Tag: Launch
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Rocket Lab Receives FAA Approval for Varda Space Industries’ Manufacturing Capsule Reentry
Rocket Lab USA, a launch and space systems company, announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved the reentry of Varda Space Industries’ in-space manufacturing capsule, enabling Rocket Lab to commence a series of complex in-space maneuvers and de-orbit burns on the Rocket Lab-built and operated satellite currently hosting the capsule on orbit. This…
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TelePIX Unveils a Breakthrough High-Performance AI Processor for Satellites
TelePIX, a pioneering space startup based in South Korea, has achieved a groundbreaking feat: the development of TetraPLEX, a high-performance AI processor designed specifically for satellites. Boasting an impressive 10 trillion operations per second of processing capability, TetraPLEX marks a monumental leap forward in satellite technology. Functioning as an on-board processor (OBP), TetraPLEX facilitates in-space…
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US Department of Defense Launches Five Missile Tracking Satellites Designed by L3Harris
Five missile tracking satellites L3Harris Technologies designed and built successfully launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, as part of the Missile Defense Agency’s Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) program and the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 0 (T0) Tracking Layer program. L3Harris’ HBTSS satellite is an on-orbit prototype demonstration that can track maneuvering…
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Sener Selected by ESA and Airbus UK to Design Critical Payload Elements for TRUTHS Mission
The engineering and technology group Sener has been chosen by the European Space Agency (ESA) and Airbus UK to carry out the design and prototyping of one of the most critical payload elements for the success of the TRUTHS mission (Traceable Radiometry Underpinning Terrestrial- and Helio-Studies). This mission is one of the most relevant initiatives…
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XDLINX Labs and Almagest Collaborate to Advance Space Communication via E-band Technology
Hyderabad-based XDLINX Labs, an end-to-end nano and microsatellite platform developer, announced that it has secured a contract with US-based Almagest Space Corporation to build, launch, and operate in-orbit XDLINX’s XDSAT-NS satellite integrated with the world’s first miniaturized space-grade E-band communication payload developed by XDLINX for Almagest. The satellite, which will be powered by Antaris Space’s…
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Spectrum AMT’s Circuit Boards Play Crucial Role in NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications
As the Psyche spacecraft, part of NASA‘s ambitious deep space exploration completes its crucial 100-day checkout phase, Spectrum Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, a company in high-reliability circuit card assembly and contract manufacturing, announces its significant role in this milestone. Launched on October 13, 2023, aboard the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, the Psyche mission has successfully deployed…
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VPT Launches VSC100-2800S COTS DC-DC Converters for NewSpace Market
VPT, a HEICO company, announced the addition of the VSC100-2800S to the award-winning VSC Series of space COTS DC-DC converters. Designed for the “NewSpace” market, the VSC Series complements VPT’s hermetic hybrid SV / SVL Series of rad-hard products available on DLA SMDs. The VSC Series is intended for use in commercial rad-tolerant satellite applications…
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Sidus Space on Track to Launch the Next Two LizzieSat Satellites
Sidus Space, a multi-faceted Space and Data-as-a-Service company announced LS-2 and LS-3 LizzieSat production is underway and on schedule for launch later this year. With LS-1 ready for launch and delivered to the SpaceX launch site in Vandenburg, CA earlier this month, the Sidus team in Cape Canaveral is focused on upcoming milestones for LS-2…
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NASA’s Latest Mission to Investigate the Ultraviolet Sky, Stars, and Stellar Explosions
As NASA explores the unknown in air and space, a new mission to survey ultraviolet light across the entire sky will provide the agency with more insight into how galaxies and stars evolve. The space telescope, called UVEX (UltraViolet EXplorer), is targeted to launch in 2030 as NASA’s next Astrophysics Medium-Class Explorer mission. In addition…
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Intuitive Machines and SpaceX Successfully Completes IM-1 Mission Test Campaign
Intuitive Machines, a space exploration, infrastructure, and services company, and SpaceX have analyzed the data from the lunar lander fueling tests for the IM-1 mission and determined the testing campaign is complete. Liftoff of the IM-1 mission is targeted for a multi-day launch window that opens at 12:57 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on February 14,…