Tag: LEO
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Muon Space Confirms Successful Deployment and Operational Status of Weather Satellite
Muon Space, an end-to-end Space Systems Provider revolutionizing the way Earth is monitored from space, announced the successful deployment and operational status of its second ESPA-class satellite, MuSat2. Launched aboard SpaceX‘s Transporter-10 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on March 4, MuSat2 is equipped with advanced software-defined radio frequency instrumentation to gather new…
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Terran Orbital Awarded $15.2 Million US Space Force Contract to Supply Satellite Platforms
Terran Orbital Corporation, one of the global leaders in satellite-based solutions primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries, announced it was awarded a $15.2 million contract to supply Ambassador Class satellite platforms complete with solar arrays and support equipment to the Air Force Research Laboratory AFRL. The contract, managed through Axient Corporation, will integrate payloads…
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BrainChip Enhances Space Heritage with Launch of Akida AI Tech into Low Earth Orbit
BrainChip Holdings, the world’s first commercial producer of ultra-low power, fully digital, event-based, neuromorphic AI, saw its Akida AI technology launched into low earth orbit aboard the Optimus-1 spacecraft built by the Space Machines Company. The successful launch is another milestone for BrainChip’s innovative AI acceleration solution in the burgeoning SpaceTech industry, which needs advanced…
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Aitech’s Space Systems Integral to the Success of Intuitive Machines’ Moon Landing Mission
Aitech, one of the leading providers of rugged boards and system-level solutions for military, aerospace, and space applications, provided a complete avionics computer system to Intuitive Machines for the IM-1 Mission, that successfully landed on the Moon on February 22, 2024. The space-rated system developed by Aitech includes its SP0-S space-rated single board computer, S740…
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Redwire Opens New Facility in Washington, DC Region to Support National Security Programs
Redwire Corporation, one of the leaders in space infrastructure for the next-generation space economy, announced that it has opened a new office in Chantilly, Virginia, as the company expands to support a growing number of national security programs and customers. “Redwire’s new Chantilly office provides a front door for the national security community to tap into…
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MtronPTI Advances Space Mission Success with RF Component and Sub-Assemblies Testing
MtronPTI has over 125 design wins across satellite platforms and manned spacecraft. With expertise supporting LEO, MEO, and GEO applications, MtronPTI has a well-established team and a proven track record of meeting demanding space requirements. With the evolving need for high-power space-level transmitters, high-power handling space-level RF components and sub-assemblies are instrumental for mission success.…
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Avanti Signs MoU with Telesat to Develop LEO Services in New Multi-Orbit Strategy
Avanti Communications announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with one of the world’s largest and most innovative satellite operators, Telesat, to test and develop LEO services as part of its global strategy to deliver bespoke, multi-orbit solutions to customers at scale. Avanti plans to incorporate Telesat’s Lightspeed services into its network to…
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Space Tango Receives $5 Million Award from NASA to Provide Support for Artemis II Mission
Space Tango, one of the leaders in microgravity hardware, software, and automation proudly announced its award of approximately $5 million to support the Biological and Physical Sciences (BPS) division within the NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) for the historic Artemis II mission. As part of this collaboration, Space Tango has been entrusted by NASA to…
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Hughes Awarded a Contract by SES Space & Defense for Multi-Orbit Auto-PACE Solution
Hughes Network Systems, an EchoStar company, announced that SES Space & Defense, a wholly owned subsidiary of SES, awarded Hughes a contract to provide a flexible, software-defined, multi-orbit, auto-PACE solution and associated modems in support of SES Space & Defense’s and the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet (DEUCSI) program. …
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ADRAS-J mission takes methodical first steps toward the commercial removal of space debris
The recent increase in launches to meet growing demands for communications and observation satellites is adding more and more spacecraft to orbit every year. This is especially true in the more congested low-Earth orbit (LEO). With a sharp focus on making space safe and sustainable for the current as well as future generations, organizations such…