Tag: Launch
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ISRO Successfully Launches Seven Singaporean Satellites as Part of Commercial Mission
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced the successful launch of PSLV-C56 carrying the DS-SAR satellite, along with 6 other satellites from the first launch pad of SDSC-SHAR, Sriharikota on July 30, 2023. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), PSLV-C56 was configured in its core-alone mode, similar to that of C55. It launched DS-SAR, a…
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SpaceX Successfully Launches Hughes JUPITER 3 Communications Satellite
Hughes Network Systems, an EchoStar company, announced its JUPITER 3 ultra high-density satellite has successfully launched on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from historic Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39A in Florida. Also known as EchoStar XXIV, JUPITER 3 was built by Maxar Technologies in Palo Alto, CA, and is engineered to deliver gigabytes of…
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NASA’s Juno Spacecraft to Make its Closest Approach to Jupiter’s Moon Io
When NASA’s Juno mission flies by Jupiter’s fiery moon Io on July 30, the spacecraft will be making its closest approach yet, coming within 13,700 miles (22,000 kilometers) of it. Data collected by the Italian-built JIRAM (Jovian InfraRed Auroral Mapper) and other science instruments are expected to provide a wealth of information on the hundreds…
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Pixxel Wins the iDEX Prime Grant to Develop Small Satellites for the Indian Air Force
Pixxel, one of the leaders in cutting-edge hyperspectral earth-imaging technology has won a multi-crore grant from iDEX (Innovations for Defence Excellence under the Ministry of Defence) for the Mission DefSpace Challenge under iDEX Prime (Space), to manufacture miniaturized multi-payload satellites for the Indian Air Force. Received as a part of the SPARK grants by iDEX,…
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NASA Partners with U.S. Companies to Develop Technologies for Lunar Exploration
NASA has selected 11 U.S. companies to develop technologies that could support long-term exploration on the Moon and in space for the benefit of all. The technologies range from lunar surface power systems to tools for in-space 3D printing, which will expand industry capabilities for a sustained human presence on the Moon through Artemis, as…
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Sidus Space to Host SOLAR MEMS Star Tracker on Fourth LizzieSat Mission
Sidus Space, a multi-faceted Space and Data-as-a-Service company announced it will host a star tracker developed by SOLAR MEMS on its fourth planned LizzieSat mission, currently scheduled to launch with SpaceX in June of next year. Sidus will host the Star Tracker as a part of its payload rideshare program. This payload rideshare is available…
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Maxar Completes Critical Design Review for its Satellite Platform Developed for the SDA
Maxar Technologies, a provider of comprehensive space solutions and secure, precise, geospatial intelligence, completed the first Critical Design Review (CDR) of the Maxar 300 series bus for L3Harris Technologies in support of the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Tracking Layer (T1TRK) program. The T1TRK program is designed to provide global warning and tracking of conventional…
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NASA Conducts First Launch Simulation for Artemis II Lunar Mission
NASA’s Artemis launch team conducted its first simulation for Artemis II, the first crewed mission under Artemis, inside the Launch Control Center at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. As NASA teams prepare to send the crew of four astronauts on a journey around the Moon and bring them back safely, they will participate…
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Amazon’s Project Kuiper to Open Satellite Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center
Project Kuiper is moving one step closer to deploying its full satellite constellation, with construction underway on a new satellite-processing facility at Space Florida’s Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center. The facility is the latest long-term investment in Project Kuiper, a low Earth orbit satellite network that will provide fast, affordable broadband to…
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Innovative Instrument on NASA’s Perseverance Rover Finds Organic Molecules on Mars
In its first 400 days on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover may have found a diverse collection of organics – carbon-based molecules considered the building blocks of life – thanks to SHERLOC, an innovative instrument on the rover’s robotic arm. Scientists with the mission, which is searching for evidence that the planet supported microbial life billions…