mojave, CA. The approximately 100 mx100 m high-fidelity 3D test field mimics the topography and optical properties of the Moon’s surface. The LSPG’s terrain is modeled after an actual map of the Moon’s South Pole, generated with Astrobotic’s LunaRay simulation…