Tag: LEO
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Solstar Space Secures Space Force Contract to Research Radiation Hardened WiFi for Spacecraft
Solstar Space, the company making space Wi-Fi available, announces it has been selected by AFWERX for an SBIR Phase I contract in the amount of $74,752 to address pressing challenges for the Department of the Air Force (DAF) to connect spacecraft in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and beyond. The contract supports research to support further…
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Hughes Unveils Groundbreaking LEO Electronically Steerable Antenna at AIX
Hughes Network Systems, an EchoStar Company, unveiled its groundbreaking Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Electronically Steerable Antenna (ESA) for In-Flight Entertainment & Connectivity (IFEC) at the Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX). This state-of-the-art technology is poised to transform the aviation industry by providing enterprise-grade, low latency, high-speed connectivity for global commercial aviation. “The introduction of our Hughes…
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IQ spacecom and RBC Signals Partner to Deliver Bi-Directional Intersatellite Connection Service
IQ spacecom and RBC Signals join forces to deliver Go.BIC, the first dynamic Global On-Demand Bi-directional Intersatellite Connection Service, aimed at supporting inter-satellite connections for LEO operators. Connectivity for the service will be powered by Viasat’s global L-band satellite network. RBC Signals, a pioneering provider of satellite data communication solutions with a vast ground station…
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CACI Sets New Distance Record for Optical Communications in NASA’s DSOC Experiment
Using CACI International optical communications technology, NASA successfully sent data from its Psyche spacecraft to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, a distance of more than 200 million kilometers, as part of the Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment. Additionally, NASA will continue to leverage CACI’s optical technology for DSOC as the range is…
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Thales Alenia Space Awarded ESA Contract to Develop Low Earth Orbit Cargo Return Service
Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed a first phase contract worth €25m with the European Space Agency (ESA) to demonstrate a complete cargo delivery service to and from space stations in low-Earth orbit by 2028. The development of this LEO Cargo Return Service will be co-founded by…
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Aitech Provides Crucial Flight Computers and Peripherals to Sidus Space for LizzieSat Mission
Aitech Systems, one of the leading providers of rugged boards and system-level solutions for military, aerospace, and space applications, has successfully provided a complete system of command and data handling (C&DH) flight computers and peripherals to Sidus Space for the LizzieSat satellite, that has successfully launched on SpaceX’s Transporter-10 Rideshare mission on March 4th. This…
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AT&T and AST SpaceMobile Partner to Provide Space-Based Broadband Network to Cell Phones
AT&T and AST SpaceMobile have entered a definitive commercial agreement to provide a space-based broadband network direct to everyday cell phones. This agreement extends until 2030. Previously the companies were working together under a Memorandum of Understanding. This is not just one small step, but one giant leap towards enhanced connectivity for consumers and businesses…
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Thales Alenia Space Achieves Key Milestone in the Development of Galileo Second Generation
Thales Alenia Space has reached another important milestone in the development of Galileo Second Generation with the successful completion of the Satellite Critical Design Review (SCDR) Board. With the unrelenting efforts of all participants, the SCDR was recently held after verifying the test and design progress. The final phase of the review got underway on…
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Redwire Introduces New European-Built Very Low Earth Orbit Spacecraft Platform
Redwire Corporation, one of the leaders in space infrastructure for the next generation space economy, announced Phantom, a new European Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) spacecraft platform. Phantom is being developed at Redwire’s facility in Belgium and is designed to carry out a wide array of intelligence, Earth science, and communications missions. Phantom joins Redwire’s…
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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…