Tag: Launch
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Orbit Fab’s RAFTI Fueling Port Becomes First Flight-Qualified Interface for In-Space Refueling
Orbit Fab, the premier provider of on-orbit refueling services, announced its RAFTI (Rapidly Attachable Fluid Transfer Interface) fueling port is the first refueling interface to be flight-qualified. Following years of development, RAFTI has successfully completed a battery of stringent qualification tests and is ready for launch site fueling and in-space refueling of satellites of any…
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Sierra Space Solar Panels Powers Sidus Space’s LizzieSat Satellite in Low Earth Orbit
Sierra Space, a commercial space company and emerging defense tech prime building a platform in space to benefit and protect life on Earth has achieved yet another milestone in space technology by providing the cutting-edge solar technology that powers Sidus Space’s first LizzieSat satellite, which successfully launched and deployed to Low Earth Orbit on March…
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Aerospacelab and Xona Space Systems Collaborate to Revolutionize Navigation Satellite Systems
Aerospacelab, one of the leading companies in small satellite design, manufacturing, and operations, and Xona Space Systems, a pioneering service provider in high-performance navigation satellite systems, are pleased to announce they have entered into a groundbreaking partnership. The collaboration between the two companies marks a significant step forward in the evolution of satellite technology spearheaded…
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Thales Alenia Space Secures ESA Contract for LEO-PNT Orbit Demonstrator
Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), signed a contract with the European Space Agency to deliver an end-to-end solution for the LEO-PNT (Low Earth Orbit Positioning Navigation and Timing) orbit demonstrator. This contract includes the space (5 satellites to be launched), ground and users segments, the in orbit operations…
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SkyServe Partners with Loft Orbital to Deploy its AI-Edge Computing Platform on YAM-6
SkyServe and Loft Orbital have joined forces for Mission Denali to deploy SkyServe STORM, SkyServe’s in-space edge computing platform on YAM-6. Mission Denali will leverage Sensing and Compute Resources on YAM-6 to deliver insights from space. By processing multispectral and hyperspectral data in real time, SkyServe STORM is defining the paradigm of space-based data processing, delivering…
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Airbus Awarded Contract by NASA’s JPL to Build GRACE-C Climate Monitoring Twin Spacecraft
Airbus has been awarded a contract to design and build the GRACE-C twin spacecraft by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL (Pasadena, California). This new mission of NASA and the German Space Agency at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) will strengthen the more than 20-year long partnership between the USA and Germany to ensure uninterrupted measurement…
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Benchmark Space Systems Deploys its Xantus Electric Propulsion System on Orion’s Satellite
Benchmark Space Systems, one of the leading developers and providers of in-space mobility solutions, announced its next-gen Xantus electric propulsion system has successfully deployed and will undergo subsystem health check and operational verification, including a range of firing modes aboard mission prime Orion Space Solutions’ 12U cubesat in low Earth orbit. Benchmark’s first electric propulsion…
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Blue Origin to Demonstrate Blue Ring’s Mission Operation Capabilities on DarkSky-1 Mission
Blue Origin will demonstrate Blue Ring’s mission operation capabilities and core flight systems on an upcoming Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)-sponsored launch, furthering its mission to build a road to space. Blue Ring’s end-to-end services will seamlessly connect ground and space communications to support a variety of missions on-orbit. The DarkSky-1 (DS-1) mission will demonstrate Blue…
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NanoAvionics Selects Neuraspace’s AI-Based Space Traffic Management Solution
Neuraspace, a European-born global company in space traffic management (STM), announced that Kongsberg NanoAvionics has selected Neuraspace’s space traffic management (STM) solution, based on artificial intelligence for its own end-to-end small satellite mission services. Satellite manufacturer and mission integrator NanoAvionics will make Neuraspace’s STM system for collision analysis, manoeuvre planning, and improving space sustainability part…
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GITAI’s Robotic Arm Successfully Completes Full Technology Demonstration Outside the ISS
GITAI USA, one of the leading space robotics startups headquartered in Los Angeles, USA, announced the successful completion of all planned tasks in an external demonstration focusing on in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing (ISAM). These tasks are crucial for on-orbit satellite servicing and were accomplished using a 1.5-meter-long autonomous dual robotic arm system (S2) outside…